Francisco Santos Gonzalez

PhD Student, Research Assistant

About

Name: Mr Francisco Santos Gonzalez
Email: f.santosgonzalez@unimelb.edu.au
Unit: Economics of Genomics and Precision Medicine Unit, Melbourne Health Economics
School: Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Areas of Interest

Functional Genomics, Health Technology Assessment, Microcosting

Biography

Francisco is a PhD student in Health Economics at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Ilias Goranitis and Prof. John Christodoulou, Francisco’s PhD research project aims to develop a health economic evaluation framework for the widespread implementation of genomic testing to diagnose rare diseases. Francisco has over 3 years of international experience in research, commercialisation and post-marketing surveillance of therapeutics and medical devices. He holds a Master’s in Biotechnology Management, specialising in science commercialisation, and a Bsc. in Biotechnology Engineering with a research project in pharmacognosy. Francisco is strongly concerned with sharing ideas, forming relationships, and finding different ways of doing things.

Publications

  1. Mordaunt DA, Stark Z, Santos Gonzalez F, et al Development of a microcosting protocol to determine the economic cost of diagnostic genomic testing for rare diseases in Australia BMJ Open 2023;13:e069441. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069441
  2. Santos Gonzalez F, Mordaunt D, Stark Z, et al. Micro-costing diagnostic Genomic sequencing: a systematic review. Genetics in Medicine 2023;25:100829. doi:10.1016/j.gim.2023.100829
  3. Santos-González F, Hernández LR, Juárez ZN. Preliminary evaluations of some bioactivities of the chloroform extract of Sprekelia formosissima bulbs (lirio azteca). TIP Rev Esp Cienc Quim Biol. 2018;21(2):95-102.

Awards

  • Melbourne Research Scholarship (2022)
  • MSPGH-CHP Research-Sponsored Scholarship (2022)
  • La Trobe University Students Excellence Academy (2019)
  • CONACYT - SENER (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology - Secretariat of Energy) Sustainable Energy Scholarship (2018)
  • La Trobe College Excellence Scholarship, College of Science, Health and Engineering (2018)