Marshall, Barry James (1951 - )

Summary

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, including the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Chronology

1974

Education - MB BS, University of Western Australia

1975

Career position - Intern, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth

1976

Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth

1977 - 1978

Career position - Registrar, General Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth

1978 - 1983

Career position - Registrar, Royal Perth Hospital

1982

Career position - General Physician and acting superintendent, Port Hedland Regional Hospital, Western Australia

1983 - 1984

Career position - Senior Registrar, Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia

1985 - 1986

Career position - NHMRC Research Fellow in Gastroenterology, Royal Perth Hospital

1986 - 1987

Career position - Research Fellow in internal medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A.

1987 - 1990

Career position - Member, Committee on Federal Drug Administration Related Matters, American College of Gastroenterology

1988 - 1992

Career position - Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A.

1991 - 1993

Career position - Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A.

1993 - 1996

Career position - Clinical Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A.

1994

Career event - Founder, Helicobacter Foundation

1994

Award - Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (shared with Robin Warren), Warren Aplert Foundation and Harvard Medical School, U.S.A.

1995

Award - Distinguished Achievement Award and Lecture, American Gastroenterological Association

1995

Award - John Scott Award, City of Philadelphia, U.S.A.

1995

Award - Hippocrates Award, Australian Medical Association Western Australian Branch (shared with Robin Warren and Ken Collin)

1995

Award - Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research, Lasker Foundation, New York, U.S.A.

1996

Career position - Appointed Professor of Research in Internal Medicine, University of Virginia

1996

Award - Canada Gairdner International Award, Gairdner Foundation Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1996 - 1999

Career position - Professor of Research in Internal Medicine, Independent Research Faculty, University of Virginia, U.S.A.

1997

Award - Kilby International Award, North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Texas, U.S.A.

1997

Award - MD honoris causa, University of Western Australia

1997

Award - Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (shared with Robin Warren), Paul Erlich Foundation, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1997 - 1999

Career position - Appointed Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Western Australia

1997 - 1999

Career position - Honorary Research Fellow in Gastroenterology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth

1998

Award - Distinguished Research Prize, Australian Gastroenterological Society

1998

Award - Australian Achiever Award

1998

Award - Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Medicine, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

1998

Award - Faulding Florey Medal (shared with Barry Marshall), Australian Institute of Policy and Science

1998

Award - Buchanan Medal, Royal Society, London

1999 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science

1999 -

Award - Fellow, Royal Society, London

1999

Award - Benjamin Franklin Medal for Life Sciences, Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, U.S.A.

1999 - 2003

Career position - Clinical Professor of Microbiology, University of Western Australia

2000 - 2003

Career position - Member, Sectional Committee 9, Australian Academy of Science

2001 -

Career position - Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, U.S.A.

2001

Award - Prince Mahidol Award in the Field of Public Health, Thailand

2001

Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis

2001

Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation

2002

Award - Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

2002 - 2005

Career position - Part-Time Councillor, Specialist Medical Review Council

2003 -

Career position - NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, University of Western Australia

2003 - ?

Career position - Chairman, Sectional Committee 9, Australian Academy of Science

2003

Award - Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science

2005 -

Career position - Director and Chief Executive, Ondek Pty Ltd

2005

Award - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with Robin Warren)

2006

Award - Gold Medal, Australian Medical Association

2006

Award - William Beaumont Prize, American Gastroenterology Association

2007 -

Career position - Co-Director, Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, University of Western Australia

2007

Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for service to medicine and medical research, particularly through the discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease

2008 -

Career position - Member, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.

2011

Award - Australian Society for Medical Research Medal

2015 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences

Related entries

Published resources

Book Sections

• Timson, Lia, 'Swallowing the science: J. Robin Warren and Barry J. Marshall' in Australia's Nobel laureates vol. III: state of our innovation nation, 2021 and beyond (One Mandate Group, 2021), pp. 130-41. Details

Edited Books

• Marshall, B. ed., Helicobacter pioneers: first hand accounts from the scientists who discovered helicobacters 1892 - 1982 (Carlton, Vic.: Blackwell Science Asia, 2002), 222 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Kyle, Robert A., Steensma, David P. and Shampo, Marc A., ' Barry James Marshall - discovery of Helicobacter pylori as a cause of peptic ulcer', Mayo Clinic proceedings, 91 (5) (2016), e67-e68, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.01.025. Details
• Marshall, B. J. and Warren, J. R., 'Unidentified curved bacilli on gastric epithelium in active chronic gastritis', The lancet, 321 (8336) (1983), 1273-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(83)92719-8. Details
• Marshall, B. J. and Warren, J. R., 'Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach of patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration', The lancet, 323 (8390) (1984), 1311-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(84)91816-6. Details
• Marshall, B. J.; McGechie, D. B.; Rogers, P. A.; and Glancy, R. J., 'Pyloric campylobacter infection and gastroduodenal disease', Medical journal of Australia, 143 (2004), 439-444. Details
• Marshall, Barry and Adams, Paul C., 'Helicobacter pylori: a Nobel pursuit', Canadian journal of gastroenterology, 22 (1) (2008), 895-6. https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/459810. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q202136. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93794666. Details
• 'Marshall, Barry J (1951-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-584443. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Barry J. Marshall - Curriculum Vitae', in Nobelprize.org, The Nobel Foundation, 2005, http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2005/marshall-cv.html. Details
• Australian Institute of Policy and Science, 'Florey Medal', Sydney, 2024. https://aips.net.au/florey-award/the-florey-medal/. Details
• Swan, Norman, 'Interview with Professor Barry Marshall', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2008, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/m/marshall.html. Details

See also

• Gregory, Ann T., 'Jewels in the crown: the Medical journal of Australia's 10 most cited articles', Medical journal of Australia, 181 (1) (2004), 9-12. Details
• Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details