Speaker Profile
Sofia Ahmed
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta; MD, MMSc
- Medicine
- University of Alberta
Presentation
Are We Asking the Right Questions? Sex and Gender Considerations in Nutrition Research and Practice
Speaker / Chair Bio
About Sofia Ahmed
Dr. Sofia Ahmed is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and the Academic Lead – Women’s Health Research for the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute at the University of Alberta. Dr. Ahmed is a clinician-scientist with a focus on sex and gender differences in kidney/cardiovascular outcomes and the University of Alberta Chair in Sex and Gender. She is the Chair of the Canadian Medical Association Journal Governing Council and the past President of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences. Dr. Ahmed completed her MD and internal medicine residency at the University of Toronto and a nephrology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals in Boston, USA. She completed her Master’s in Medical Sciences at Harvard University. The recipient of the 2026 American Heart Association Kidney In Cardiovascular Disease Mid-Career Achievement Award, 2021 Canadian Medical Association May Cohen Award for Women Mentors and 2020 American Society of Nephrology Distinguished Mentor Award, Dr. Ahmed is strong proponent of the importance of mentorship and fostering excellence in the next generation of researchers.