Simone Vigod

Adjunct Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES UofT
Mental Health & Addictions Research Program

Phone
416-323-6400 Ext. 4080

Biography

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Education

MSc, Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
FRCPC, Psychiatry, University of Toronto
MD, University of Toronto
BSc, Psychology, McGill University

Research Focus

Psychiatric disorders
Women's health

Other Affiliations

Scientist, Women's College Research Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Staff Psychiatrist, Women's College Hospital

Recent ICES Grants

Maternal diabetes and perinatal mental illness: a population-based study

Principal investigator: Brown HK
Co-investigators: Guttman AS, Ray J, Vigod S
University of Toronto Research and Innovation, Connaught New Researcher Award
2017-2019; $35,000
Chronic medical conditions and perinatal mental illness

Principal investigator: Brown HK
Co-investigators: Guttman AS, Ray J, Vigod S
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2017-2019; $153,000
Pregnancy outcomes in patients with psoriasis

Principal investigator: Chan A-W
Co-investigators: Brown H, Vigod S
Canadian Dermatology Foundation, Operating Grant
2015-2016; $12,000

Recent Awards & Recognition

Innovation Fund Award for Mental Health and Geriatric Care

2016: Awarded to Dr. Simone Vigod by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and Ontario Medical Association at the Innovation Fund Showcase. Dr. Vigod received the award for her tool to identify psychiatric inpatients at risk for early rehospitalisation, called READMIT.
11/17/2016
CIHR New Investigator Award

2015: Awarded to Dr. Simone Vigod for epidemiology and treatment of maternal mental illness. Dr. Vigod’s research will aim to optimize care for mothers with mental illness and improve maternal and child outcomes.
7/22/2015

Recent ICES Publications

9/18/2017

Low medical morbidity and mortality after acute courses of electroconvulsive therapy in a population-based sample

Blumberger DM, Seitz DP, Herrmann N, Kirkham JG, Ng R, Reimer C, Kurdyak P, Gruneir A, Rapoport MJ, Daskalakis ZJ, Mulsant BH, Vigod SN. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2017; Sep 18 [Epub ahead of print].

9/12/2017

Mental health follow-up after deliberate self-harm and risk for repeat self-harm and death

Hunter J, Maunder R, Kurdyak P, Wilton AS, Gruneir A, Vigod S. Psychiatry Res. 2017; Sep 12 [Epub ahead of print].

9/11/2017

A latent class analysis of brief postpartum psychiatric hospital admissions

Shlomi Polachek I, Fung K, Putnam K, Brody SM, Vigod SN. Psychiatry Res. 2017; Sep 11 [Epub ahead of print].

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News coverage

Spectrum4/18/2017Article

Trio of studies cast doubt on link between autism, antidepressants

Medscape3/21/2016Article

Schizophrenia hospitalization drops in pregnancy, post partum

The Globe and Mail 5/13/2015Article