Woolmer Lecture

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. Dornhorst	The Influence of Engineering Techniques on Biological Thought, with Particular Reference to Analogue and Conceptual Models
1964	George Godber	Measurement and Mechanisation in Medicine[1]
1965	–	Title
1966	Ludwig Guttmann	Physiological Integration of the Spinal Man[2]
1967	Andrew F. Huxley	Forgetting and Rediscovery in Physiology[3]
1968	Roy Yorke Calne	Organ Substitution — Biological or Mechanical?[4]
1969	–	Title
1970	Lord Bowden	The Social Implications of Technology[5]
1971	T. Z. Young	The Worlds of Animals, Men and Gods[6]
1972	Lord Brock of Wimbledon	The Changing Face of Surgery and the Part Played by Bioengineering[7]
1973	Peter Medawar	All engineering is bioengineering[8]
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1977	David C. Simpson	Arms: Natural & Artificial[9]
1978	Geoffrey Allen	Technology in Medicine — Present and Future[10]
1979	–	Title
1980	William Gosling	Biology and Engineering — an historic convergence[11]
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1984	M. M. Jordan	Title[12]
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1986	–	Biological design — a neglected art
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1988	John Ashworth[13]	Title
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2002	Anthony Unsworth	Hip Joint replacement
2003	Arun Holden	Title
2004	Kevin Warwick	Title
2005	Henrik Gollee[citation needed]	Assistive technologies for function restoration
2006	Denis Noble	Cardiac Modelling
2007	Michael Brady	Colorectal and Liver Cancer Image Analysis
2008	Clive Hahn	Bioengineering Aspects of the Lung: Models and Measurements
2009	Martin Birchall	Regenerative Medicine: new challenges, new hopes
2010	Mark Tooley	Imitating the Patient
2011	Willi Kalender[14]	Developments in Computed Tomography: Is sub-mSv a realistic option?
2012	Lionel Tarassenko[15]	Physiology-Driven Signal Analysis and Data Fusion
2013	Molly Stevens[16]	Designing Biomaterials for Ultrasensitive Biosensing and Regenerative Medicine
2014	David Keating[17]	Medical Physics: A Gateway to Innovation
2015	Anthony Barker[18]	Transcranial magnetic stimulation - the first 30 years
2016	Andrew Taylor[19]	Can Engineering and Imaging help us design Cardiovascular devices?
2017	Josef Käs[18]	Why do rigid tumours contain soft cancer cells?
2018	Alison Noble[20]	Human Image Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Shifting Perceptions of Medical Ultrasound

See also

• List of medicine awards