Dr. Claudio Soares is a Professor of Psychiatry at Queen's University School of Medicine in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and the Executive Lead and M-Health Research Lead for the Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression (CAN-BIND). With a medical degree and Ph.D. from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dr. Soares specialized in Reproductive Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on mood disorders across the female life cycle, particularly in midlife women and during menopausal transition. Dr. Soares is also pioneering the use of mobile health technologies for understanding depression. A prolific author and presenter, he has published over 180 articles and given more than 170 presentations internationally. His work has been recognized with multiple awards, including three NARSAD Awards and the 2019 NAMS/Thomas Clarkson Award for Outstanding Research.