Telford Memorial Lectures
1964-65 Sir James LEARMOUTH Surgery in a developing society
1965-66 Dr F H C CRICK The genetic code
1966-67 Dr Richard DOLL The geographical distribution of cancer
1967-68 Professor E B CHAIN Biochemical research and progress in medicine
1968-69 Professor J Z YOUNG Logic and language in relation to brain structure
1970-71 Sir Solly ZUCKERMAN Two Manchester anatomists
1971-72 Sir Derrick DUNLOP The problem of modern medicines and their control
1972-73 Hon Sir Joseph CANTLEY Treatment of the offender
1973-74 Professor Dorothy HODGKIN Insulin
1974-75 Dr H YELLOWLEES To promote the establishment of a comprehensive health service
1975-76 Dr R Y CALNE The current state of organ trans-plantation
1976-77 Professor W S PEART The kidney as an endocrine organ
1977-78 Sir Rodney SMITH The patient with cancer and his doctor
1978-79 Sir Douglas BLACK Medicine and Society
1979-80 Sir Alec MERRISON Patient and provider: the idea of a health service
1980-81 Professor Alan EMERY Medical genetics-the preventive medicine of the future
1981-82 Professor John A DAVIS The past, present and future of neo-natology
1982-83 Professor Sir William Growing old gracefully
TRETHOWAN, OBE
1993-84 Professor J B WEST Human physiology on the summit of Mount Everest
1984-85 Professor Sir FRED HOYLE Life as a cosmic phenomenon
1985-86 Dr E D ACHESON Public Health - yesterday, today and tomorrow
1986-87 Sir Cyril CLARKE, KBE Longevity: nurture versus nature
1987-88 Professor J M BLISS The discovery of insulin
1988-89 Professor Sir Geoffrey Six centuries of surgeons
SLANEY, KBE
1989-90 Lord WALTON of Detchant Professional responsibility
1990-91 Dr Bernadette MODELL Genetics and the human race - disaster or salvation?
1991-92 Professor W B JENNETT Ethics and economics
1992-93 Sir Walter BODMER Cancer genetics and the human genome
1993-94 Professor Sir David WEATHERALL Genetics and common diseases
1994-95 Professor D J P BARKER The maternal and infant origins of disease in later life
1995-96 Professor Sir Philip RANDLE Insulin: yesterday's ideas and diabetes today
1996-97 Sir Donald H IRVINE, CBE The performance of doctors
1997-98 Sir Keith PETERS Science and practice in renal medicine: from machines to genes; a personal view
1998-99 Sir Cyril CHANTLER How to treat doctors: the role of doctors in the delivery of health care
1999-2000 Professor J GABBAY Is an evidence-based NHS a realistic possibility?
2000-2001 Professor S GREENFIELD How the brain might generate consciousness
2001-2002 Professor S DUNNETT Cell transplantation for neuro-degenerative disease: current status and future prospects
2002-2003 Professor G P MULLEY Gait Assessment—A clinician’s guide
2003-2004 Lord TURNBERG of Cheadle Trust and mistrust in medical science
2004-2005 Professor A HALLIGAN The challenges ahead
2005-2006 Professor P RONCO Membranous nephropathy from Hemann nephritis to allo-immunization
2006-2007 Professor A WYLIE, FRS Apoptosis cell death in health and disease
2007-2008 Professor C HAM, CBE Reforming the National Health Service: What has been achieved and where next?
2008-2009 Prof Sir George ALBERTI Metabolic syndrome – Do we need it?
2009-2010 Professor M De LUCA Epithelial stem cells and regenerative medicine
2010-2011Professor A LUCAS A counter-intuitive adventure in early nutrition
2011-2012 Professor A COMPSTON Multiple Sclerosis: A model disease for experimental medicine
2012-2013 Dr D ZIDEMAN Emergency medical cover for the London 2012 Olympic Games
2013-2014 Mr D JOHNSON Biological solutions for osteoarthritis of the knee
2014-2015 Prof Sir Robin MURRAY What drives people made? – genes, cannabis, and northern cities
2015-2016 Professor R HORTON Dogs of Hell and Wasteful Furies: Can medicine save our species?”