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On 10 December 2005 Professor Barry Marshall, Patron of the Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation, was jointly awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Medicine/Physiology for a discovery which is responsible for making immense savings in health care worldwide and preventing untold human suffering.

While a Registrar at Fremantle Hospital, Professor Marshall worked with colleagues in Microbiology, Histopathology, Gastroenterology and Biochemistry to study a bacteria that had been identified by Dr Robin Warren, the co-winner of the Nobel Prize.

Professor Marshall was convinced that the bacteria - Helicobacter pylori - was responsible for causing gastritis and peptic ulcer disease, a theory that went completely against worldwide medical opinion of the time.

In 1983 Professor Marshall stunned the medical world when he drank a beaker of water laced with the bacteria to prove the theory. Within a very short space of time he began developing the symptoms of an ulcer, which he then cured with a course of common antibiotics.

With a travel grant made available by Medical Advisory Committee Travel Sub-Committee of Fremantle Hospital, Professor Marshall travelled to Brussels to present his findings at the Second International Workshop on Campylobacter Infections. He credits this travel grant as providing the means by which he was able to convince his peers of the significance of the discovery, and in his eventual joint win of the Nobel Prize.

In recognition of the pivotal role that the travel grant played in bringing the discovery to the attention of the international medical community and to pay tribute to Professor Marshall's great achievement, the Trustees of the Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation announced the introduction of an annual Barry Marshall Travel Award, open to all medical researchers at Fremantle Hospital.

As further demonstration of Professor Marshall's faith in what he believes can be accomplished by Fremantle Hospital's talented research community, Barry and Adrienne Marshall have sponsored the first Travel Award in 2007. In making their personal donation of $10,000 Professor Marshall said "The generous support and encouragement I had at Fremantle Hospital in the early days allowed the H.Pylori work to come to fruition. I am honoured that you wish to introduce the Award and am sure that in the future it will seed many new projects and give WA researchers a vital chance to broaden their experience.".

The prestigious Barry Marshall Travel Award now forms part of the Fremantle Hospital Research Awards and will allow a Fremantle Hospital-based researcher to attend a national or international conference to present their research findings.


THE FIRST 2010 BARRY MARSHALL TRAVEL AWARD WAS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY EXHIBITION PROJECTS PTY LTD.

APPLICATIONS FOR THE SECOND TRAVEL AWARD IN 2010 ARE OPEN FROM 3 MAY TO 13 AUGUST 2010.

The Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation (FHMRF) invites applications from health professionals and scientists for one grant of up to $5,000 for travel within or outside of Australia for the purposes of attending a conference/meeting to present the findings of research performed at Fremantle Hospital, to present a poster or similar.

The successful applicant will be provided an allowance for the approved travel and accommodation but no further salary or stipend. The travel must be taken within 2010.

Eligible candidates will be working in either medical, science, nursing or allied health disciplines at Fremantle Hospital (not necessarily an employee of the hospital) and must have a defined research proposal for presentation and submit a detailed budget.

Heads of Department must approve all travel proposals.

Applications will be scrutinised and selected by a sub committee of the Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation Board of Trustees and will be judged on an individual basis and selected on merit.

A condition of accepting the Award will be to provide the FHMRF with a synopsis of not more than two pages in lay terms within 2 months of the applicant's return. The applicant may also be requested to present their report at the annual FHMRF Awards evening in November/December.

Each application must contain:

• The Application Form including Budget (not to exceed $5,000, not to include wage/salary).
• Your curriculum vitae including publications.
• Copy of abstract submitted to conference or meeting and evidence of acceptance OR a copy of a letter inviting you to present your research findings at a meeting.
• A letter of support from the Head of Department commenting on your work, the scientific benefit of the travel and permission for you to undertake the travel (max 1 page).
• Five copies of the application comlplete with any additional supporting  documents should be sent to: Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation, PO Box 480  WA  6959 or Room 11, 5th Floor G Block, Fremantle Hospital.

If you find difficulty in supplying any of the above information (e.g. due to conference timeframes etc) please discuss with the Foundation as a solution can usually be found that will satisfy the selection panel.