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 Cláudio N Soares, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Behavioural Neuroscience & Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Academic Head, Mood Disorders Division, McMaster University
Director, Women's Health Concerns Clinic, St Joseph's Healthcare & McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Dr Soares is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at McMaster University, where he is also the Director of the Women’s Health Concerns Clinic. Dr Soares is a psychiatrist who earned his medical degree and later his PhD in Psychoneuroendocrinology from the University of Sao Paulo Medical School, in Brazil. His postdoctoral fellowship in perinatal and reproductive psychiatry was completed in 2001 at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School. Dr Soares served as Director for Research at the MGH Perinatal Psychiatry Program until 2004 where he still holds an active academic appointment as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Dr Soares’ research career has been focused on the design and conduct of various research projects related to female reproductive mood disturbance. Dr Soares’ research interests are primarily devoted to the study of female reproductive mood disturbance, including the evaluation of new treatments for premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and the role of hormonal and nonhormonal interventions for treating depression and other complaints during the menopausal transition. Other areas of interest include reproductive-related trauma and posttraumatic stress disorders in women, psychiatric morbidity among female immigrants, and risk factors for depression and anxiety during transition into menopause.
Dr Soares is a recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology (NASPOG) Award, and two National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) awards. Dr Soares is a sought-after lecturer in academic symposia at annual meetings of the American Psychiatric Association and multiple other national and international organizations. He has written extensively in the area of women’s mental health, with more than 70 publications (peer-reviewed manuscripts, books, and book chapters). His articles are published in Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP), and Menopause, to name a few. He has also worked as a reviewer for major scientific publications in the field of psychiatry, endocrinology, and obstetrics and gynecology, such as JAMA, Archives of General Psychiatry, AJP, Fertility & Sterility, Psychosomatic Medicine, Psychoneuroendocrinology, and Menopause, among others.
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February 04, 2012
