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Sonia S. Kupfer

Sonia S. Kupfer

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2008-2011 Instructor, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2011-2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2018- Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL LEADERSHIP 2014- Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic, University of Chicago 2014- Co-Director, Comprehensive Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic, University of Chicago 2017- Associate Section Chief for Education Programs, Section of Gastroenterology, University of Chicago 2018- Associate Program Director, Physician Scientist Development Program, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago 2019- Co-Director, NIH/NIDDK T32 Program Training grant, Section of Gastroenterology, University of Chicago 2020- Chair, Cancer Health Disparities working group, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center 2022- Program Director, Physician Scientist Development Program, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago ACADEMIC TRAINING 1992-1996 B.A., Yale University, New Haven, CT 1997-2001 M.D., Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2001-2004 Residency, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2005 Chief Residency, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2004-2008 Fellow, Section of Gastroenterology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL NIH/NIDDK T32 Program Training grant (2006-7) NIH/NCI F32 Individual Training grant (2007-8) LICENSING AND BOARD CERTIFICATION 2004 American Board of Internal Medicine 2008, 2018 Gastroenterology Board Examination 2001 Illinois State license PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Collaborative Group of the Americas for Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancer (CGA-IGC) North American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease (NASSCD) HONORS, PRIZES, AND AWARDS 1996 Cum laude, Yale University 1996 DAAD Fellowship, Free University Berlin 2001 Department of Pathology Award, University of Chicago 2001 Richard W. Reilly Award for outstanding aptitude in gastroenterology, University of Chicago 2001 Calvin Fentress Award, University of Chicago 2001 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society 2001 American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Student Abstract Prize 2007 Institutional Nominee for Burroughs-Wellcome Fund award, University of Chicago 2008 AGA Research Scholar Award finalist 2008 Institutional Nominee for Doris Duke Career Development Award, University of Chicago 2014 Best Podium Presentation, Collaborative Group of the Americas annual meeting, New Orleans 2015 Young Investigator Award, Central Society for Clinical and Translational Science 2016 AGA Future Leaders program inaugural class member 2017 Division of Biological Sciences Leader in Diversity and Inclusion Junior Award, University of Chicago 2017 Joseph B. Kirsner Mentorship Award, University of Chicago 2019 AGA Young Investigator Award 2019 Joseph B. Kirsner Mentorship Award, University of Chicago 2019 AGA Fellow distinction 2022 AGA Future Leaders Program mentor