Donna Cross

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

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.

Cross was historically the Founding Director for the Child Health Promotion Research Centre within the Edith Cowan University, from 2003 to 2012. 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, which has been adopted by over 3,000 schools in Singapore, Australia, the UK, and the USA. Provided by Wikipedia