Ellison–Cliffe Lecture

The Ellison–Cliffe Lecture is held annually by the Royal Society of Medicine. The lectures, which commenced in 1987, are named after Dr. Percy Cliffe and his wife, Dr. Carice Ellison, who endowed the lecture to be given on a subject connected with the contribution of fundamental science to the advancement of medicine.^[1]

The Lecturer is also awarded a medal in honour of their presentation.

The Lectures

1987 Walter Bodmer, on Genetics and Cancer ^[2]
1988 Charles D. Marsden
1989 Dame Anne McLaren, on human conceptus
1990 Roy Calne
1991 George Porter
1992 Sir Joseph Smith, on the Threat of new Infectious Diseases
1993 Colin Blakemore
1994 James Black
1995 Dennis Lincoln
1996 Roger H. Clarke, on Managing Radiation Risks^[3]
1997 John Newsom-Davis
1998 M. E. Pembrey
1999 William P. Gray^[4]
2000 Richard Frackowiak^[5]
2001 A. Riley
2002 A. Smith
2003 Stephen T. Holgate^[6]
2004 Julia Polak, on embryonic stem cells and tissue engineering ^[7]
2005 Iain Hutchison
2006 Jill Belch, Blood vessels: Not merely plumbing
2007 Tony Ryan, on nanotechnology and the quest for motility^[8]
2008 Chris Lavy^[9]
2009 Andy Adam
2010 Hugh Montgomery^[10]
2011 Kevin Warwick, on Neural Interfaces^[11]
2012 Kevin Fong, on Medicine for Mars^[12]
2013 Philip Beales^[13]
2014 Michael Hastings, on circadian body clocks^[14]
2015 Paul Freemont, life is what you make it^[15]

References

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