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Shairi R. Turner MD, MPH serves as the Chief Health Officer at Crisis Text Line leading the organization’s external policy, advocacy and partnership initiatives related to mental health. She is an internist and pediatrician with expertise in trauma-informed practices. She originally joined Crisis Text Line as the Chief Medical Officer leading the Crisis Supervision Team (2017-2019) and returned in 2020 as Chief Transformation Officer, responsible for guiding the organization’s culture transformation focused on embedding equity throughout the organization. Throughout her career, she has been committed to addressing the mental health epidemic. Dr. Turner has been a featured expert in numerous top-tier and regional media networks such as NBC’s Meet the Press, Scripps News, Good Day DC, CNN, iHeart Radio Podcast with Michelle Williams, Good Day Seattle, HuffPost, to name a few. She also was a co-Host of NIKE’s acclaimed No Off Season podcast series. She is married and the mother of two pre-Med college students.
Shairi R. Turner MD, MPH serves as the Chief Health Officer at Crisis Text Line leading the organization’s external policy, advocacy and partnership initiatives related to mental health. She is an internist and pediatrician with expertise in trauma-informed practices. She originally joined Crisis Text Line as the Chief Medical Officer leading the Crisis Supervision Team (2017-2019) and returned in 2020 as Chief Transformation Officer, responsible for guiding the organization’s culture transformation focused on embedding equity throughout the organization. Throughout her career, she has been committed to addressing the mental health epidemic. Dr. Turner has been a featured expert in numerous top-tier and regional media networks such as NBC’s Meet the Press, Scripps News, Good Day DC, CNN, iHeart Radio Podcast with Michelle Williams, Good Day Seattle, HuffPost, to name a few. She also was a co-Host of NIKE’s acclaimed No Off Season podcast series. She is married and the mother of two pre-Med college students.
Shairi R. Turner MD, MPH serves as the Chief Health Officer at Crisis Text Line leading the organization’s external policy, advocacy and partnership initiatives related to mental health. She is an internist and pediatrician with expertise in trauma-informed practices. She originally joined Crisis Text Line as the Chief Medical Officer leading the Crisis Supervision Team (2017-2019) and returned in 2020 as Chief Transformation Officer, responsible for guiding the organization’s culture transformation focused on embedding equity throughout the organization. Throughout her career, she has been committed to addressing the mental health epidemic. Dr. Turner has been a featured expert in numerous top-tier and regional media networks such as NBC’s Meet the Press, Scripps News, Good Day DC, CNN, iHeart Radio Podcast with Michelle Williams, Good Day Seattle, HuffPost, to name a few. She also was a co-Host of NIKE’s acclaimed No Off Season podcast series. She is married and the mother of two pre-Med college students.
Experiencing a crisis? Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988
or Text the Crisis Text Line by Texting “LF999” to 741741.