Career

Current Appointment (1999-...):
Thierry Gorlia is a member of the team allocated by the EORTC Data Center to provide scientific and logistic support to EORTC Brain Tumor and Translational Research Unit in the conduct of their cancer clinical trials. As a biostatistician of the EORTC, he provides statistical advice and expertise in the design, implementation, conduct, analysis and publications of the group’s clinical trials. He recently participated to the conduct and analysis of the EORTC 24971 of Taxotere in inoperable squamous cell carcinoma of the Head & Neck.
He reports to the Assistant Director for Biostatistics and work in close cooperation with the other members of his teams (coordinating physician, data manager,…), and with other units of the Data Center for particular projects.

His duties and responsibilities are:

• to advise the clinical group and the study coordinator on the optimal statistical design to be used in the conduct of their studies
• to help the study coordinator to write the study outline
• to coordinate the development of some of the protocols of his groups via the protocol help desk ,
• to handle the submission of all amendments for those protocols for which he coordinated the development.
• to be responsible for all statistical analyses of the data, whether for data monitoring committees, group meetings, congresses or for the publication of the results
• to present the results of these statistical analyses to the IDMC or to the groups
• to review all abstracts and publications written by investigators on the basis of Data Center reports and to write the statistical sections (material and methods, sometimes results) of the publications
• to maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the statistical techniques necessary for the proper design of trials and the analysis of the data (by reading publications in biostatistical journals, attending statistical meetings, etc)
• to identify and/or develop the software needed to carry out his work (meta-analysis, competing risks, …)
• to contribute to scientific research projects undertaken by the Data Center or the groups

• to carry out research on methodology related to the design, conduct or analysis of cancer clinical trials and to submit papers for publication
• to submit abstracts for presentation at statistical or medical meetings
• to give lectures during educational sessions or courses organized either by the EORTC or by other organizations.

Previous position at the EORTC Headquarter:
Biostatistican of the Health Economic Unit (June 1999-November 2003). Biostatistican of the Quality of Life Unit (June 1999-October 2001).

Previous Appointments:

Consulting Statistician for SPSS Belgium in Leuven (September 1998 – May 1999)
Consulting Actuary for Unison Consultant Europe and Towers Perrin (April 1995-September 1998)
Research Actuary for The Free University of Brussels (ULB) (November 1992-November 1994)
Student actuary for AXA Insurance and Le Man Assurance (1990-1992)
Consulting Statistician for SONECOM (November 1995-November 2000)