Sir Godfrey Hounsfield memorial lecture

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.

2025 award

Professor Ferdia Gallagher was the recipient of the Sir Godfrey Hounsfield Memorial Award at the BIR Annual Congress on 19 November 2025. This was presented after his talk entitled: “Translating new imaging technologies into patient care.”

Ferdia commented “It is a great honour to receive the BIR Sir Godfrey Hounsfield Award, and it has been a great privilege to have worked with so many talented researchers in Cambridge for many years. Our team has developed new imaging methods that allow non-invasive assessment of tissue metabolism, which can be used to stratify disease and detect early and successful response to treatments.  We hope that these will be used in the future to improve patient outcome, particularly in cancer."
Image: Professor Ferdia Gallagher with BIR President Dr Nick Screaton