Person
Warren, John Robin (Robin) (1937 - 2024)
AC
- Born
- 11 June 1937
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 23 July 2024
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Pathologist
- Alternative Names
- Warren, Robin (Also known as)
Summary
Robin Warren and Barry Marshall in their laboratories in Perth, Western Australia, were able to isolate spiral, unease producing bacteria in mucosal specimens of patients suffering with gastric and duodenal ulcers. This bacterium, which came to be known as Helicobacter pylori, made its home between the gastric epithelial cell surfaces and the mucus layer above them, and was also found to cause antral gastritis. All three conditions could be cured by simply eradicating the bacteria. These studies have revolutionised the field of gastroenterology, as H. pylori is seen as the cause of almost 90% of all duodenal ulcers and 80% of all gastric ulcers. In 2005 Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery.
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Chronology
- 1960 - 2024
- Career position - Member, Australian Medical Association
- 1961
- Education - MB BS, University of Adelaide
- 1961 - 1962
- Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia
- 1962 - 1963
- Career position - Registrar in Haematology and Clinical Pathology, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science Adelaide
- 1963 - 1964
- Career position - Lecturer in pathology, University of Adelaide
- 1964 - 1966
- Career position - Registrar in Clinical Pathology, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1966 - 1968
- Career position - Appointed Registrar in Pathology, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1967 - 1970
- Award - Fellow, College of Pathologists of Australasia
- 1968 - 1999
- Career position - Pathologist, Royal Perth Hospital
- 1970 - 1995
- Award - Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia (later Australasia)
- 1975 - 2024?
- Career position - Member, Australian Society of Cytology
- 1975 - 2024?
- Career position - Member, International Academy of Pathology
- 1994
- Award - Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (shared with Barry Marshall), Warren Aplert Foundation and Harvard Medical School, U.S.A
- 1995
- Award - Hippocrates Award, Australian Medical Association Western Australian Branch (shared with Barry Marshall and Ken Collin)
- 1995
- Award - Recipient of the Distinguished Fellows Award, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
- 1995 - 2024
- Award - Distinguished Fellows Award, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
- 1996
- Award - Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Adelaide
- 1996
- Award - Inaugural Award, 1st Western Pacific Helicobacter Congress, People's Republic of China
- 1996
- Award - Medal of the University of Hiroshima
- 1997
- Award - Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (shared with Barry Marshall), Paul Erlich Foundation, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- 1997
- Award - MD honoris causa, University of Western Australia
- 1998
- Award - Faulding Florey Medal (shared with Barry Marshall), Australian Institute of Policy and Science
- 1999 - 2024?
- Career position - Emeritus Consultant in Pathology, Royal Perth Hospital
- 2005
- Award - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with Barry Marshall)
- 2006
- Award - Gold Medal, Australian Medical Association
- 2006 - 2024
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
- 2007
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for service to medicine and to medical research, particularly through the discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease
- 2007
- Award - Inducted into the Western Australian Science Hall of Fame, Premier's Science Awards
- 2009
- Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Technology Sydney
- 2012
- Award - MD honoris causa, University of Sydney
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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
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Obituary: Emeritus Professor Robin Warren AC FAA Nobel laureate', Australian Academy of Science newletter, 184 (2024). https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/july-2024-184/fellows-update-july-2024. 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
- Steensma, David P., Kyle, Robert A. and Shampo, Marc A., 'J. Robin Warren: Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcer', Mayo Clinic proceedings 91(6):e129-e130, 91 (6) (2016), e129-e130. https://doi.org/01.1016/j.mayocp.2016.01.027. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q208670. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/84239838. Details
- 'Warren, John Robin (1937-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476039. Details
Resource Sections
- 'J. Robin Warren - Autobiography', in Nobelprize.org, The Nobel Foundation, 2005, http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2005/warren.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 Dr Robin Warren', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2008, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/w/rw.html. Details
See also
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
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Created: 6 April 2000, Last modified: 3 September 2024