The Ellison–Cliffe Lecture is held annually by the

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

The Lectures

* 1987 Sir

Walter Bodmer Sir Walter Fred Bodmer (born 10 January 1936) is a German-born British human geneticist. Early life Bodmer was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and went on to study the Mathematical Tripos at the Univ ...

, ''on Genetics and Cancer'' * 1988 Charles D. Marsden * 1989 Dame

Anne McLaren Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, (26 April 1927 – 7 July 2007) was a British scientist who was a leading figure in developmental biology. Her work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation (IVF),

, ''on human conceptus'' * 1990 Sir

Roy Calne Sir Roy Yorke Calne, FRCP, FRCS, FRS (born 30 December 1930) is a British surgeon and pioneer in organ transplantation. Career His most notable achievements are the world's first liver, heart, and lung transplant together with John Wallwork ...

* 1991 Lord

George Porter George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002) was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. Education and early life Porter was born in Stainforth, near Thorne, in the then West ...

* 1992 Sir Joseph Smith, ''on the Threat of new Infectious Diseases'' * 1993 Sir

Colin Blakemore Sir Colin Blakemore, , Hon (1 June 1944 – 27 June 2022) was a British neurobiologist, specialising in vision and the development of the brain. He was Yeung Kin Man Professor of Neuroscience and senior fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for Adv ...

* 1994 Sir James Black * 1995 Dennis Lincoln * 1996 Roger H. Clarke, ''on Managing Radiation Risks'' * 1997

John Newsom-Davis John Michael Newsom-Davis (18 October 1932 – 24 August 2007) was a neurologist who played an important role in the discovery of the causes of, and treatments for, ''Myasthenia gravis'', and of other diseases of the nerve-muscle junction, ...

* 1998 Marcus Pembrey * 1999 William P. Gray * 2000

Richard Frackowiak Richard Stanislaus Joseph Frackowiak, born 26 March 1950 in London, is a British and French neurologist and neuroscientist. He is best known for his role in the development of neuroimaging, as the founding director of the Functional Imaging Labo ...

* 2001 A. Riley * 2002 A. Smith * 2003 Stephen T. Holgate CBE * 2004 Dame Julia Polak, ''on embryonic stem cells and tissue engineering'' * 2005 Iain Hutchison * 2006

Jill Belch Jill Janette Freda Belch (born 22 October 1954) is a Scottish academic working in the field of vascular medicine. The daughter of Alexander Ross Belch and Janetta Finnie Murdoch, she was born in Glasgow. She received a BMed in 1976 and then an ...

, ''Blood vessels: Not merely plumbing'' * 2007

Tony Ryan Thomas Anthony Ryan (2 February 1936 – 3 October 2007) was an Irish billionaire, philanthropist and businessman who co-founded the Ryanair airline. Through his establishment of Guinness Peat Aviation in 1975 he began a course of events which ...

, ''on nanotechnology and the quest for motility'' * 2008

Chris Lavy Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...

* 2009 Andy Adam * 2010 Hugh Montgomery * 2011

Kevin Warwick Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954) is an English engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also done ...

, ''Neural Interfaces: An experimental tour'' * 2012

Kevin Fong Kevin Jeremy San Yoong Fong (born 21 May 1971)Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916–2005 atabase on-line Provo, Utah, US: Ancestry.com Inc, 2008. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. ...

, ''on Medicine for Mars'' * 2013

Philip Beales Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

* 2014 Michael Hastings, ''on circadian body clocks'' * 2015

Paul Freemont Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

, ''life is what you make it'' * 2016

Carl Philpott Carl Martin Philpott FRCS (born June 1975) is professor of rhinology and olfactology at the University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus we ...

, ''Smell and taste - the senses that man forgot'' * 2017

Charles Swanton (Robert) Charles Swanton is British physician scientist specialising in oncology and cancer research. Swanton is a senior group leader at London's Francis Crick Institute, Royal Society Napier Professor in Cancer and thoracic medical oncologist ...

, ''Cancer evolution through space and time - The challenge of prolonging survival'' * 2018

Mustafa Suleyman Mustafa Suleyman (born August 1984) is the co-founder and former head of applied AI at DeepMind, an artificial intelligence company acquired by Google and now owned by Alphabet. His current venture is Inflection AI. Early life Suleyman's fath ...

, ''How AI is going to impact healthcare in the future'' * 2019

Guy Leschziner Guy or GUY may refer to: Personal names * Guy (given name) * Guy (surname) * That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart Places * Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Guy, Arkansas, US, a city * Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorpo ...

, ''Sleep medicine''

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