Dr. Daniel Vigo
Principal Investigator | Department of Psychiatry | UBC Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Vigo is a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, and public health specialist, originally from Argentina. He is an Associate Professor at UBC and the Chair of the Services and Policy Workgroup of the WHO-World Mental Health Surveys Initiative. He has worked in a variety of clinical, research, teaching, and leadership positions across both the public and private sector. In these roles, he has published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and reports on public health, health systems, global mental health, psychiatric epidemiology, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and e-mental health. Dr. Vigo also leads several projects in BC and globally, including on E-Mental Health for University Students, and Needs-Based Planning for Mental and Substance Use Disorder Services. Dr. Vigo serves as Provincial Medical Lead for the Advanced Practice of Assertive Community Treatment in BC, providing leadership and support to 34 ACT teams across the province, as Medical Lead for Tertiary Care in the Regional Mental Health and Substance Use Program at Vancouver Coastal Health, and as a psychiatrist at the Richmond ACT team, at UBC Hospital, and at Vancouver General Hospital. In June 2024 he became the inaugural Chief Scientific Advisor for Psychiatry for the Province of British Columbia, with a focus on improving services for people with concurrent disorders in the context of the toxic drug crisis.