BGS award winners and list of lecture givers
Over the years, the British Geriatrics Society has honoured those whose work and achievements have contributed to the improved care of older people, through various awards, bursaries or prizes. The winners of each of these is listed below.
The eminent physicians or scientists who have delivered the annual Marjory Warren and Trevor Howell Guest lectures are also listed below.
Annual lectures
Established in honour of Marjory Warren, founding member of the Society, this lecture was given annually at the Autumn Meeting (at the Spring Meeting since 2010) by a distinguished physician or scientist (customarily a British geriatrician).
1983 Prof P H Millard
1984 Prof J Williamson
1985 Prof J C Brocklehurst
1986 Prof M S J Pathy
1988 Prof R C Tallis
1989 Prof O F W James
1990 Prof Kay-Tee Khaw
1991 Prof C G Swift
1992 Prof S B J Ebrahim
1993 Prof R S J Briggs
1994 Prof D G Seymour
1995 Prof G P Mulley
1996 Prof G K Wilcock
1997 Prof C M Castleden
1998 Prof C Bulpitt
1999 Prof Sir John Grimley Evans
2000 Prof M Horan
2001 Prof R A Kenny
2002 Prof M Lye
2003 Prof T Kirkwood
2004 Prof A Burns
2005 Prof S Jackson
2006 Prof C Powell
2007 Prof J Potter
2008 Prof S Iliffe
2010 Prof D Stott
2011 Prof Des O'Neill
2012 Prof John Young
2013 Prof Mary Tinetti
2014 Prof Margot Gosney
2015 Prof Adrian Wagg
2016 Prof Rowan Harwood
2017 Prof Alan Walker CBE
2018 John Gladman
2019 Prof Scott Brackenridge
2020 (Meeting deferred)
2021 Karen Andersen Ranberg
Established in 1989 in memory of Dr Trevor Howell, founder of the Society, the lecture is given annually at the Autumn Meeting by an eminent physician or scientist, not necessarily a geriatrician, with an international reputation.
1989 Prof C Warlow
1990 Dr J W Rowe
1991 Prof R G G Russell
1992 Dr P R Holt
1993 Prof R K Chandra
1994 Prof E Barrett-Connor
1995 Dr M E Tinnetti
1996 Prof S Holgate
1997 Prof D J Webb
1998 Prof R Marcus
1999 Prof N London
2000 Prof J Lovestone
2001 Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
2002 Prof R Butler
2003 Prof K Rockwood
2004 Prof W S Aronow
2005 Prof S Lord
2006 Dr C Twomey
2007 Prof A M Clarfield
2008 Prof C Philipson
2009 Prof I Skoog
2010 Prof G Mulley
2011 Prof Cyrus Cooper
2012 Charles Vincent
2013 Prof Paul Knight
2014 Prof Kaare Christensen
2015 Prof Chris Ham
2016 Prof Laurence Rubenstein
2017 Roger Wong
2018 Prof David Stott
2019 Nele Van Noorgate
2020 Suresh Rattan
Award winners
This prize (currently £450) commemorates Lord Amulree, a founder member and President of the British Geriatrics Society (1948-1973). It is awarded to medical students for an essay on a subject pertinent to ageing or old age written from a medical, biological or sociological point of view.
2018
- First Prize: Robyn Barker, University of Newcastle Medical School – Feasibility of using an application based tool to screen for dementia in the Hai district of Tanzania
- Second Prize: Gautham Kumar, University of Cambridge – Does the maturation of optogenetics enable new approaches to the treatment of Parkinson's Disease?
- Third Prize: Dane Wanniarachige, Trinity College Dublin - Understanding and combatting ageism in healthcare
2017
- First Prize: Keiron Jankowski, University of Sheffield: What factors affect survival in critically ill older people?
- Second Prize: Avinash Harinarayanan, Manchester University - Vascular Parkinsonism and the ageing brain
- Third Prize: Joint winners Sarah Alexis Gritis, University of St Andrews Medical School - The pain of Parkinson's Disease; and Natasha Povey, Lancaster Medical School - Immunosenescence - can it be reversed?
2016
- First Prize: G Di Paolo, Keele University School of Medicine - Researching the health of our ageing population
- Joint Second Prize Winners: Tom Fitzgerald, University of Southampton - The Usual Medical Care of Older People in Primary Care
- and Joseph O'Keeffe, University of Leicester - Towards a Geriatric General Practice
2015
- First Prize: Charlotte Boreham - Dietary restriction and its impact on the neuropathology of Alzheimer's Disease
- Second Prize: Adam Dyer - Cognitive impairment and dementia in older adults with Type II Diabetes Mellitus
- Third Prize: Mary-Elizabeth Conn - Could incorporating geriatric assessment methods into secondary care specialities eradicate age discrimination in the NHS?
2014
- First Prize: Clare Langan, Edinburgh University - Does Immunotherapy hold the cure for Alzheimer's Disease?
- Second Prize: Rachel McNulty, St George's University of London - Safeguarding older adults and the role of doctors
- Third Prize: Daniel J. Fitzgerald, Magdalen College, University of Oxford Medical School - The impact of chronic illness: observations of a patient-caregiver relationship in PD
2013
- First Prize: Annie Ritson
- Second Prize: Kathryn Price
- Third Prize: Vanda Ho
2012
- First Prize: R Visagan
- Second Prize: Charles D Timms
- Third Prize: Alpa Kanji
2011
- First Prize: Nathan Gauge;
- Second Prize: Brinta Rabindra;
- Third Prize (Joint Winners): Rachel Varughese; and Bernard Maybury
2010
- First prize: Mary Ní Lochlainn
- Second prize: Biren Patel
- Third prize: Christopher Jones
2008 K Belfield and M Khan
2007 S S Gill
2006 A Moolla
2005 L Quinn
2001 J Tan & A Liew
2000 P Acharya
1999 L Landon
1998 E Dale
1997 C Geppert
1996 G A Paul
1995 M Edwards
1994 S Dias & H Houlden
1993 P Han Ng, W W M Saweirs
1992 J Potter
1991 A Hayter, J in der Schmitten and I tomlinson
1990 D M I C Wawman
1989 R M Chalmers & S Chopra
1988 S M Wilde
1987 S Lowrey
1986 S J Dove
1985 L Hughes-Davies
1984 A Nemeth
1976 H Peach
1983 M A Carling
1982 H S Smith & D McCormack
1981 J Rees
1979 P J M Davis
1978 J S Kroll & I Tomlinson
1977 S Maybin & W B Taylor
The Cardiovascular Section of the BGS awards two prizes of £400 every year.
2017 Jemma Mickleburgh
This award is made to individuals who are not members of the BGS, for their outstanding contribution to the welfare and alleviation of suffering of the aged.
Kevin Teo, University of Cambridge
Hunaynah Patel, Leicester Medical School
Owen Duffey, University of Oxford
George Williams, St George's University of London
Su Ling Yeoh, Cambridge University
Leah Disse, University of Aberdeen
Hunaynah Patel, University of Leicester
Frances Freer, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Asha Gibbs, University of Birmingham
Donald McVinnie, University of Glasgow
Elliot Gemmell, University of Aberdeen Medical School
Emma Fisher
Sarah Hutchinson of Warwick Medical School
James Garrard of University of Leicester
Raphaela Furnivall of University of St Andrews
Nisha Pindoria of Barts and the London Medical School
Sarah Hutchinson of Warwick Medical School
Steven Vates of Warwick Medical School
2012
Sarah Hutchinson of Warwick Medical School
Nisha Pindoria of Barts and London Medical School
Steven Vates of Warwick Medical School
Adrian Shields of King's College, London
Chieh Yang Koo of University of College of London
Paul Zeun of Brighton and Sussex medical School
Karan Patel of University of Leeds
Haran Sivapalan
Katie Honney
W Y Leung
John McGrath
Neil Singh
Joel Raffel
The Rising Star Award was inaugurated in 2014 to recognise young doctors, nurses and AHPs who have made exceptional contributions to the field of older people's health care, early in their career. Two awards are available each year; one for research contributions that have translated into, or are in the process of being translated into, improvements to the care of older people, and the other for a clinical quality project which improves the care of older people with frailty in the award holder's locality.
Inaugurated in 2015, the BGS Special Medal recognises non-BGS members who make a contribution to improving the quality of life of older people throughout society.
Click here to find out about how to nominate someone for this award.
The Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize is funded by a legacy from Dr Manindra Kumar Dhole, a BGS member who died in 1977. The prize is so named to commemorate the anniversary of his marriage with Dr Eddlestone.
From 2018 onwards, one cash prize of £1,000 is made each year and announced on the following 14 January, the anniversary of the date of their marriage.
Applications are not accepted. The prize goes to ‘the most deserving published work of medical research appertaining to the needs of aged people’, in practice, the paper published in Age and Ageing each calendar year which most impressed the judging panel.
Up until 2014, the prize was awarded to outgoing Editor-in-Chief of Age and Ageing. The winners were as follows:
1980 Prof A N Davison
1982 Prof F I Caird
1984 Dr A N G Clarke
1986 Prof A N Exton-Smith
1988 Prof H M Hodkinson
1990 Prof J C Brocklehurst
1992 Prof M S J Pathy
1994 Prof Sir John Grimley Evans
1996 Prof T H D Arie
1998 Prof W J MacLennan
2000 Prof T B L Kirkwood
2002 Prof R Tallis
2004 Prof G Mulley
2006 Prof G Wilcock
2008 Prof Christopher Bulpitt
2014 Prof Roger Francis
Eli Lilly inaugurated an annual £300 bursary in 1992 to assist a Specialist Registrar or Registrar training in geriatric medicine to present a research paper at a meeting outside the UK. This bursary is no longer available.
1992 G A Ford
1993 T Masud and D G Smithard
1994 P H Gompertz and T Solanki
1995 G E Mead and P G O'Mahony
1996 M Davis and G E Ashcroft
1997 G E Mead and G M Batty
1998 No award made
1999 M Rizeq
2000 No award made
2001 M Uddin and S Ragab
This award (currently £200) was established by the late Professor E Woodford Williams in memory of Elizabeth Brown, and is presented each year for the best paper read at the Spring Meeting by a member of the Society who is not a consultant.
1978 J A Dalziel
1979 N Sterling
1980 P J W Scott
1981 G A Campbell
1983 D Clinch & P W Goldstraw
1984 M Horan
1985 I Huggett & R K T Williams
1986 G Wright
1987 Kevin Somerville
1988 D O'Neill
1989 E MacDonald
1990 M J Connolly
1991 K A McLean
1992 G Parker
1993 P Langhorne
1994 P R Woodhouse
1995 P G O'Mahoney
1996 K M Debrah
1997 J Newton
1998 C N Lee
1999 L Kyne
2000 R M Doyle
2001 A M Qureshi
2002 V Tut
2003 R M Doyle
2004 M Mirkhur
2005 G Ellis
2006 J A McManus
2007 L Daniels
2008 I A Lang (a double prize for two presentations deemed of excellent quality)
2010 R Romero-Ortuno
2011 S Hope and F Werret
2013 G W Duncan
2014 Carmel Darcy
2015 J Whitney
2016 L Oates - Promoting oral fluid intake in hospital: the Northumbria Assessment of Hydration
2018 L Brown - The impact of pain in older people with frailty: results form the CARE 75+ cohort study
2018 A Wahab - Did you mean to make me bleed? Treating frail older people with NSTEMI carries a high risk of bleeding
2019 G Lewis - Is your patient more confused than normal? A complete audit cycle on the diagnosis and management of delirium at Watford General Hospital
This prize, inaugurated in 2007, celebrates Miss Eva Huggins, Matron of the West Middlesex County Hospital in 1936, at the time Dr Marjory Warren took charge of the workhouse and began to re-organise the care of older people, and to formulate her early ideas on the special needs of this group in society. The prize is presented for the best poster presented in the nurses' category at the BGS Scientific meetings.
2018 C Nelson - Poster title: The Effectiveness of delivering Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments in the Emergency Department
2019 (joint winner) - S Fernandez - Poster title: Essential pharmacy role in polypharmacy review and deprescribing for frail older patients
This prize (currently £200) was established in 1985 in memory of Professor E Woodford-Williams, one of the founder members of the BGS. It was made possible by donations from members upon her death. It is presented each year for the best paper read at the Autumn Meeting by a member of the Society who is not a consultant.
This prize (currently £200) was established in 1989 to honour Professor Sir Ferguson Anderson, past President of the Society, and is awarded each year for the best poster presented at the Spring Meeting by a member of the Society who is not a consultant.
The Founders' Medal was established in 1987 in honour of the Society's 40th anniversary and is presented for distinguished service. It is the highest award bestowed by the Society and the first recipient was Dr Trevor Howell for his role in establishing the Society.
1987 Trevor H Howell
1989 A N Exton -Smith
1990 John C Brocklehurst
1991 J Williamson
1993 Sir William Ferguson Anderson
1994 Peter Horrocks
1996 J Leeming
1997 H M Hodkinson
1998 Francis I Caird
1999 Sir John Grimley Evans
2001 M S J Pathy
2002 Marion Hildick-Smith
2004 Tom Arie
2005 Bim Bhowmick
2006 Ray Tallis
2008 George Adams
2011 Cameron Swift
This prize (currently £200) was established in 2004 to honour Professor John Brocklehurst, past President of the Society, and is awarded at each BGS Scientific Meeting for the best poster presented in the Clinical Quality Section, by a delegate who is not a consultant.
2019 - R Coary
An award for BGS members who have made exceptional contributions to the welfare of older people over the course of their careers:
2017: Dawn Skelton
2018: John Hindle
2019: Chandi Vellodi
This prize (currently £200) was established in 1989 to honour Professor Norman Exton-Smith, past President of the Society, and is awarded each year for the best poster presented at the Autumn Meeting by a member of the Society who is not a consultant.
Inaugurated in 1992 by Dr J L C Dall, this award is to be granted at the discretion of the serving president to members of the Society who have been unable to hold high office in the Society but have rendered outstanding service to the Society.
Dhole Bequest
Dr M K Dhole, a member of the Society, provided funds in his will for establishing a lectureship, fellowship or a bursary for research in the field of geriatric medicine. The award (currently £180,000 disbursed over three years), is jointly funded and managed with Research into Ageing.
1981 Maria Cox and C M Cheshire
1983 A J Bayer
1985 D S Fairweather
1987 A J Thomas and S W Parry
1989 K O'Malley
1991 Carolyn Greig and P A O'Neill
1993 E J Dickinson
1995 J E Cox and L Kalra
1997 R Elliot
1999 L T McGrath and S W Parry
2004 S Conroy
2009 R Hall
Bernard Isaacs Clinical Research Fellowship
Named for Sir Bernard Isaacs, a luminary of geriatric medicine, this fellowship was offered once in 2008 to B Rosario.
Marjory Kuck Clinical Research Fellowship
Names for Dr Marjory Kuck who left a bequest to the British Geriatrics Society, this fellowship was offered once in 2008 to E Fletcher.
Marjory Warren Research Fellowship
Named for Dr Marjory Warren, the founder of our specialty, this fellowship was jointly funded and was administered by Research into Ageing. It was awarded once in 2007 to R Holt.