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Marshall, Barry (1951 - )FAA, FRS |
| Gastroenterologist |
| Born: 30 September 1951 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia |
| Barry Marshall, with Robin Warren, discovered that Helicobacter pylori is the causative agent in gastric ulceration and gastritis, enabling gastric ulcers to be cured for the first time. They won a number of awards for this discovery, both in Australia and overseas. |
Career Highlights |
| URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://vianet.net.au/~bjmrshll/index.html |
| Born 30 September 1951. Educated University of Western Australia (MB, BS 1974). Intern, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre 1975, Resident Medical Officer 1976, Registrar General Medicine 1977-78; Registrar, Royal Perth Hospital 1979-82; General Physican and acting superintendent, Port Hedland Regional Hospital 1982, Senior Registrar, Fremantle Hospital 1983-84; NH&MRC Research Fellow doing clinical research in the Gastroenterology department, Royal Perth Hospital 1985-86; Research fellow in medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Virginia 1986-87, Assistant Professor of Medicine 1988-92, Associate Professor of Medicine 1992, Professor of Medicine 1993, Clinical Professor and private consulting 1993-96, Professor of Research in Internal Medicine,1996-99; Honorary Research Fellow in Gastroenterology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth 1997; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Western Australia 1997, NHMRC Burnet Fellow, Professor of Medicine, University of Western Australia 1998-. Warren Alpert Prize (shared with J.R. Warren), Harvard Medical School 1995; Medical Research Award (shared with J.R. Warren), Western Australian Branch, Australian Medical Association 1995; American Gastroenterological Association Distinguished Achievement Award and lecture, San Diego 1995; Albert Lasker Award, New York City 1995; John Scott Award, City of Philadelphia 1995; Gairdner Award Lecture, Toronto 1996; Paul Ehrlich Prize (shared with J.R. Warren), Frankfurt 1997; Kilby Prize, Dallas 1997; Australian Achiever Award 1998; Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine, Amsterdam 1998; Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1999; Fellow, Royal Society 1999. Founder, Helicobacter Foundation (http://www.helico.com/) 1994. |
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