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ESTRO AWARDS
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