Garrod Lecture and Medal

{{Short description|Award presented by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy}}

The Garrod Lecture and Medal is an award presented by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. It was established in 1982 and named for L. P. Garrod. The medal is made of silver by the Birmingham Mint. The recipient of the award is considered by the society as having international authority in the field of antimicrobial chemotherapy. They are invited to deliver an accompanying lecture and receive honorary membership of the Society.{{cite web|date=2021|title=Garrod Lecture & Medal|url=https://bsac.org.uk/what-we-do/garrod-lecture-medal/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102031240/https://bsac.org.uk/what-we-do/garrod-lecture-medal/|archive-date=2 November 2021|access-date=2 November 2021|website=The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy|language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Batten |first1=Jack |title=Awards, Honors & Prizes: International and Foreign 1998 |date=1997 |publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning |isbn=978-0-7876-1349-5 |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xaFXAAAAMAAJ&q=%22garrod+medal%22 |language=en}}

Recipients

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YearRecipientLecture title
1982Sir Mark Richmondβ-Lactamases: are they really important?
1983F W O'GradyStrategies for potentiating chemotherapy in severe sepsis: some experimental pointers.
1984Sir Charles Stuart-HarrisStrategies of antiviral chemotherapy.
1985Naomi DattaAntidotes of bacteria to antibacterial drugs
1986Sir Edward P Abrahamβ-Lactamase antibiotics: motivation, science and luck in their past and future
1987George N. Rolinson{{cite journal |last1=Geddes |first1=Alasdair M. |title=Dr George N. Rolinson, 16 March 1926–8 December 2016 |journal=Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy |date=July 2017 |volume=72 |issue=7 |pages=1847 |doi=10.1093/jac/dkx075 |url=https://academic.oup.com/jac/article/72/7/1847/3067740|doi-access=free |url-access=subscription }}The influence of 6-aminopenicillanic acid on antibiotic development.
1990Robert C. Moellering Jr{{cite journal |last1=Rice |first1=Louis B. |last2=Eliopoulos |first2=George M. |last3=Jacoby |first3=George A. |title=In Memoriam: Robert C. Moellering, Jr. |journal=Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy |date=July 2014 |volume=58 |issue=7 |pages=3583–3584 |doi=10.1128/AAC.03199-14 |pmid=24798286 |pmc=4068561 |issn=0066-4804}}{{cite book |last1=Saag |first1=Michael S. |title=Updates in HIV and AIDS: Part I, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics |date=2014 |publisher=Elsevier |location=Philadelphia |isbn=978-0-323-32328-4 |page=xiv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MqBlBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22garrod+medal%22&pg=PR14 |language=en}}The enterococcus: a classic example of the impact of antimicrobial resistance on therapeutic options.
1991Denis MitchisonUnderstanding the chemotherapy of tuberculosis - current problems.
1999Alasdair GeddesInfection in the 21st Century - and possible implications for therapy.
2009Sir Richard SykesThe evolution of antimicrobial resistance: a Darwinian perspective
2011Brian Spratt{{cite web |title=Honours and Memberships - Professor Brian G Spratt FRS |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/b.spratt/honours-and-memberships.html |website=www.imperial.ac.uk |access-date=5 November 2021}}My 40 years - from penicillin-binding proteins to molecular epidemiology. Given during the BSAC 40th anniversary scientific Spring Meeting
2012Ian Chopra{{cite web |title=Ian Chopra {{!}} School of Molecular and Cellular Biology {{!}} University of Leeds |url=https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/molecular-and-cellular-biology/staff/274/ian-chopra |website=biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk |access-date=5 November 2021 |language=en}}Discovery of anti-bacterial drugs in the twenty-first century
2016John E. McGowan Jr{{cite web |title=2017 Commencement |url=https://www.sph.emory.edu/rollins-life/events/commencement/archives/2017/index.html |website=www.sph.emory.edu |access-date=2 November 2021}}The role of the healthcare epidemiologist in antimicrobial chemotherapy—a view from the USA
2017Peter Hawkey{{cite news |title=Birmingham researchers awarded the Garrod Medal and the Gilbert Blane Medal |url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/mds/news/2018/02/hawkey-oshea-awards.aspx |access-date=2 November 2021 |work=University of Birmingham}}Genes, guts and globalization
2018David LivermoreThe Black Swans of Resistance
2019Laura PiddockMDR efflux in Gram-negative bacteria—how understanding resistance led to a new tool for drug discovery

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