Christine Yu Moutier

Christine Yu Moutier, MD, serves as the chief medical officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and knows the impact of suicide firsthand. After her own lived experience and losing colleagues to suicide, she dedicated herself to fighting this leading cause of death.

Dr. Moutier has testified before Congress, the White House, and provided congressional briefings on suicide prevention. She co-anchored CNN’s Emmy Award-winning “Finding Hope” suicide prevention town hall, serves as an expert nationally and abroad, and remains dedicated to the vision of a world without suicide.

Previously, Dr. Moutier was on the faculty and served as assistant dean for student affairs and medical education at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. Co-founder of the San Diego Chapter of AFSP in 2007, she launched the Interactive Screening Program, AFSP’s signature intervention program for those at risk of suicide, for the UCSD health science community of faculty, residents, and students.

Dr. Moutier has tirelessly advocated for culture change at the national level during her tenure at AFSP and in briefing Congressional committees, educating major media outlets, and making the most of every opportunity to represent the science and those who have survived loss and/or lived experience.