Principal Investigator
Yu-Chiao (Chris) Chiu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Member, Cancer Therapeutics Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Member, Pittsburgh Liver Research Center
Graduate Faculty, Joint Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology (CPCB)
Graduate Faculty, the Integrative Systems Biology (ISB) Graduate Program
University of Pittsburgh
Email: YUC250 at pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-5023
Office: 5051 Centre Ave, Suite 1218, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Dr. Chiu is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Division of Hematology/Oncology, a member of the Cancer Therapeutics Program at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, and a member of the Pittsburgh Liver Research Center of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Prior to starting his independent lab at the University of Pittsburgh in 2022, he received unique interdisciplinary training towards cancer bioinformatics: BS in Electrical Engineering at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan (2010) and PhD in Bioinformatics in an integrative environment of biomedical engineering and medicine at National Taiwan University (2015). During 2017-2022, Dr. Chiu conducted his postdoctoral research at Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at the University of Texas Health San Antonio in research labs of Drs. Yidong Chen and Peter Houghton.
Dr. Chiu’s research interests include bioinformatics, machine learning, cancer genomics, and pharmacogenomics. The goal of his research is to systematically model genomics and pharmacogenomics to study cancer biology and improve cancer therapy. He is the recipient of many federal and private awards to support his research projects:
NIH NCI K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (2020-2025) Link
NIH Office of the Director (OD) Common Fund R03 Award (2023-2024; MPI with Dr. Yinan Gong) Link
NIH Office of the Director (OD) Administrative Supplement Award (2023-2024) Link
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Developmental Pilot Program (2023; MPI with Dr. Yu-Chih Chen) Link
Pittsburgh Liver Research Center (PLRC) Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) Grant (2023-2024) Link
Leukemia Research Foundation New Investigator Research Grant Program (2023-2025) Link
Hillman Early Career Fellow for Innovative Cancer Research (2022-2023) Link
Fund for Innovation in Cancer Informatics (ICI) (2020-2023) Link
San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (SALSI) (2018-2019) Link
Dr. Chiu has been an active member of the academic enterprise, teaching and mentoring others. Outside of research, Dr. Chiu is a badminton player and has earned a professional “S Rank” (Switch Sports 😃).