Robin Warren

John Robin Warren AC (11 June 1937 – 23 July 2024) was an Australian pathologist, Nobel winner and researcher. In 1979, he discovered the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, together with Barry Marshall.

 Life and career 

He received his MBBS degree from the University of Adelaide, having completed his high school education at St Peter's College, Adelaide.  In 1967 he was became a member the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia and became a senior pathologist at the Royal Perth Hospital where he spent most of his career.  At the University of Western Australia with Barry J. Marshall, Warren proved that the bacterium is the cause of stomach ulcers.Warren JR, Marshall BJ. Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration. Lancet 1984;1(8390):1311–1315. PMID 6145023  Warren helped develop an easy diagnostic test (14C-urea breath-test) for finding H. pylori in ulcer patients.Surveyor I, Goodwin CS, Mullan BP, Geelhoed E, Warren JR, Murray RN, Waters TE, Sanderson CR. The 14C-urea breath-test for the detection of gastric Campylobacter pylori infection. Med J Aust. 1989; 151(8):435–439. PMID 2593958.  In 2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

He married Winifred Theresa Warren and together they had five children. Winifred Warren is a psychiatrist.

An Australian documentary was made in 2006 about Warren and Marshall's road to the Nobel Prize, called "The Winner's Guide to the Nobel Prize".  He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2007.It's an Honour  – Companion of the Order of Australia

Warren died on 23 July 2024 in Perth, Western Australia at the age of 87.Remembering Nobel Laureate Professor Robin Warren ACFarewell to a Giant of Pathology and Medicine

 References 

 Other websites 
Short bio of Dr. J Robin Warren 
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005
Warren Nobel Prize lecture
Robin Warren's homepage 

Category:1937 births
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Category:Australian medical doctors
Category:Australian educators
Category:Australian medical researchers
Category:People from Adelaide
Category:Scientists from South Australia
Category:Australian Nobel Prize winners
Category:Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners
Category:Order of Australia
Category:University of Adelaide alumni
Category:Pathologists