Person

Warren, John Robin (Robin) (1937 - 2024)

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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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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

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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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