Dr Stephen Chia is a Full Professor in the Division of Medical Oncology, Head of the Division of Medical Oncology, UBC, and a staff medical oncologist with the BC Cancer, Vancouver Cancer Centre.

He has a full-time clinical practice focusing on breast cancer and new drug development. He is the Chair of the BC Cancer Breast Tumour Group and Head of the Department of Clinical Research. He is also the Co-Chair of the Breast Disease Site for the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG).

Dr Chia is recognized both nationally and internationally for his research work on breast cancer. His focus is on clinical trials and translational research.

He has published over 180 peer-reviewed papers. His publications appear in international peer-reviewed journals including high-impact journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet, Cell, JAMA Oncology, and Nature and Nature Medicine.

Dr Chia has been a Subject Editor for the British Journal of Cancer and The Oncologist and is the current section author for UpToDate™ in the Prognostic/ Predictive Markers Section. He holds numerous peer-reviewed grants.