ESTRO 36 Programme book and exhibition guide

JENS OVERGAARD LEGACY AWARD

Jean-Pierre Pignon Institut Gustave Roussy Villejuif, France

Dr. Pignon earned his Medical degree (1980) at the University of Paris XI, a Master’s degree in immunology (Paris VI University, Institut Pasteur), a PhD in biostatistics (1993) and his Accreditation for supervising PhD student in clinical research (2001) at the University of Paris XI. He completed his Internal Medicine Internship and Gastroenterology Residency in the Paris University Hospitals (1988). He is senior clinical epidemiologist in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Gustave-Roussy Cancer Campus (Villejuif, France) since 1990 and head of its Meta-Analysis Team since 2002. He has been senior scientist in the Oncostat team of the INSERM Unit U1018 since 2015. As a statistician, he participated in more than 20 clinical trials in GI tract or lung cancer and in more than 15 individual patient data (IPD) meta-analyses, mainly in lung and head and neck cancer. His research interests focus on treatment of patients with locally advanced lung or head and neck cancer with emphasis on the association of chemotherapy and radiation, use of IPD meta-analysis to validate predictive value of tumour markers and on IPD meta-analysis methodology. He serves as the Principal Investigator for a series of government, charities and industry sponsored research grants for individual patient data meta-analysis of chemotherapy, radiotherapy or their association in lung or head and neck cancer. Dr. Pignon has (co)-authored over 200 articles in international peer-reviewed papers that relate primarily to treatment of GI tract, lung, and head and neck cancer, and to meta-analysis. He was the recipient of the ESTRO Honorary Member Award in 2010.

Jean-Pièrre Pignon

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