Dan Chisholm, MA MSc PhD, is a social scientist with interests and expertise in public mental health, health economics and health systems research. A former Senior Lecturer in health economics at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, he is currently working as a senior mental health specialist in the Department of noncommunicable diseases and mental health at WHO Headquarters Office, Geneva, Switzerland. He previously worked as Programme Manager for Mental Health in the WHO Regional Office for Europe, and before that as a health systems advisor and health economist at WHO HQ. His main areas of work include development and monitoring of mental health plans and policies, technical assistance to Member States on mental health system strengthening, and health systems financing for noncommunicable diseases and mental, neurological and substance use health conditions.
