Sonia Anand

Sonia Anand
Dr Sonia Anand at McMaster University
Born1968 (age 56–57)
Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Relatives
Academic background
EducationMD, 1992, PhD, 2002, McMaster University
ThesisEthnicity and the determinants of cardiovascular disease among South Asians, Chinese, and European Canadians (2005)
Academic work
InstitutionsMcMaster University

Sonia Savitri Anand FCAHS (born 1968) is a Canadian vascular medicine specialist. She previously held the Eli Lilly Canada – May Cohen Chair in Women's Health and currently holds the Michael DeGroote Heart and Stroke Chair in Population Health and Epidemiology at McMaster University.

Early life and education

Anand was born in 1968[1] to Indian immigrant parents in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada.[2] Her parents were both physicians; her mother Saroj D. Ram[3] was an anesthesiologist and a poet,[4][5][6] and her father S.V. (Andy) Anand was a general surgeon and artist.[7][8] Her father was from Yangon, Myanmar, and her mother was from Punjab.[8][3] Her grandfather was V. A. Sundaram, an activist in the Indian Independence movement, and an associate of Mahatma Gandhi, a confidant of Madan Mohan Malaviya.[9] She has two older sisters, Gita Anand, an employment lawyer in Toronto, and Anita Anand, a lawyer and politician.[10] Anand received her medical degree from McMaster University in 1992 and completed her training and fellowship in internal medicine at the same institution.[11]

Career

Following her fellowship, Anand completed additional training in thrombosis at McMaster and spent a year at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston completing a vascular medicine fellowship.[12] Concurrent with this clinical training Dr. Anand completed her master's degree and PhD in health research methodology.[13]

Anand joined the faculty at McMaster University in 1998.[11] Shortly thereafter, she was promoted to the rank of associate professor in the McMaster University Medical School and named the Eli Lilly Canada – May Cohen Chair in Women's Health. While serving in these roles, she also directed the vascular medicine clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences. Anand became full professor at McMaster in 2008 and is a senior scientist at the Population Health Research Institute. As a result of her research, Anand established the CIHR- funded CARdiovascular INvestigations in Gender (CARING) network  focused on Sex and Gender Determinants of Acute Coronary Syndromes and the Metabolic Syndrome from 2004–2012.[14][15][16] In 2011, 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.[17]

Anand's work has covered obesity in people of South Asian origin and in immigrant children.[18][19]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Anand became the principal investigator of the COVID CommUNITY-South Asian and COVID CommUNITY-First Nations study which collected, analyzed, and reported data relating to COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and safety.[20]

As a Canada Research Chair, Anand was appointed director of the Chanchlani Research Centre which aimed to "understand the causes and consequences of common diseases that afflict ethnic populations, women and the socially disadvantaged."[21] Anand was re-appointed as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in 2017.[22] Following her re-appointment, Anand was also named the inaugural Associate Chair, Equity, and Diversity for McMaster's Department of Medicine.[23] In 2023 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.[24]

In 2019, Anand was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.[25] Anand was the recipient of the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the South Asian Health Foundation.[26] In 2022, Anand was awarded  the Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize, and was named a Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada's Academy of Science (FRSC).[27] In 2023, Anand received the YWCA Women of Distinction Award.[28]

Personal life

Anand and her husband, a family physician, have three children together.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Anand, Sonia S., 1968–". VIAF. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Renowned cardiovascular researcher has medicine in her DNA". McMaster University. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Saroj ANAND Obituary (2014) – The Globe and Mail". Legacy.com. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. ^ Ram, Saroj D.; Anand, Sonia (19 April 2020). My Mother's Journey with Cancer (Illustrated ed.). S Anand. ISBN 978-1-989403-17-4.
  5. ^ Ram, Saroj Daulat (11 October 2017). Songs of Praise based on the Bhagavad Gita (Revised ed.). In Our Words Inc. ISBN 978-1-926926-10-0.
  6. ^ Ram, Saroj D. (20 April 2020). A Tribute to Gandhiji in verse (Illustrated ed.). S Anand. ISBN 978-1-926926-09-4.
  7. ^ "SV Anand". anandsv.ca. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b "The movie of Sundaram Anand's life could be called 'From Burma to Burlington, with love'". The Globe and Mail. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  9. ^ V. A. Sundaram. Benares Hindu University 1905 To 1935.
  10. ^ Easwar, Shagorika (July 2020). ""THINK BIG, PURSUE YOUR DREAMS, WORK HARD"". Desi News. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Sonia Anand, MD, PhD, FRCPC" (PDF). Canadian Women's Heart Health Centre. 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  12. ^ Anand, Sonia S.; Creager, Mark A. (1 June 2002). "Peripheral arterial disease". American Family Physician. 65 (11): 2321–2322. ISSN 0002-838X. PMID 12074533.
  13. ^ Anand, S. S.; Yusuf, S.; Vuksan, V.; Devanesen, S.; Teo, K. K.; Montague, P. A.; Kelemen, L.; Yi, C.; Lonn, E.; Gerstein, H.; Hegele, R. A.; McQueen, M. (22 July 2000). "Differences in risk factors, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular disease between ethnic groups in Canada: the Study of Health Assessment and Risk in Ethnic groups (SHARE)". Lancet. 356 (9226): 279–284. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02502-2. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 11071182.
  14. ^ McGorrian, C.; Yusuf, S.; Islam, S.; Jung, H.; Rangarajan, S.; Avezum, A.; Prabhakaran, D.; Almahmeed, W.; Rumboldt, Z.; Budaj, A.; Dans, A. L.; Gerstein, H. C.; Teo, K.; Anand, S. S. (22 December 2010). "Estimating modifiable coronary heart disease risk in multiple regions of the world: the INTERHEART Modifiable Risk Score". European Heart Journal. 32 (5): 581–589. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq448. ISSN 0195-668X. PMID 21177699.
  15. ^ de Koning, L.; Merchant, A. T.; Pogue, J.; Anand, S. S. (23 March 2007). "Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular events: meta-regression analysis of prospective studies". European Heart Journal. 28 (7): 850–856. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm026. ISSN 0195-668X. PMID 17403720.
  16. ^ Anand, Sonia S.; Xie, Chang Chun; Mehta, Shamir; Franzosi, Maria Grazia; Joyner, Campbell; Chrolavicius, Susan; Fox, Keith A.A.; Yusuf, Salim (November 2005). "Differences in the Management and Prognosis of Women and Men Who Suffer From Acute Coronary Syndromes". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 46 (10): 1845–1851. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2005.05.091. ISSN 0735-1097. PMID 16286169.
  17. ^ D'Alvise, Danelle (20 October 2011). "Government of Canada invests $6.7M in Canada Research Chairs at McMaster". McMaster University. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Weighty issue for South Asians". CBC. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  19. ^ La Grassa, Jennifer (24 September 2023). "Newcomer kids to Canada face chronic health risks. Here's how these researchers hope to help". CBC. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  20. ^ "Immune response and vaccine hesitancy in First Nations investigated". McMaster University. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  21. ^ Morrison, Suzanne (28 March 2012). "New centre to focus on health of diverse populations". McMaster University. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Meet the 22 women who hold Canada Research Chairs at McMaster". McMaster University. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Dr. Anand Appointed Associate Chair, Equity & Diversity". Population Health Research Institute. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  24. ^ Denwood, Danielle (13 June 2023). "Sonia Anand takes role of Associate Vice-President, Global Health". Global Health Graduate Programs. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  25. ^ "CAHS inductees Drs. Gerstein and Anand". Population Health Research Institute. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  26. ^ "South Asian Health Foundation lifetime award: Sonia Anand". Population Health Research Institute. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  27. ^ "The Royal Society of Canada | Class of 2022" (PDF). The Royal Society of Canada.
  28. ^ "Meet your 2023 Women of Distinction Winners!". YWCA Hamilton. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
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