Gerald Van Roey MPhEd is the Managing Director of GVR Consultancy.
Has over 20 years of experience in Clinical Operations before switching his career into the training business in 2009. He worked as trainer and managing director for the ECCRT, European Centre for Clinical Research Training before starting his own company in 2015. Since 2015, he managed various global clinical trials for a big Medical Device company, including strategic thinking, medical writing, site management, team leadership, compliance checks, etc.
As a clinical monitor, he performed more than 40 studies in areas including pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices in all stages of clinical development. In his previous career he implemented different trial tools and mentored many junior CRAs. His extensive knowledge and background serves him as a manager and trainer for different courses. In his trainer function he has coached over 1.000 clinical research professionals and has delivered courses in 14 different countries. As clinical project manager he managed trials including +5000 subjects on all continents and geographies.
As manager of the GVR Consultancy his focus lies on qualitative training, based on good course design and right methodology. Gerald sees himself as an ambitious person, who likes to achieve results in a way that satisfies every client. He's an active member of the board of “EFGCP” (European Forum for Good Clinical Practice) and is very much involved in the Education Working party of this organization. He has been asked to be a faculty- and programme committee member for various conferences and workshops of this organization.
Gerald is also the author of “Best Practice for Clinical Monitoring” (Pharmimage, ISBN: 978-3-86250-001-7) and published in various international magazines such as “International Clinical Trials”.
As Certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® (MBTI) assessor, he wants to find the best possible links between personal preferences and the work environment, together with the individual. The knowledge gained can be implemented in various areas such as team communication, leadership, project management, change management, conflict handling and understanding one's preferred learning style.
Oct 1995 - Sep 2000 |
Physical Education at Free University of Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium Final qualification: Master in Physical Education, cum distinctio |
Dutch |
Fluent (native speaker) |
English |
Fluent |
French |
Good |
German |
Basic |
Sep 2015 - Present |
Contingent Senior Clinical Research Specialist at Medtronic, Maastricht, The Netherlands |
Jan 2015 - Present |
Manager GVR Consultancy, Zaventem, Belgium |
Mar 2013 - Dec 2014 |
Manager Training Department at SynteractHCR, Brussels, Belgium |
Mar 2013 - Dec 2014 |
Managing Director at ECCRT, Brussels, Belgium |
Oct 2010 - Mar 2013 |
Training Manager at ECCRT, Brussels, Belgium |
Apr 2009 - Oct 2010 |
Trainer at ECCRT, Brussels, Belgium |
Aug 2007 - Apr 2009 |
Senior Clinical Research Associate at Ipsen NV, Merelbeke, Belgium |
Jul 2004 - Jul 2007 |
Lead Clinical Research Associate / International Site Manager at Medifacts International, Home Based |
Oct 2001 - Jul 2004 |
Senior Clinical Research Associate / International Clinical Study Manager at Msource Medical Development CRO Outsourced to: |
Apr 2004 - Jul 2004 |
Amgen, Brussels, Belgium |
Nov 2002 - Mar 2004 |
Sanofi-Synthelabo, Brussels, Belgium |
Oct 2001 - Nov 2002 |
Medtronic, Maastricht, The Netherlands |
Oct 2000 - Sep 2001 |
Clinical Monitor at Byk Belga, Brussels, Belgium |
2013 |
MBTI Step I Qualifying course, OPP Ltd, Diegem, Belgium |
Phase II, Phase III and Phase IV trials in Intensive Care, Stop Smoking, Metabolism, Gastro-Enterology, Cardiac Rythm Management, Aortic-Peripheral-Venous system and others. Both CRO and Company based for Pharmaceutical, Medical Device as Biotech companies.
2021 |
Guest lecturer at University of Hasselt: Biomedical Sciences; Prof. dr. Dieter Mesotten GCP and Clinical Trials – Medical Devices. |
2014 |
Faculty member & Chairperson: EFGCP Workshop on Striving for Professionalism in IITs, Brussels, Belgium |
2013 |
Article: “Train to Gain” in International Clinical Trials, August 2013, p42 |
2013 |
Rapporteur: Workshop on A Practical Approach to Risk-Based Monitoring of EFGCP 2013, London, United Kingdom |
2013 |
Rapporteur: Workshop: Preparing for the future: training needs analysis: researchers and research ethics committees and reviewers of EFGCP Annual Conference 2013, Brussels, Belgium |
2011 |
Publication: Book: Van Roey G. “Best Practice for … Clinical Monitoring”. PharmImage GmbH, ISBN 978-3-86250-001-7 |
2011 |
Article: “Education, education, education” in International Clinical Trials, May 2011, p80-82 |
2010 |
Presentation: “Training as the engine of continuous quality” Harrison Clinical Research Benelux Event - Brussels, Belgium 06/05/2010 |
2010 |
Presentation: “Clinical Research with Medical Devices” 13th National Conference of The Belgian Association of Clinical Research professionals (ACRP.be) - Brussels 22/10/2010 |
2010 |
Presentation: “Efficient training results in quality trials “ Seminar “Improving efficiency in clinical trials” by Leuven.Inc and Flanders Smart Hub - Leuven, Belgium 10/12/2010 |