Dr. Cross is a member of the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and in Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She is a clinical psychologist, educator and researcher. She is also an Education Specialist /Researcher at the VA's VISN 2 (Center of Excellence for Suicide Preventi...
Dr. Cross is a member of the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and in Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She is a clinical psychologist, educator and researcher. She is also an Education Specialist /Researcher at the VA's VISN 2 (Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua, NY) and the Director of the Education Core in the UR Health Lab where she collaborates on development and evaluation of technology-driven healthcare interventions such as VR and apps to improve patients’ experience. Dr. Cross completed a NIMH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) which focused on developing and testing models, methods and measures for training individuals charged with carrying forth a variety of evidence-based interventions into community settings. She is a graduate of the NIMH-supported Implementation Research Institute Fellowship, and her implementation science work has crosscut numerous interventions and practices. She is a member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Awardee as part of a team that focused on building a “digital web” to meet the behavioral health needs of rural communities. She recently completed training in User-Centered Design during which she consulted to healthcare design companies and led a customer insight team for a UR project. Dr. Cross has published widely and collaborates with investigators nationally and internationally on a variety of projects focused on training and transfer of training for impact in real world settings, community-based interventions and innovations in healthcare delivery. Dr. Cross directed the Clinical Psychology Training program in the Department of Psychiatry for over a decade and has received numerous awards for her teaching and mentorship.
Faculty Appointments
Professor (Part-Time)
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Department of Psychiatry, Child & Adoles Serv (SMD)
Professor (Part-Time)
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Department of Pediatrics, Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Post-doctoral Training & Residency
University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry; Postdoctoral Fellow 1992 - 1994
Education
PhD | Ohio University.Psychology.1993
MA | Carleton University.Psychology, All Other.1986
Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry.. 2024 August 48 (4):329-333. Epub 05/13/2024.
Martinez-Bernal D, Vidovich C, Keenan C, Correll L, Laserna A, Hasselberg M, Cross WF, Kolokytas A
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.. 2023 April 81 (4):467-482. Epub 12/24/2022.
Maeng D, Li Y, Lawrence M, Keane S, Cross W, Conner KR, Lee HB
The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association.. 2023 January 39 (1):21-29. Epub 06/16/2022.
Fiscella K, Boyd M, Brown J, Carroll J, Cassells A, Corales R, Cross W, El'Daher N, Farah S, Fine S, Fowler R, Hann A, Luque A, Rodriquez J, Sanders M, Tobin J
BMC public health.. 2015 October 1615 :1056. Epub 10/16/2015.
Cognitive and behavioral practice.. 2014 February 21 (1):1-11. Epub 1900 01 01.
Veterans' mental health: Personal and professional knowledge of and experience with suicide and suicide prevention among Veteran stakeholders in community and clinical practice
Matthieu, M.M.; Gardiner, G.; Ziegemeier, E.; Buxtor, M.; Han, L.; Cross, W.
International journal of group psychotherapy. 2005 July 55 (3):455-63. Epub 1900 01 01.
Translating Research on Resilience Into School-Based Prevention: Program Components and Preliminary Outcomes From The Promoting Resilient Children Initiative
Wyman, P.A.; Cross, W.; Barry, J.
Community Planning to Foster Resilience in Children. 2004; .
Silberbogen, A. K.; Aosved, A. C.; Cross, W. F.; Cox, D. R.; & Felleman, B. I.
Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 12(2): 66-73.
Pose-based Body Language Recognition for Emotion and Psychiatric Symptom Interpretation
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Books
Community Planning to Foster Resilience in Children
(2004)
Chapter: Translating research on resilience into school-based prevention: Program components and preliminary outcomes from the Promoting Resilient Children Initiative (PRCI)
Authors: Wyman, P.A., Cross, W., & Barry, J.
Publisher:
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York 2004
