Rossa Chiu is the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Chemical Pathology and Assistant Dean (Research) at the Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is an Honorary Consultant Chemical Pathologist at the New Territories East Cluster of Hospitals, Hong Kong. Prof Chiu’s research focuses on the development of novel molecular diagnostic approaches. She has developed non-invasive methods based on maternal blood analysis for the prenatal assessment of Down syndrome which has led to a worldwide change in clinical practice. Recently, she has been investigating the detection of cancer-derived DNA in human plasma with an aim to develop non-invasive blood tests for the early detection of cancer. To date, Prof Chiu has published over 140 peer-reviewed research articles and has over 170 granted patents or patent applications. Prof Chiu has received a number of awards for her research, including the 2012 China Women in Science Fellowship, the 2013 American Association of Clinical Chemistry Outstanding Scientific Contributions for a Young Investigator and the 2016 Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowship. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis.