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.

2023 award

Above: Professor Adrian Brady with with BIR President Professor Stephen Keevil

Professor Adrian Brady was the recipient of the BIR Godfrey Hounsfield Memorial Award at the BIR Annual Congress on 2 November which was presented (by BIR President Professor Stephen Keevil) after his talk titled “The 21st century radiologist: Optimising relevance (while staying sane)’’.

Previous Lecturers
2021	Professor Vicky Goh	2022	Dr Thomas Flohr
2019	Professor Andrew Scarsbrook	2020	Professor Clare Gerada
2017	Dr Gareth Davies	2018	Professor Andre Dekker
2015	Professor Habib Zaidi	2016	Professor Stephan Achenbach
2014	Professor Ignac Fogelman	2013	Not awarded
2012	Dr Stuart Taylor	2011	Dr Gary Cook
2010	Professor Bleddyn Jones	2009	Professor Francis Smith
2008	Dr Stephen Golding	2007	Dr Clive Kay
2006	Professor Andy Adam	2005	Professor Willi Kalender and Professor Adrian Dixon
2004	Dr Anwar Padhani	2003	Professor Alan Jackson
2002	Dr Andrzej Dzik-Jurasz	2001	Dr Elspeth Whitby
2000	Dr Chris Nutting	1999	Professor Ken Miles
1998	Dr Steve Halligan	1997	Dr Martin Blomley