The Woolmer lecture is the flagship lecture of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. It takes place annually during the Institute's Medical Physics and Engineering Conference.
Dedication The lecture is dedicated to Professor Ronald Woolmer (1908–1962) who was the first Director of the Research Department of Anaesthetics at the Royal College of Surgeons. Woolmer convened a meeting at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, to discuss the evolving field of engineering applied to medicine. It was agreed that the group should hold regular meetings and as a result the Biological Engineering Society (BES) was formed with Ronald Woolmer as the first President. Woolmer died two years after the formation of the BES and it was agreed that a memorial lecture would be sponsored in recognition of his achievements.
Lecturers Years Name Lecture title Image 1963 A. C. DornhorstThe Influence of Engineering Techniques on Biological Thought, with Particular Reference to Analogue and Conceptual Models 1964 George GodberMeasurement and Mechanisation in Medicine 1965 –Title 1966 Ludwig GuttmannPhysiological Integration of the Spinal Man 1967 Andrew F. HuxleyForgetting and Rediscovery in Physiology BBC Radio 3, 1968 1968 Roy Yorke CalneOrgan Substitution — Biological or Mechanical? 1969 –Title 1970 Lord BowdenThe Social Implications of Technology File: Woolmer Memorial lecture 1970 - From the Papers of Vivian Bowden, Lord Bowden of Chesterfield, University of Manchester Library 1971 T. Z. YoungThe Worlds of Animals, Men and Gods Medical & Biological Engineering 1972 1972 Lord Brock of WimbledonThe Changing Face of Surgery and the Part Played by Bioengineering Medical & Biological Engineering 1973 1973 Peter MedawarAll engineering is bioengineering British Medical Journal 27 October 1973 page 243 1974 –Title 1975 –Title 1976 –Title 1977 David C. SimpsonArms: Natural & Artificial New Scientist Oct 13, 1977 1978 Geoffrey AllenTechnology in Medicine — Present and Future 1979 –Title 1980 William GoslingBiology and Engineering — an historic convergence 1981 –Title 1982 –Title 1983 –Title 1984 M. M. JordanTitle Iyō denshi to seitai kōgaku, Volume 22 Nihon ME Gakkai., 1984 1985 –Title 1986 –Biological design — a neglected art 1987 –Title 1988 John Ashworth The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: British Vol. 70, Page 167 1988Title 1989 –Title 1990 –Title 1991 –Title 1992 –Title 1993 –Title 1994 –Title 1995 –Title 1996 –Title 1997 –Title 1998 –Title 1999 –Title 2000 –Title 2001 –Title 2002 Anthony UnsworthHip Joint replacement 2003 Arun HoldenTitle 2004 Kevin WarwickTitle 2005 Henrik Gollee Assistive technologies for function restoration 2006 Denis NobleCardiac Modelling 2007 Michael BradyColorectal and Liver Cancer Image Analysis 2008 Clive HahnBioengineering Aspects of the Lung: Models and Measurements 2009 Martin BirchallRegenerative Medicine: new challenges, new hopes 2010 Mark TooleyImitating the Patient 2011 Willi KalenderDevelopments in Computed Tomography: Is sub-mSv a realistic option? 2012 Lionel TarassenkoPhysiology-Driven Signal Analysis and Data Fusion 2013 Molly StevensDesigning Biomaterials for Ultrasensitive Biosensing and Regenerative Medicine 2014 David KeatingMedical Physics: A Gateway to Innovation 2015 Anthony BarkerTranscranial magnetic stimulation - the first 30 years 2016 Andrew TaylorCan Engineering and Imaging help us design Cardiovascular devices? 2017 Josef KäsWhy do rigid tumours contain soft cancer cells? 2018 Alison NobleHuman Image Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Shifting Perceptions of Medical Ultrasound 2026 Professor Chris Hopkins Beyond Boundaries: Where Science Changes Lives
See also List of medicine awards
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