Jair Soares, MD
Enriched profileProfessor and Chair, Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair in Psychiatry; Founding Dean, UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences; Vice President for Behavioral Sciences, UTHealth Houston · McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Jair Soares is Professor and Chair, Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair in Psychiatry; Founding Dean, UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences; Vice President for Behavioral Sciences, UTHealth Houston at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. OpenAlex indexes 810 publications with 35,780 citations (h-index 99); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 8 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Psychiatry profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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Overview
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Jair Soares, MD, is Professor and Chair, Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston). The public record shows 810 publications with 35,780 citations (h-index 99), centered on Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies. It also documents an investigator role on 8 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 17 companies, 6 NIH-funded awards (2002–2016).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
- Top research focus: Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- 8 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 17 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 35 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 423.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 8 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Acceptability & Safety of Two Sequential Doses of Psilocybin in Bipolar Disorder II Depression and Suicidality
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Greater Houston Area Pediatric Bipolar Registry
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Developing Brain Imaging Analysis Expertise for Personalizing Transcranial Electric Stimulation in Anhedonia Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Depression
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Industry payments
Updated 14 Oct 2026
17 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Alkermes, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.Program year20255 payments
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCProgram year20252 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Nervous system
100%Benzodiazepine66.7%Clonazepam100%Part D<11 patientsSSRI33.3%Sertraline Hcl100%Part D<11 patients
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NIH funding
Updated 14 Oct 2026
6 NIH research awards on record, funded 2002–2016 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Searching for Endophenotypes of Bipolar Disorder
University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston
FY2016$562,369R01MH085667 - Searching for Endophenotypes of Bipolar Disorder
University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston
FY2015$576,806R01MH085667 - Searching for Endophenotypes of Bipolar Disorder
University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston
FY2014$576,806R01MH085667
Publications
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Relationship Between Smoking and Psychiatric and Somatic Comorbidities in Older Age Bipolar Disorder: Lien entre le tabagisme et les affections psychiatriques et somatiques concomitantes chez les personnes âgées atteintes de trouble bipolaire.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
Article2026 - Brain age prediction in generalized anxiety disorder using a convolutional neural network.
Translational psychiatry
Article2026 - Psychotropic medications and their interactions with subcortical brain volume in bipolar disorder: An ENIGMA mega-analysis.
Molecular psychiatry
Meta-analysis2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)Network
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Online presence
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Facebook
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Background & recognition
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Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil
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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre), Brazil
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Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh
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Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
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Editorial & leadership roles
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- Vice-President
National Network of Depression Centers
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American Association for Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry
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International Society for Affective Disorders
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- National Plaque of Honor
Republic of Panama
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Chief of Psychiatry Services
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
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Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
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UTHealth Houston Harris County Psychiatric Center
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John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center
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Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Interview: "Dr. Jair Soares Interview"
The University of Texas System (June 2017), discussing bipolar disorder and depression neuroimaging research
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