Donna Cross

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Donna Cross
OAM FAHMS
Director, Child Health Promotion Research Centre, Edith Cowan University
In office
2003–2012

Donna Cross is an Australian academic, professor, a child health advocate [1] at the School of Global and Population Health within the University of Western Australia and leader of the Telethon Kids Institute. [2] [3] She was awarded an Order of Australia for her work in children's mental health. [4]

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Cross is currently the Chief Investigator and the Western Australian Node Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course. [5]

Cross was historically the Founding Director for the Child Health Promotion Research Centre within the Edith Cowan University, from 2003 to 2012. [6] As Founding Director she led projects aimed at promoting the mental development and wellbeing of young people. Cross also created the Friendly Schools Plus (FS+) program, [7] [8] which has been adopted by over 3,000 schools in Singapore, Australia, the UK, and the USA. [9]

Education

Cross received a PhD from Columbia University, in New York, and a Bachelor of Education from the Western Australia Institute of Technology in 1983. [10]

Career

Cross has spent her career investigating childhood mental health, safety in schools, and designing and implementing research around well-being in school settings. [11] [12] She also has researched impacts of cyber-bullying, aggression, and the protection of young adolescents, particularly for implementing her research in real-life settings. [13]

Publications

Cross has written 38 books and chapters, as at July 2024, with 173 peer-reviewed journal articles, 95 reports, and more than 100 health education resources. [9] Cross has an H-index of 57 and over 12,000 citations, according to google scholar. [14]

Select publications include:

Awards

Award for Cross's work in adolescent mental health include the following:

Cross was awarded both the Churchill fellowship and NHMRC Research fellowship in 2016.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Donna Cross". the UWA Profiles and Research Repository. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  3. ↑ "Govt House WA".
  4. ↑ "Bullying expert Donna Cross in Queen's Birthday honours". The West Australian. 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  5. ↑ "Members". Life Course Centre. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  6. ↑ "Donna Cross". the UWA Profiles and Research Repository. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  7. ↑ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  8. ↑ "Home - Friendly Schools". friendlyschools.com.au. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  9. 1 2 "Donna Cross". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  10. ↑ "Donna Cross - Churchill Trust". www.churchilltrust.com.au. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  11. ↑ Cross, Donna; Lester, Leanne (2023-07-03). "Teacher's Bookshelf: Wellbeing champions". Teacher Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  12. ↑ Record, The (2024-06-06). "New, exciting, family engagement resources for parents and school staff". The Record. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  13. ↑ Altangerel, Zaya (2023-09-14). "WA Premier's Science Awards 2023 Winners – People News". Particle. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  14. ↑ "Donna Cross". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  15. ↑ Lester, Leanne; Cross, Donna (2015). "The Relationship Between School Climate and Mental and Emotional Wellbeing Over the Transition from Primary to Secondary School". Psychology of Well-Being. 5 (1): 9. doi: 10.1186/s13612-015-0037-8 . ISSN   2211-1522. PMC   4615665 . PMID   26516619.
  16. ↑ Perren, Sonja; Dooley, Julian; Shaw, Thérèse; Cross, Donna (2010-11-23). "Bullying in school and cyberspace: Associations with depressive symptoms in Swiss and Australian adolescents". Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 4 (1): 28. doi: 10.1186/1753-2000-4-28 . ISSN   1753-2000. PMC   3003626 . PMID   21092266.
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  18. ↑ "WA Science Hall of Fame". www.wa.gov.au. 2024-04-26. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
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