Person
Cossart, Yvonne Edna (1934 - 2014)
AO
- Born
- 14 August 1934
New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 16 December 2014
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- University Administrator and Virologist
- Alternative Names
- Willis, Yvonne (married name)
Summary
Yvonne Cossart was a virologist internationally recognised for her research in hepatitis and parboviruses, and later also human papiloma virus. Her early career was in the United Kingdom where she was involved in trials of hepatitis B immunoglobulin, epidemiological surveys, and the control of hepatitis in hospitals and the community. In 1975 she and her colleagues identified the B19 virus, now known as the cause of Fifth Disease in children. Cossart returned to Australia in 1977 as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Sydney. She played a key role in developing an innovative program in teaching and research in virology. In 1986 she was appointed Bosch Professor of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, retiring in 2006.
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Chronology
- 1957
- Education - BSc (hons), University of Sydney
- 1959
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1959
- Education - MB Bs, University of Sydney
- 1963 - 1966
- Career position - Officer-in-Charge, enterovirus section, Virus Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, United Kingdom
- 1967 - 1975
- Career position - Chairman, Public Health Laboratory Service Working Party on Hepatitis, United Kingdom
- 1973 - 1976
- Career position - Convenor and Chairman, Workshops on Hepatitis, Society for General Microbiology, United Kingdom
- 1977 - 1979
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Bacteriology, University of Sydney
- 1981 - 1992
- Career position - Head, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney
- 1986 - 2006
- Career position - Bosch Professor of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney
- 1998
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to medicine as a specialist in infectious diseases, especially in the areas of virological research, epidemiology and disease prevention, and to education
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Cossart, Yvonne E., Virus hepatitis and its control (London: Baillière Tindall, 1977), 294 pp. Details
- Sefton, Ann Jervie, Cossart, Yvonne and Freckelton, Louise, 150 Years of the Faculty of Medicine (Sydney: Sydney University Press, 2006), 340 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Cossart, Yvonne, 'Welsh, David Arthur (1865-1948), Pathologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 12 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 441-442. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120493b.htm. Details
- Cossart, Yvonne, 'Inglis, William Keith (1866-1960), Professor of Pathology' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 14 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 534-535. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140608b.htm. Details
- Cossart, Yvonne, 'Black, Robert Hughes (1917-1988), Professor of Tropical Medicine' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 17 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 107-108. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/black-robert-hughes-12217. Details
Journal Articles
- Cossart, Yvonne, 'Virology before and after HIV', Veterinary Microbiology, 46 (1-3) (1994), 79-90. Details
- Cossart, Yvonne E., 'Hepatitis C - progress at last', New South Wales public health bulletin, 1 (11) (1990), 39-40. https://doi.org/10.1071?NB90021. Details
Resource Sections
- Mellor, Lisa, 'Cossart, Yvonne', in The University of Sydney School of Medicine online museum, Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2008. https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine/museum/mwmuseum/index.php/Cossart,_Yvonne. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 26 October 2023