Sonia Savitri Anand was born on 1968 and is a Canadian vascular medicine specialist.
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Sonia Anand's father was from Tamil Nadu and her mother was from Punjab.
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Sonia Anand has two older sisters, Gita Anand who is an employment lawyer in Toronto, and Anita Anand, who is a lawyer and politician.
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Sonia Anand received her medical degree from McMaster University in 1992 and completed her training and fellowship in internal medicine at the same institution.
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Concurrent with this clinical training Dr Sonia Anand completed her master's degree and PhD in Health Research Methodology under the supervision of Dr Salim Yusuf.
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Sonia Anand became full professor at McMaster in 2008 and is a Senior Scientist at the Population Health Research Institute.
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In 2011, Sonia Anand was the recipient of a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Ethnic Diversity and Cardiovascular Disease to fund her research on high risk populations such as South Asians and Indigenous peoples in Canada.
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In 2023 Dr Sonia Anand became the inaugural president of the Canadian Society of Vascular Medicine, and was appointed as Associate Vice-President of Global Health at McMaster University.
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Dr Sonia Anand has received recognition for her research and societal impact.
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In 2019, Sonia Anand was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
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In 2023, Sonia Anand received the YWCA Women of Distinction Award.