Barry Marshall
UVA Research Fellow, gastroenterologist, and Professor of Medicine, 1986-1996
• Awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine for the discovery (with Robin Warren) of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease
• Clinical Professor at the University of Western Australia
Barry Marshall is a Nobel Laureate, Clinical Professor and UWA Brand Ambassador at The University of Western Australia. Professor Marshall (1974 UWA graduate) and Emeritus Professor J Robin Warren were awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
Professor Marshall returned to Perth and UWA in 1996 after 10 years as a gastroenterologist, UVA Research Fellow and Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia (1986-1996). Today, he is the Director of The Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Training, which was founded in his honor. In addition to H. pylori research, the Marshall Centre is at the forefront of infectious disease identification and surveillance, diagnostics and drug design, and transformative discovery.
Professor Marshall has several projects including studying the relationship H. pylori has with the immune system. Recent research has found children with H. pylori are 45 per cent less likely to develop asthma. With this as a basis, Professor Marshall and his team are developing a medication that uses the bacteria to rebalance an overactive immune system and prevent asthma and food allergies.
The Helicobacter pylori Research Group is taking up the challenge to develop new diagnostics and treatments to target H. pylori across the globe. The research team is focused on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of H. pylori using clinical microbiology, molecular biology, immunology, genomics and systems biology.
