John O’Quigley is currently INSERM Director of Research at the Laboratory of Probability, Statistics and Modelling, University of Paris - Sorbonne. Earlier positions include that of Director of the Laboratory for Mathematics and Statistics at the Department of Mathematics, University of California San Diego during which time he was also a tenured full professor of mathematics. Professor O’Quigley’s academic career began as MRC research scientist at the University of Leeds, U.K., a stint followed by positions at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle. Several years were also spent as full professor at the University of Virginia Medical School as well as the Department of Mathematics at Lancaster University, U.K.