Donna Cross

This article is about the Australian children's health advocate. For the American writer, see Donna Woolfolk Cross.

Donna Cross OAM FAHMS 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]

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]

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