Dr. Chia serves as Chair for the BC Breast Tumour Group and is a physician coordinator for both the breast cancer and head and neck cancer clinical trials at BCCA. He is currently the Chair of CBCF BC/Yukon Region’s Research Grants Committee. Dr. Chia was awarded a CBCF postgraduate fellowship in breast cancer research in 1998. He credits the fellowship program to helping him establish his career in becoming one of the most prominent breast cancer researchers in the province.