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Woolmer Lecture
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<h2 id="dedication">Dedication</h2> <p>The lecture is dedicated to Professor Ronald Woolmer (1908–1962) who was the first Director of the Research Department of Anaesthetics at the <a href="/facts/Royal_College_of_Surgeons/efhXIyeJ">Royal College of Surgeons</a>. 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. </p> <h2 id="lecturers">Lecturers</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Years</th><th>Name</th><th>Lecture title</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td>1963</td><td><a href="/facts/Tony_Dornhorst/VjKje0Fw">A. C. Dornhorst</a></td><td><i>The Influence of Engineering Techniques on Biological Thought, with Particular Reference to Analogue and Conceptual Models</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1964</td><td><a href="/facts/George_Godber/23b0X8Mh">George Godber</a></td><td><i>Measurement and Mechanisation in Medicine</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1965</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1966</td><td><a href="/facts/Ludwig_Guttmann/glU12l0j">Ludwig Guttmann</a></td><td><i>Physiological Integration of the Spinal Man</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td><a href="/facts/Andrew_Huxley/DzFkDD4W">Andrew F. Huxley</a></td><td><i>Forgetting and Rediscovery in Physiology</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1968</td><td><a href="/facts/Roy_Yorke_Calne/8uqoudrn">Roy Yorke Calne</a></td><td><i>Organ Substitution — Biological or Mechanical?</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1969</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td><a href="/facts/B._V._Bowden%2c_Baron_Bowden/zwsDUQou">Lord Bowden</a></td><td><i>The Social Implications of Technology</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>T. Z. Young</td><td><i>The Worlds of Animals, Men and Gods</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td><a href="/facts/Russell_Brock%2c_Baron_Brock/dpRkuIBI">Lord Brock of Wimbledon</a></td><td><i>The Changing Face of Surgery and the Part Played by Bioengineering</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td><a href="/facts/Peter_Medawar/B7G7W7PE">Peter Medawar</a></td><td><i>All engineering is bioengineering</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>David C. Simpson</td><td><i>Arms: Natural & Artificial</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td><a href="/facts/Geoffrey_Allen_(chemist)/Dmwy2mlh">Geoffrey Allen</a></td><td><i>Technology in Medicine — Present and Future</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td><a href="/facts/William_Gosling_(engineer)/vkU4kKtY">William Gosling</a></td><td><i>Biology and Engineering — an historic convergence</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>M. M. Jordan</td><td><i>Title</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>–</td><td><i>Biological design — a neglected art</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td><a href="/facts/John_Ashworth_(biologist)/Fe6brmo1">John Ashworth</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>–</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>Anthony Unsworth</td><td><i>Hip Joint replacement</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>Arun Holden</td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td><a href="/facts/Kevin_Warwick/854Vfodb">Kevin Warwick</a></td><td><i>Title</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>Henrik Gollee</td><td><i>Assistive technologies for function restoration</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><a href="/facts/Denis_Noble/NMlTKDgP">Denis Noble</a></td><td><i>Cardiac Modelling</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td><a href="/facts/J._Michael_Brady/qTM9g6C6">Michael Brady</a></td><td><i>Colorectal and Liver Cancer Image Analysis </i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>Clive Hahn</td><td><i>Bioengineering Aspects of the Lung: Models and Measurements</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>Martin Birchall</td><td><i>Regenerative Medicine: new challenges, new hopes</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>Mark Tooley</td><td><i>Imitating the Patient</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><a href="/facts/Willi_Kalender/WjSzU4lX">Willi Kalender</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td><i>Developments in Computed Tomography: Is sub-mSv a realistic option?</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/Lionel_Tarassenko/MXx4KrfI">Lionel Tarassenko</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td><i>Physiology-Driven Signal Analysis and Data Fusion</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td><a href="/facts/Molly_Stevens/MEGsdn3t">Molly Stevens</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td><td><i>Designing Biomaterials for Ultrasensitive Biosensing and Regenerative Medicine</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>David Keating<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td><td><i>Medical Physics: A Gateway to Innovation</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Anthony Barker<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td><td><i>Transcranial magnetic stimulation - the first 30 years</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Andrew Taylor<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td><td><i>Can Engineering and Imaging help us design Cardiovascular devices?</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td><a href="/facts/Josef_A._K%25C3%25A4s/Ye10zjS6">Josef Käs</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td><td><i>Why do rigid tumours contain soft cancer cells?</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td><a href="/facts/Alison_Noble/lULREpfP">Alison Noble</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td><td><i>Human Image Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Shifting Perceptions of Medical Ultrasound</i></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_medicine_awards/yfRClMdI">List of medicine awards</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Godber, George (1964). 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