Woolmer Lecture

{{short description| 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

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1963A. C. DornhorstThe Influence of Engineering Techniques on Biological Thought, with Particular Reference to Analogue and Conceptual Models100px
1964George GodberMeasurement and Mechanisation in Medicine{{cite journal | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140673664910372 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(64)91037-2 | pmid=14215556 | title=Measurement and Mechanisation in Medicine | date=1964 | last1=Godber | first1=George | journal=The Lancet | volume=284 | issue=7371 | pages=1191–1195 | archive-date=2022-03-21 | access-date=2022-03-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321181426/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140673664910372 | url-status=live | url-access=subscription }}100px
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1966Ludwig GuttmannPhysiological Integration of the Spinal Man{{Cite journal |page=960|pmc=1944172 |date=1966 |title=News and Notes |journal=British Medical Journal |volume=2 |issue=5519 }}100px
1967Andrew F. HuxleyForgetting and Rediscovery in Physiology[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_three/1968-05-07]

BBC Radio 3, 1968

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1968Roy Yorke CalneOrgan Substitution — Biological or Mechanical?{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20394384 | jstor=20394384 | title=Medical News | journal=The British Medical Journal | date=1968 | volume=4 | issue=5623 | pages=131–132 | archive-date=2022-03-23 | access-date=2022-03-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323204340/https://www.jstor.org/stable/20394384 | url-status=live }}100px
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1970Lord BowdenThe Social Implications of Technology[https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb133-bvb/bvb/1/88] File: Woolmer Memorial lecture 1970 - From the Papers of Vivian Bowden, Lord Bowden of Chesterfield, University of Manchester Library 100px
1971T. Z. YoungThe Worlds of Animals, Men and Gods[https://pdfslide.us/documents/news-from-societies-affiliated-to-the-international-federation-for-medical-57be0c9760231.html] Medical & Biological Engineering 1972100px
1972Lord Brock of WimbledonThe Changing Face of Surgery and the Part Played by Bioengineering[https://books.google.com/books?id=8ewqAQAAMAAJ&q=%22woolmer+lecture%22] Medical & Biological Engineering 1973
1973Peter MedawarAll engineering is bioengineering[https://books.google.com/books?id=FOwqAQAAMAAJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323204229/https://books.google.com/books?id=FOwqAQAAMAAJ |date=2022-03-23 }} British Medical Journal 27 October 1973 page 243100px
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1977David C. SimpsonArms: Natural & Artificial[https://books.google.com/books?id=C2UCn6u816EC&pg=RA1-PA127] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321181559/https://books.google.com/books?id=C2UCn6u816EC&pg=RA1-PA127 |date=2022-03-21 }} New Scientist Oct 13, 1977
1978Geoffrey AllenTechnology in Medicine — Present and Future{{Cite journal |last=Copeland |first=Keith |date=April 1979 |title=The 16th woolmer memorial lecture |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0141542579900724 |journal=Journal of Biomedical Engineering |language=en |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=129 |doi=10.1016/0141-5425(79)90072-4 |archive-date=2024-11-27 |access-date=2024-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127113857/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0141542579900724 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}100px
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1980William GoslingBiology and Engineering — an historic convergence{{Cite journal |last=Meldrum |first=S. J. |date=1980 |title=Woolmer memorial lecture Biology and Engineering — an historic convergence |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/03091908009161709 |journal=Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology |language=en |volume=4 |issue=6 |pages=298–300 |doi=10.3109/03091908009161709 |issn=0309-1902|url-access=subscription }}100px
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1984M. M. JordanTitle[https://books.google.com/books?id=-4STWBZcSqIC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323204229/https://books.google.com/books?id=-4STWBZcSqIC |date=2022-03-23 }} Iyō denshi to seitai kōgaku, Volume 22 Nihon ME Gakkai., 1984100px
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1986Biological design — a neglected art100px
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1988John Ashworth[https://books.google.com/books?id=X4UVAQAAMAAJ&q=%22woolmer+lecture%22] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321181426/https://books.google.com/books?id=X4UVAQAAMAAJ&q=%22woolmer+lecture%22 |date=2022-03-21 }} The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: British Vol. 70, Page 167 1988Title100px
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2002Anthony UnsworthHip Joint replacement100px
2003Arun HoldenTitle100px
2004Kevin WarwickTitle100px
2005Henrik Gollee{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}Assistive technologies for function restoration100px
2006Denis NobleCardiac Modelling100px
2007Michael BradyColorectal and Liver Cancer Image Analysis 100px
2008Clive HahnBioengineering Aspects of the Lung: Models and Measurements100px
2009Martin BirchallRegenerative Medicine: new challenges, new hopes100px
2010Mark TooleyImitating the Patient100px
2011Willi Kalender{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Conferencesandevents/eponymouslectures/Pages/PastLecturers.aspx |title=Past Lecturers - Eponymous Lectures - Conferences & Events - IPEM |access-date=2012-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614055314/http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Conferencesandevents/eponymouslectures/Pages/PastLecturers.aspx |archive-date=2012-06-14 |url-status=dead }}Developments in Computed Tomography: Is sub-mSv a realistic option?100px
2012Lionel Tarassenko{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Conferencesandevents/eponymouslectures/Pages/default.aspx |title=Eponymous Lectures - Conferences & Events - IPEM |access-date=2012-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614054900/http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Conferencesandevents/eponymouslectures/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2012-06-14 |url-status=dead }}Physiology-Driven Signal Analysis and Data Fusion100px
2013Molly Stevens{{Cite web|url=https://www.ipem.ac.uk/NewsMedia/LatestNews/tabid/200/ctl/NewsItem/mid/901/Id/199/Default.aspx|title=outreach|website=www.ipem.ac.uk|access-date=2019-05-11|archive-date=2019-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511035208/https://www.ipem.ac.uk/NewsMedia/LatestNews/tabid/200/ctl/NewsItem/mid/901/Id/199/Default.aspx|url-status=live}}Designing Biomaterials for Ultrasensitive Biosensing and Regenerative Medicine100px
2014David Keating{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipem.ac.uk/ConferencesEvents/MPEC2014/ProgrammeandSpeakers.aspx |title=IPEM > Conferences & Events > MPEC 2014 > Programme and Speakers |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063319/http://www.ipem.ac.uk/ConferencesEvents/MPEC2014/ProgrammeandSpeakers.aspx |archive-date=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead }}Medical Physics: A Gateway to Innovation100px
2015Anthony Barker{{cite web|url=https://www.ipem.ac.uk/ConferencesEvents/EponymousLectures.aspx|title=IPEM > Conferences & Events > Eponymous Lectures|website=www.ipem.ac.uk|access-date=2017-10-12|archive-date=2017-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012201615/https://www.ipem.ac.uk/ConferencesEvents/EponymousLectures.aspx|url-status=dead}}Transcranial magnetic stimulation - the first 30 years100px
2016Andrew Taylor{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipem.ac.uk/ConferencesEvents/MPEC/Programme.aspx |title=IPEM > Conferences & Events > MPEC > Programme |access-date=2016-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827173147/http://www.ipem.ac.uk/ConferencesEvents/MPEC/Programme.aspx |archive-date=2016-08-27 |url-status=dead }}Can Engineering and Imaging help us design Cardiovascular devices?100px
2017Josef KäsWhy do rigid tumours contain soft cancer cells?100px
2018Alison Noble{{cite web|url=https://www.ipem.ac.uk/ConferencesEvents/MPEC/MPEC2018Programme.aspx|title=MPEC 2018 Programme|website=www.ipem.ac.uk|access-date=2019-01-14|archive-date=2019-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210402/https://www.ipem.ac.uk/ConferencesEvents/MPEC/MPEC2018Programme.aspx|url-status=live}}Human Image Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Shifting Perceptions of Medical Ultrasound100px

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