Vice President of Research
Dr. Amy Green (she/her) is Vice President of Research at The Trevor Project. Her team supports the organization’s life-saving work by using internal and external data and research findings to advance its crisis services and peer support programs, as well as advocacy and education initiatives. Under Dr. Green’s leadership, the research team produces innovative research that brings new clinical implications to the field of suicidology and LGBTQ mental health, and which enables the organization to better understand the lives of LGBTQ youth and suicidality. In addition to leading The Trevor Project’s annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, her team publishes multiple research reports per year, plus monthly research briefs that help inform the work of LGBTQ youth serving agencies and mental health organizations.
She has spent nearly 20 years conducting research related to youth mental health and well-being. Prior to joining The Trevor Project, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego where her research focused on using implementation science to reduce disparities for LGBTQ youth. She also served as a core investigator at the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, a consortium of over 100 investigators and staff from multiple academic institutions conducting cutting edge research focused on improving mental health services for children and families.
Dr. Green has published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has been funded by numerous national agencies including the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the William T. Grant Foundation. Her primary research interests include understanding and promoting resilience among LGBTQ youth, examining the social context of suicide risk, and utilizing implementation science to increase the positive impact of programs, policies, and practices to reduce disparities for LGBTQ youth.