Dr. Soares is a full Professor and former Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He currently serves as the inaugural director of the Centre for Psychedelics Health and Research at Providence Care Hospital & Queen’s University and regional lead for mental health and addictions at Ontario Health East. He was recently appointed executive director of the Canadian Menopause Society, after serving as a board member and President of the Menopause Society in the USA.

Dr. Soares trained as a psychiatrist, completed his Ph.D. on the effects of estrogen for the management of depression in midlife women, and pursued a postdoctoral fellowship in perinatal and reproductive psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

His research has focused primarily on novel hormonal and non-hormonal options for midlife women experiencing mood and anxiety disorders, vasomotor symptoms, and sleep problems. He is also interested in the use of wearables and digital health technologies to monitor depression and sleep disturbances, and the use of psychedelics for psychiatric disorders and existential distress in late-stage cancer. Dr. Soares is a sought-after educator with more than 200 presentations at national and international meetings and more than 250 peer-reviewed publications.