Telford Memorial Lectures

1964-65 Sir James LEARMOUTH in a developing society

1965-66 Dr F H C CRICK The genetic code

1966-67 Dr Richard DOLL The geographical distribution of cancer

1967-68 Professor E B CHAIN Biochemical research and progress in

1968-69 Professor J Z YOUNG Logic and language in relation to brain structure

1970-71 Sir Solly ZUCKERMAN Two Manchester anatomists

1971-72 Sir Derrick DUNLOP The problem of modern and their control

1972-73 Hon Sir Joseph CANTLEY Treatment of the offender

1973-74 Professor Dorothy HODGKIN Insulin

1974-75 Dr H YELLOWLEES To promote the establishment of a comprehensive health service

1975-76 Dr R Y CALNE The current state of organ trans-plantation

1976-77 Professor W S PEART The kidney as an endocrine organ

1977-78 Sir Rodney SMITH The patient with cancer and his doctor

1978-79 Sir Douglas BLACK Medicine and Society

1979-80 Sir Alec MERRISON Patient and provider: the idea of a health service

1980-81 Professor Alan EMERY -the preventive medicine of the future

1981-82 Professor John A DAVIS The past, present and future of neo-natology

1982-83 Professor Sir William Growing old gracefully TRETHOWAN, OBE

1993-84 Professor J B WEST Human physiology on the summit of Mount Everest

1984-85 Professor Sir FRED HOYLE Life as a cosmic phenomenon

1985-86 Dr E D ACHESON - yesterday, today and tomorrow

1986-87 Sir , KBE Longevity: nurture versus nature

1987-88 Professor J M BLISS The discovery of insulin

1988-89 Professor Sir Geoffrey Six centuries of surgeons SLANEY, KBE

1989-90 Lord WALTON of Detchant Professional responsibility

1990-91 Dr Bernadette MODELL Genetics and the human race - disaster or salvation?

1991-92 Professor W B JENNETT Ethics and economics

1992-93 Sir Walter BODMER Cancer genetics and the human genome

1993-94 Professor Sir David WEATHERALL Genetics and common diseases

1994-95 Professor D J P BARKER The maternal and infant origins of disease in later life

1995-96 Professor Sir Philip RANDLE Insulin: yesterday's ideas and today

1996-97 Sir Donald H IRVINE, CBE The performance of doctors

1997-98 Sir Keith PETERS Science and practice in renal medicine: from machines to genes; a personal view

1998-99 Sir Cyril CHANTLER How to treat doctors: the role of doctors in the delivery of health care

1999-00 Professor J GABBAY Is an evidence-based NHS a realistic possibility?

2000-01 Professor S GREENFIELD How the brain might generate consciousness

2001-02 Professor S DUNNETT Cell transplantation for neuro-degenerative disease: current status and future prospects

2002-03 Professor G P MULLEY Gait Assessment—A clinician’s guide

2003-04 Lord TURNBERG of Cheadle Trust and mistrust in medical science

2004-05 Professor A HALLIGAN The challenges ahead

2005-06 Professor P RONCO Membranous nephropathy from Hemann nephritis to allo- immunization

2006-07 Professor A WYLIE, FRS Apoptosis cell death in health and disease

2007-08 Professor C HAM, CBE Reforming the National Health Service: What has been achieved and where next?

2008-09 Prof Sir George ALBERTI Metabolic syndrome – Do we need it?

2009-10 Professor M De LUCA Epithelial stem cells and regenerative medicine

2010-11 Professor A LUCAS A counter-intuitive adventure in early nutrition

2011-12 Professor A COMPSTON Multiple Sclerosis: A model disease for experimental medicine

2012-13 Dr D ZIDEMAN Emergency medical cover for the London 2012 Olympic Games

2013-14 Mr D JOHNSON Biological solutions for osteoarthritis of the knee

2014-15 Prof Sir Robin MURRAY What drives people made? – genes, cannabis, and northern cities

2015-16 Professor R HORTON Dogs of Hell and Wasteful Furies: Can medicine save our species?”

2016-17 Professor I CURRAN Paradigms, paradoxes and paragons – in pursuit of professional excellence.

2017-18 Sir David NICHOLSON Messing about masquerading as action? A history of health reform in the NHS.

2018-19 Sir Munir PIRMOHAMED Personalised Medicine: developing a long-term realistic proposition

2019-20 Mr J ROUSE A different way: Lessons from the GM Devolution journey 2020-21 Dr C MOULTON GIRFT for : The unsustainable effects of unwarranted variation