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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

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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

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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]  
1974 – Title  
1975 – Title  
1976 – Title  
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]  
1981 – Title  
1982 – Title  
1983 – Title  
1984 M. M. Jordan Title[12]  
1985 – Title  
1986 – Biological design — a neglected art  
1987 – Title  
1988 John Ashworth[13] Title  
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 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

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References

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  1. ^ Godber, George (1964). "Measurement and Mechanisation in Medicine". The Lancet. 284 (7371): 1191–1195. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(64)91037-2. PMID 14215556.
  2. ^ "News and Notes". British Medical Journal. 2 (5519): 960. 1966. PMC 1944172.
  3. ^ [1] BBC Radio 3, 1968
  4. ^ "Medical News". The British Medical Journal. 4 (5623): 131–132. 1968. JSTOR 20394384.
  5. ^ [2] File: Woolmer Memorial lecture 1970 - From the Papers of Vivian Bowden, Lord Bowden of Chesterfield, University of Manchester Library
  6. ^ [3] Medical & Biological Engineering 1972
  7. ^ [4] Medical & Biological Engineering 1973
  8. ^ [5] British Medical Journal 27 October 1973 page 243
  9. ^ [6] New Scientist Oct 13, 1977
  10. ^ Copeland, Keith (April 1979). "The 16th woolmer memorial lecture". Journal of Biomedical Engineering. 1 (2): 129. doi:10.1016/0141-5425(79)90072-4.
  11. ^ Meldrum, S. J. (1980). "Woolmer memorial lecture Biology and Engineering — an historic convergence". Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology. 4 (6): 298–300. doi:10.3109/03091908009161709. ISSN 0309-1902.
  12. ^ [7] Iyō denshi to seitai kōgaku, Volume 22 Nihon ME Gakkai., 1984
  13. ^ [8] The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: British Vol. 70, Page 167 1988
  14. ^ "Past Lecturers - Eponymous Lectures - Conferences & Events - IPEM". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  15. ^ "Eponymous Lectures - Conferences & Events - IPEM". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  16. ^ "outreach". www.ipem.ac.uk.
  17. ^ "IPEM > Conferences & Events > MPEC 2014 > Programme and Speakers". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  18. ^ a b "IPEM > Conferences & Events > Eponymous Lectures". www.ipem.ac.uk.
  19. ^ "IPEM > Conferences & Events > MPEC > Programme". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  20. ^ "MPEC 2018 Programme". www.ipem.ac.uk.
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