Established in 1997 in honour of Sir Godfrey Hounsfield and his pioneering work in computed tomography, this lecture was initially endowed by Dr Marion Frank OBE, and subsequently funded by a bequest from Sir Godfrey Hounsfield. Nominations can be for a BIR Member of any age and discipline and the lecture carries a stipend of £1,000. The subject of the lecture should be an account of a major recent advance in radiology and its allied sciences and it is usually given at the BIR's Annual Congress.
2021 award

This was presented to Professor Vicky Goh at the BIR Annual Congress on 4 November. Professor Goh delivered a brilliant talk on “PET–MR: Integrating the best of both modalities for cancer care”.
Professor Goh is Head of Department, Cancer Imaging at the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London and Honorary Consultant Radiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London.
Previous Lecturers
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2019
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Professor Andrew Scarsbrook
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2020
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Professor Clare Gerada
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2017
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Dr Gareth Davies
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2018
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Professor Andre Dekker
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2015
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Professor Habib Zaidi
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2016
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Professor Stephan Achenbach
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2014
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Professor Ignac Fogelman
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2013
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Not awarded
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2012
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Dr Stuart Taylor
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2011
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Dr Gary Cook
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2010
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Professor Bleddyn Jones
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2009
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Professor Francis Smith
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2008
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Dr Stephen Golding
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2007
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Dr Clive Kay
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2006
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Professor Andy Adam
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2005
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Professor Willi Kalender and Professor Adrian Dixon
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2004
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Dr Anwar Padhani
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2003
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Professor Alan Jackson
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2002
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Dr Andrzej Dzik-Jurasz
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2001
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Dr Elspeth Whitby
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2000
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Dr Chris Nutting
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1999
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Professor Ken Miles
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1998
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Dr Steve Halligan
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1997
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Dr Martin Blomley
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