Affiliations: Université Libre de Bruxelles and Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium

Areas of specialization: breast cancer, drug development, oncology

Dr. Piccart is professor of oncology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and director of medicine at the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels, Belgium. She is a leader in international breast cancer research collaboration and drug development, and serves as the principal or
co-principal investigator for numerous clinical trials including HERA, MINDACT, and ALTTO. She is co-founder and chair of the Breast International Group (BIG), uniting 49 academic research groups from around the world and running more than 30 trials under its umbrella. She has received numerous prestigious awards for her research contributions, including the McGuire Award for Excellence in Breast Cancer Research and the Umberto Veronesi Award for the Future Fight Against Breast Cancer.