Marc Buyse holds degrees from Brussels University, Cranfield University (UK) and a ScD in biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to founding the International Drug Development Institute (IDDI) in 1991, he had worked for 12 years at the EORTC in Brussels and for 2 years at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He has held positions in statistical societies, including President of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, President of the Quetelet Society and Board Member of the Society for Clinical Trials. He is currently the Executive Director of IDDI and an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at Hasselt University in Belgium. He has published extensively on the methodology of clinical trials and meta-analysis in oncology.