title: Woolmer Lecture
text: # 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  | 1965 | – | Title |
  | 1966 | Ludwig Guttmann | Physiological Integration of the Spinal Man |
  | 1967 | Andrew F. Huxley | Forgetting and Rediscovery in Physiology |
  | 1968 | Roy Yorke Calne | Organ Substitution — Biological or Mechanical? |
  | 1969 | – | Title |
  | 1970 | Lord Bowden | The Social Implications of Technology |
  | 1971 | T. Z. Young | The Worlds of Animals, Men and Gods |
  | 1972 | Lord Brock of Wimbledon | The Changing Face of Surgery and the Part Played by Bioengineering |
  | 1973 | Peter Medawar | All engineering is bioengineering |
  | 1974 | – | Title |
  | 1975 | – | Title |
  | 1976 | – | Title |
  | 1977 | David C. Simpson | Arms: Natural & Artificial |
  | 1978 | Geoffrey Allen | Technology in Medicine — Present and Future |
  | 1979 | – | Title |
  | 1980 | William Gosling | Biology and Engineering — an historic convergence |
  | 1981 | – | Title |
  | 1982 | – | Title |
  | 1983 | – | Title |
  | 1984 | M. M. Jordan | Title |
  | 1985 | – | Title |
  | 1986 | – | Biological design — a neglected art |
  | 1987 | – | Title |
  | 1988 | John Ashworth | Title |
  | 1989 | – | Title |
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  | 2001 | – | Title |
  | 2002 | Anthony Unsworth | Hip Joint replacement |
  | 2003 | Arun Holden | Title |
  | 2004 | Kevin Warwick | Title |
  | 2005 | Henrik Gollee | 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 | Developments in Computed Tomography: Is sub-mSv a realistic option? |
  | 2012 | Lionel Tarassenko | Physiology-Driven Signal Analysis and Data Fusion |
  | 2013 | Molly Stevens | Designing Biomaterials for Ultrasensitive Biosensing and Regenerative Medicine |
  | 2014 | David Keating | Medical Physics: A Gateway to Innovation |
  | 2015 | Anthony Barker | Transcranial magnetic stimulation - the first 30 years |
  | 2016 | Andrew Taylor | Can Engineering and Imaging help us design Cardiovascular devices? |
  | 2017 | Josef Käs | Why do rigid tumours contain soft cancer cells? |
  | 2018 | Alison Noble | Human Image Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Shifting Perceptions of Medical Ultrasound |
  