Yvonne Cossart

Yvonne Edna Cossart AO (14 August 1934 – 16 December 2014)[1] was an Australian virologist, who discovered the parvovirus B19 in 1975.[2]

Cossart graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science in 1957 and MB BS in 1959.[3]

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to medicine as a specialist in infectious diseases, especially in the areas of virological research, epidemiology and disease prevention, and to education".[4]

Cossart died at Greenwich Hospital on 16 December 2014, at the age of 80. She was survived by her husband, Ted Wills, and son, Tom Wills.[5]

Works
  • Cossart, Yvonne E (1977), Virus hepatitis and its control, Baillière Tindall, ISBN 978-0-7020-0651-7
  • Department of Infectious Diseases; Cossart, Yvonne E (1990), History and philosophy of medicine for medical students, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney
  • Cossart, Yvonne E; Pegler, Mollie; University of Sydney. Faculty of Medicine (1993), Doctor! Look behind you : a companion for medical students, History & Philosophy of Medicine Unit, University of Sydney
  • Sefton, Ann Jervie; Cossart, Yvonne E; Freckelton, Louise; University of Sydney (2006), 150 years of the Faculty of Medicine, Sydney University Press, ISBN 978-1-920898-35-9

References
  1. "Death Notice: Yvonne COSSART". Legacy.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. "Cossart, Yvonne". The University of Sydney School of Medicine Online Museum. University of Sydney. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. "Cossart, Yvonne - Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive". www.sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. "Professor Yvonne Edna Cossart". It's an Honour. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. "Yvonne COSSART". Memories. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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