Steven J Jones

Dr. Steven J. Jones is a Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Associate Director/Head of Bioinformatics at the Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Research Centre. He serves as Director of the CIHR/MSFHR Bioinformatics Training Program and the UBC Bioinformatics Graduate Program, with associate memberships at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Michael Smith Laboratories.

Dr. Jones' research focuses on computational genomics and cancer bioinformatics, analyzing mutational landscapes and epigenetic targets in oncology. His work includes next-generation sequencing, structural variant detection, and long-read sequencing applications for resolving complex genomic architectures. He has extensive experience with transcriptome analysis, gene regulation, and comparative genomics across diverse organisms including C. elegans, conifers, and human pathogens.

His 15 most recent publications highlight expertise in long-read sequencing for cancer genomics, imprinting disorders, and structural variation analysis. Key contributions include developing the Circos visualization tool for comparative genomics and pioneering bioinformatics approaches for epigenetic modifier discovery in oncology.

Scientific Awards:

• Spencer Award for IT innovation (2005)
• 2007 Medical Genetics teaching award (UBC)
• 2011 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
• 2012 UBC Killam teaching prize
• 2014 Distinguished Achievement Award (UBC Faculty of Medicine)
• 2014 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
• Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher (2016, 2018)

Dr. Jones actively advises graduate students and serves as a data analysis center for the Canadian Epigenetics, Environment and Health Research Consortium (CEEHRC). He co-founded Ifowonco Bioinformatics Inc. and Alamya Health, PBC, and consults for Apotheca Systems Inc.