Barry Marshall
Barry James Marshall (born September 30, 1951 in Kalgoorlie , Australia ) is an Australian medical doctor and received the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine .
Life
After studying at the University of Western Australia (UWA), Marshall worked at the Royal Perth Hospital . In 1986 he and his family temporarily relocated to the United States when he began teaching at the University of Virginia . Marshall then returned to the University of Western Australia in Perth as Professor of Clinical Microbiology . Marshall is currently working at the Shanghai East Hospital in Shanghai , PR China .
Barry Marshall is married to Adrienne and has four children.
Career
The microbiologist Marshall is known for showing that Helicobacter pylori bacteria are the cause of most stomach ulcers . He refuted the decades-long assumption that ulcers are mainly caused by stress, spicy food, etc.
The Helicobacter - pylori theory was initially rejected by many scientists who believe that bacteria in the acidic environment of the stomach acid could not survive. To prove otherwise, Marshall undertook a self-experiment in 1984 and drank a test tube of the bacteria. A short time later he developed severe gastritis , which he healed with antibiotics .
In 1994 he received the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize , in 1995 the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research and in 1996 a Gairdner Foundation International Award . In 1997 he was awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize , in 1998 the AH Heineken Prize for Medicine and the Buchanan Medal of the Royal Society , and in 2002 the Keio Medical Science Prize . In December 2005 he and John Robin Warren received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of Helicobacter pylori . He currently works at Shanghai East Hospital and heads the "Marhall International Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Digestive Diseases"
In 2008, Marshall was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .
Web links
- Information from the Nobel Foundation on the 2005 award to Barry J. Marshall
- Professor Barry Marshall, gastroenterologist at the Australian Academy of Science (extensive interview from 2008)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Shanghai East Hospital , accessed 22/02/20
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Marshall, Barry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marshall, Barry James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalgoorlie , Australia |