Ann F. Chambers, Ph.D.
Canada Research Chair in Oncology
London Regional Cancer Program and Department of Oncology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Ann Chambers is a Distinguished Oncology Scientist at the London Regional Cancer Program, Canada Research Chair in Oncology at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, and Director of the Pamela Greenaway Kohlmeier Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit.  She received her undergraduate degree in Botany and her PhD in Zoology, both from Duke University, and then moved to Canada for post-doctoral studies, prior to assuming her position at the University of Western Ontario.

Her laboratory studies mechanisms of cancer metastasis, the spread of cancer, and tumor dormancy, using molecular approaches and novel imaging modalities, including in vivo optical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging and high-frequency ultrasound.  Her lab also studies the functional role of the integrin-binding protein osteopontin in breast and other cancers, and the potential clinical utility of osteopontin as a biomarker.  She has published over 200 scientific articles and is a frequent speaker at scientific conferences.

She is Associate Editor of several journals, including Cancer Research and the International Journal of Cancer.  She also is Past-Chair of the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) Advisory Committee on Research, a member of the Executive of the NCIC Clinical Trials Group's Investigational New Drug Committee, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Metastasis Research Society.