Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at McMaster University，
Director of the Women's Health Concerns Clinic
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

• Dr. Soares is a psychiatrist who earned his medical degree and 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， 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 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 non-hormonal interventions for treating depression and other complaints during the menopausal transition. Other areas of interest include reproductive-related trauma and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) in women， psychiatric morbidity among female immigrants， and risk factors for depression and anxiety during transition into menopause.  He has more than 70 publications (peer-reviewed manuscripts， books， and book chapters). His papers are published in Archives of General Psychiatry， Journal of Affective Disorders， Journal of Clinical Psychiatry， American Journal of Psychiatry， and Menopause， ...etc. 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.