Besides that, Professor Piccart is also professor of Oncology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Scientific Director at the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels. Earning her medical degrees at ULB and oncology qualifications in New York and London, she is also a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine.
Dr Piccart has broken many barriers in the world of oncology and her relentless drive for results has made her an international leader. She has been honoured with countless awards, such as the W. L. McGuire Award for Excellence in Breast Cancer Research in 2009, the David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award in 2013, Susan G. Komen’s Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in 2015, the St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Award in 2017 and the Giants of Cancer Care® Award for Breast Cancer in 2020.