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Takahiro Soda

Takahiro Soda, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department: MD-PSYCHIATRY
Business Phone: (352) 294-4946
Business Email: takahirosoda@ufl.edu

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About Takahiro Soda

Dr. Soda is board certified in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. He obtained his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts as part of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Medical Scientist Training Program.

Dr. Soda completed his residency in general psychiatry and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. He is a member of AACAP ethics committee and ISPG ethics committee.

Dr. Soda works in the Child Division and provides patient care services at the UF Health Springhill II clinic and UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital. He also conducts clinical research in autism and neurodevelopmental disorders in adults, adolescents, and children. He has an integral role in the development of research programs in both the UF Health Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment (CAN), and in the UF Center for OCD, Anxiety and Related Disorders (COARD). In addition, he serves as an important academic teacher and mentor for medical students, interns, training residents and fellows.

Additional Positions:
Medical Director
2020 – Current · UF Health Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. PAS5020 – Intro to Medicine 2

    College of Medicine

  2. BMS6813 – Introduction to Clinical Medicine 2A

    College of Medicine

  3. GMS6776 – Neurobiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder

    College of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Clinical Profile

Specialties

  • Psychiatry

Subspecialties

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Areas of Interest

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-6268-2965

Areas of Interest

  • Adult Psychiatry
  • Autism and related disabilities
  • Behavioral pharmacology
  • Clinical Translational Neuroscience
  • Community Psychiatry
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Pediatric Psychopharmacology
  • Pharmacogenetics
  • Pharmacogenomics
  • Psychiatric Genomics
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychopharmacology
  • autism spectrum disorders

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. Elucidating the full phenotype of the 15q13.3 deletion syndrome

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIMH

  2. Leveraging rare genetic etiologies to advance knowledge and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER via NATL INST OF HLTH NIMH

  3. Polygenic Risk Scores in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Ethical, Clinical, and Legal Implications

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE via NATL INST OF HLTH NIMH

Education

  1. Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    University of North Carolina Hospitals

  2. Residency in General Psychiatry

    University of North Carolina Hospitals

  3. Ph. D in Neuroscience

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  4. Medical Degree

    Harvard Medical School

  5. Bachelor’s of Science in Neuroscience

    University of California – Los Angeles

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-4946
Emails:
Business:
takahirosoda@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
1149 NEWELL DR
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1149 NEWELL DR
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610