Rosie (M.Psych, PhD) is a registered psychologist, a Professor of Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and the Chief of Knowledge Translation at Orygen, Australia’s leading centre for early intervention in mental health. Her primary interests are understanding mental health challenges experienced by those working in elite sports (athletes, coaches and high performance staff), as well as risk and protective factors for mental health, and optimal strategies for improving mental health in sporting environments. Rosie’s work has focused on whole of organisation (‘systems’) approaches to improving mental health, including working with sports to develop evidence-informed frameworks for preventing and responding early to mental health issues. She has a particular interest in the mental health of young elite athletes. Rosie has worked with a number of elite and professional sporting codes and organisations in Australia, including as former Lead Mental Health Consultant for Cricket Australia, where she developed their mental health strategy for high-performance cricket. She is a member of the International Olympic Committee’s mental health working group and the IOC’s 2022 expert consensus group on youth athletic development. She has authored over 165 publications and more than 30 reports on mental health for a range of elite sports.
