The flagship lecture of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
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
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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
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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
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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
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1975
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1976
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1977
David C. Simpson
Arms: Natural & Artificial [ 9]
1978
Geoffrey Allen Technology in Medicine — Present and Future [ 10]
1979
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1980
William Gosling Biology and Engineering — an historic convergence [ 11]
1981
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1982
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1983
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1984
M. M. Jordan
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1985
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1986
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Biological design — a neglected art
1987
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1988
John Ashworth [ 13] Title
1989
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
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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
References
^ Godber, George (1964). "Measurement and Mechanisation in Medicine" . The Lancet . 284 (7371): 1191– 1195. doi :10.1016/S0140-6736(64)91037-2 . PMID 14215556 . Archived from the original on 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2022-03-21 . ^ "News and Notes" . British Medical Journal . 2 (5519): 960. 1966. PMC 1944172 ^ [1]
BBC Radio 3, 1968^ "Medical News" . The British Medical Journal . 4 (5623): 131– 132. 1968. JSTOR 20394384 . Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-03-23 .^ [2] File: Woolmer Memorial lecture 1970 - From the Papers of Vivian Bowden, Lord Bowden of Chesterfield, University of Manchester Library ^ [3] Medical & Biological Engineering 1972^ [4] Medical & Biological Engineering 1973^ [5] Archived 2022-03-23 at the Wayback Machine British Medical Journal 27 October 1973 page 243^ [6] Archived 2022-03-21 at the Wayback Machine New Scientist Oct 13, 1977^ Copeland, Keith (April 1979). "The 16th woolmer memorial lecture" . Journal of Biomedical Engineering . 1 (2): 129. doi :10.1016/0141-5425(79)90072-4 . Archived from the original on 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2024-06-05 . ^ 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 . ^ [7] Archived 2022-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Iyō denshi to seitai kōgaku, Volume 22 Nihon ME Gakkai., 1984^ [8] Archived 2022-03-21 at the Wayback Machine The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: British Vol. 70, Page 167 1988^ "Past Lecturers - Eponymous Lectures - Conferences & Events - IPEM" . Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-09-14 .^ "Eponymous Lectures - Conferences & Events - IPEM" . Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-09-14 .^ "outreach" . www.ipem.ac.uk . Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-05-11 .^ "IPEM > Conferences & Events > MPEC 2014 > Programme and Speakers" . Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-03 .^ a b "IPEM > Conferences & Events > Eponymous Lectures" . www.ipem.ac.uk . Archived from the original on 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2017-10-12 .^ "IPEM > Conferences & Events > MPEC > Programme" . Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-08-27 .^ "MPEC 2018 Programme" . www.ipem.ac.uk . Archived from the original on 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2019-01-14 .
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