Jia Jun Chia

Ms. Chia is currently a Senior Research Associate at Gilead Sciences working in the Virology department as a researcher on the Hepatitis B cure program. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, she was a graduate student at the University of Washington Seattle, where she earned an MS in Bioengineering and investigated the role of vascular smooth muscle cells in the calcification of the brain vasculature. She also obtained a BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. She joined the Chinese Bioscience Association in 2017 as a volunteer to help with videography. In her spare time, she enjoys reading.