Professor Barry Marshall interviewed by Dr Norman Swan
TitleProfessor Barry Marshall interviewed by Dr Norman Swan
Reference240000077
Date2008
Scope and ContentVideo interview and transcript of interview.
Barry Marshall was born in the mining town of Kalgoorlie, W.A. in 1951. Marshall gained his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Western Australia in 1974. He then completed his internship and residency years at the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre. In 1979 Marshall moved to the Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) where, in 1981 during a gastroenterology rotation, he met Dr Robin Warren. Marshall began to work with Warren in studying bacteria in the stomach. In 1982 Marshall took up a senior registrar position at Fremantle Hospital, Perth and continued his study of Helicobacter pylori infections and treatments. In 1984 he was able to prove that H. pylori infections caused peptic ulcers and it is for this body of work that Marshall and Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in 2005. Also in 1984, Marshall moved back to RPH.
In 1985 Marshall began a successful partnership with US drug firm Proctor and Gamble and in 1986 moved to the USA to join the University of Virginia as a research fellow. A significant milestone for Marshall came in 1994 when the National Institutes of Health accepted that the key to treatment of duodenal and gastric ulcers was eradication of H. pylori infection. Marshall returned to the University of Western Australia in 1996 to set up his research laboratory. He still sees patients at the gastroenterology department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Barry Marshall was born in the mining town of Kalgoorlie, W.A. in 1951. Marshall gained his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Western Australia in 1974. He then completed his internship and residency years at the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre. In 1979 Marshall moved to the Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) where, in 1981 during a gastroenterology rotation, he met Dr Robin Warren. Marshall began to work with Warren in studying bacteria in the stomach. In 1982 Marshall took up a senior registrar position at Fremantle Hospital, Perth and continued his study of Helicobacter pylori infections and treatments. In 1984 he was able to prove that H. pylori infections caused peptic ulcers and it is for this body of work that Marshall and Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in 2005. Also in 1984, Marshall moved back to RPH.
In 1985 Marshall began a successful partnership with US drug firm Proctor and Gamble and in 1986 moved to the USA to join the University of Virginia as a research fellow. A significant milestone for Marshall came in 1994 when the National Institutes of Health accepted that the key to treatment of duodenal and gastric ulcers was eradication of H. pylori infection. Marshall returned to the University of Western Australia in 1996 to set up his research laboratory. He still sees patients at the gastroenterology department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
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