Editing Robin Warren (section)

==Career==
Warren trained at the [[Royal Adelaide Hospital]] and became a Registrar in Clinical Pathology at the [[Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science]] (IMVS). There, he worked in laboratory haematology, which generated his interest in pathology.

In 1963, Warren was appointed Honorary Clinical Assistant in Pathology and Honorary Registrar in Haematology at Royal Adelaide Hospital. Subsequently, he lectured in pathology at Adelaide University and then became Clinical Pathology Registrar at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. In 1967, Warren was elected to the [[Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia]] and became a senior pathologist at the [[Royal Perth Hospital]], where he spent the majority of his career.

===Nobel Prize work===
At the [[University of Western Australia]],Warren along with his colleague [[Barry Marshall|Barry J. Marshall]], proved that the bacterium is the infectious cause of [[stomach ulcer]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Marshall BJ, Warren JR |title=Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach of patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration |journal=Lancet |volume=323 |issue=8390 |pages=1311–5 |date=June 1984 |pmid=6145023 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(84)91816-6 |s2cid=10066001 |url=http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2884%2991816-6/abstract|url-access=subscription }}</ref>  Warren helped develop a convenient diagnostic test ([[Urea breath test|{{chem|14|C}}-urea breath-test]]) for detecting ''H. pylori'' in ulcer patients.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Surveyor I, Goodwin CS, Mullan BP, Geelhoed E, Warren JR, Murray RN, Waters TE, Sanderson CR |title=The {{chem|14|C}}-urea breath-test for the detection of gastric ''Campylobacter pylori'' infection |journal=Med J Aust |volume=151 |issue=8 |pages=435–9 |year=1989 |pmid=2593958 |doi=10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb101252.x |s2cid=40191259 }}</ref>

In 2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize in Medicine]].

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.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1133681 It's an Honour] — Companion of the Order of Australia</ref>

Asteroid [[254863 Robinwarren]], discovered by Italian amateur astronomer [[Silvano Casulli]] in 2005, was named in his honour.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The official {{MoMP|254863|naming citation}} was published by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on 22 April 2016 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 99893}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />