Anna Donald

Anna Donald (1966 – 1 February 2009) was an Australian pioneer in the field of evidence-based medicine. A brilliant student, Anna Donald (originally Anastasia) was educated at the academically selective North Sydney Girls High School where she revealed a talent for mathematics and French; Wesley College at the University of Sydney, from which she graduated in 1989 as a bachelor of arts, majoring in history and preclinical medicine; the University... more

Anna Donald (1966 – 1 February 2009) was an Australian pioneer in the field of evidence-based medicine. A brilliant student, Anna Donald (originally Anastasia) was educated at the academically selective North Sydney Girls High School where she revealed a talent for mathematics and French; Wesley College at the University of Sydney, from which she graduated in 1989 as a bachelor of arts, majoring in history and preclinical medicine; the University of Oxford, where she received a bachelor of medicine and surgery degree; and Harvard University, from which she graduated with a master’s degree in public policy and degrees in medicine, economics and history. She was the second woman from New South Wales, Australia, to win a Rhodes Scholarship, an honour previously awarded to her paternal grandfather. While at Sydney University, Donald won the Henry Lawson Prize for a collection of short stories. In 1988, she presided over the World Universities Debating Championship, held in Sydney. It was... less