Winson Y. Cheung, MD, MPH, FRCPC is a medical oncologist and a nationally and internationally recognized health services researcher. He is currently a Full Professor in the Departments of Oncology, Medicine, and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary where he is also the Provincial Director of Health Services Research and Real-World Evidence for Cancer Control Alberta. Prior to his leadership recruitment to Calgary in 2017, he worked at BC Cancer in Vancouver for 6 years. Currently, he leads the Oncology Outcomes (O2) research collaborative.
Dr. Cheung received his medical degree at the University of British Columbia, medical oncology subspecialty training at the University of Toronto and subsequently obtained a Masters of Public Health degree at Harvard University. He specializes in the management of gastrointestinal malignancies. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the National Cancer Institute of Canada Dorothy Lamont Award, the Canadian Cancer Trials Group Dr Ralph Meyer Award, the Novartis Oncology Canadian Investigator Mentor Award, the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Investigator Award, and several merit awards from the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He has secured over 15 million dollars in grant funding and published more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts. He has also been invited to be chair national and international grant panels as well as contribute to scientific program committees for the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance.