The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) offers four awards for articles published in its journals. Recipients are nominated by the Editorial Board, and awards are granted based on their recommendations.
Awards and recipients for 2025:
BJR Barcl
ay Medal – awarded to Dr Bobby S K Bhartia and their team for their paper: “The incidence of lung cancer amongst primary care chest radiograph referrals—an evaluation of national and local datasets within the United Kingdom”. Read here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjr/tqae142
Photo: Dr Nick Screaton, BIR President (left) presenting the award to Dr Bobby S K Bhartia (right).
BJR Early Career Investigator Award – awarded to Manuel Lopez-Melia and their team for their paper:“Deep learning for acute rib fracture detection in CT data: a systematic review and meta-analysis”. Read here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjr/tqae014
BJR|Case Reports Dr Prafulla Ganguli Award –awarded to Dr Yuichi Yaaguchi and their team for their BJR|Case Reports article: “The first case of methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorder in the sacrum: a case report”. Read here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjrcr/uaae002
BJR|O
pen Best Article Award (new award) – awarded to Dr Rikke Bachmann and their team for their BJR|Open paper: “Improving traumatic fracture detection on radiographs with artificial intelligence support: a multi-reader study”. Read here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjro/tzae011
Photo: Dr Nick Screaton, BIR President (left) presenting the award to Dr Rikke Bachmann (right).
Congratulations to everyone who has received an award! A big thank you to all our contributors who continue to submit papers to our journals which not only provide guidance, but continue to move healthcare forward with new innovations and findings.
