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.

2024 award

Above: Professor Margaret Hall-Craggs with BIR President Dr Nick Screaton

Professor Margaret Hall-Craggs was the recipient of the Sir Godfrey Hounsfield Memorial Award at the BIR Annual Congress on 7 November 2024. This was presented after her talk entitled: Multidisciplinary working and research. Margaret was also awarded Honorary Fellowship of the BIR.

Margaret commented “It has been a huge honour to deliver the Sir Godfrey Hounsfield Memorial Lecture, and I would like to highlight the amazing work that the BIR does in bringing together the various disciplines that work within the field of medical imaging.”