Chair's Message

In Canada and around the world, mental illness impacts millions of people. This makes education, research, and innovation in clinical care focused on mental health a local and global priority.

The Department of Psychiatry at University of Toronto is the largest department of its kind in Canada. We have outstanding clinical care programs, world-renowned researchers, and residency programs that train many of Canada’s psychiatrists. These strengths provide immense opportunities to lead, accelerating education, research, and clinical innovation to benefit patients now and in the future.

By closing the gaps between knowledge and practice we can improve the care received by patients today, and by ensuring a robust pipeline of research and research capacity, we can better equip ourselves to serve the patients of tomorrow.

As a Temerty Medicine alumni and a long-time faculty member, it is an honour to lead a world-class Department that has given so much to me. Throughout my career our community has provided me with support and inspiration. I know our shared dedication to prevention and treatment of mental illness for all of the populations that we serve will ignite transformative education, clinical innovation, and research.

I am grateful for Dr. Benoit Mulsant’s leadership during his 10-year tenure as Chair. His work has left us well positioned to face the challenges of the future.

I look forward to working together with all of you over the years to come.

Dr. Simone Vigod
Labatt Family Chair of the Department of Psychiatry
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto