International Lecturer Award

This prestigious award was introduced in 2011, replacing the Siemens Award Lecture and the Roche Diagnostics Award Lecture (previous winners of these awards can also be found below).  This award is given in alternate years.

  • Nominated persons should normally be practising laboratory scientists from outside of the UK who have made a major contribution to Laboratory Medicine – in practice, research or in education.

  • The recipient is invited to give a state-of-the-art lecture in their area of expertise and the Award will be a suitable memento.

  • The LabMedUK Scientific Programme Committee will be invited to nominate a recipient.

  • The nominee must be willing to be proposed and willing to deliver an Award Lecture at LabMedUK.

  • The nomination is ratified by Executive. If there is more than 1 nomination, the recipient will be selected by Executive.

  • Council is informed of the outcome at its first meeting after selection of the recipient.

Previous International Lecturers

2025 - Mario Plebani
2024 - No award
2023 - Maria Fitzgibbon
2022 - Tomris Ozben
2021 - No award
2020 - No award
2019 - No award
2018 - No award
2017 - No award
2016 - Prof S Sandberg (Bergen)
2015 - Prof J Horton (Dallas)
2014 - No award
2013 - Dr H M J Goldschmidt (Utrecht)
2012 - Prof H A Morris (Adelaide)
2011 - Prof M Plebani (Padova)

Siemens Award Lecturers (1982-2009)

This Award was first donated in 1981 by Kone Diagnostics, then by Dade Behring and, until 2010, by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics.

2009 Prof B Reeves

2008 Prof L M Thienpont

2007 Prof Sir Muir Gray

2006 Prof C Lowe

2005 Prof P Gillery

2004 Dr P Garnero

2003 Prof A R Horvath

2002 Prof D Hochstrasser

2001 Dr H Kuiper

2000 Prof P E Jansen

1999 Prof C N Hales

1998 Prof D Haussinger

1997 Prof S R Bloom

1995 Prof K G M M Alberti

1994 Dr C Lieber

1993 Prof P Wilding

1992 Prof O Siggaard-Andersen

1991 Prof P O Seglen

1990 Prof R Huber

1989 Prof A Gribb

1988 Prof D W Moss

1987 Dr J M Hicks

1986 Prof G Siest

1985 Prof P D Griffiths

1984 Mr P M G Broughton

1983 Dr F L Mitchell

1983 Prof T P Whitehead

1982 Prof P Astrup

Roche Diagnostics Award Lecturers (1988-2009)

The Roche Diagnostics Award (formerly the Boehringer Mannheim Award) was used by the Association to fund the visit of an international lecturer.

2009 Sir John Bell

2008 Prof J M B Hicks

2007 Prof U-H Stenman

2006 Prof L Chan

2005 Prof J Westgard

2004 Prof J Squire

2003 Prof G Lundberg

2002 Prof R Williamson

2001 Prof Y-M D Lo

2000 Prof J Collinge

1999 Prof H G Burger

1998 Prof P Bennett

1997 Dr E M Brown

1996 Prof I Hay

1995 Prof E Wright

1994 Prof P R Larsen

1993 Prof S Lieberman

1992 Prof R Ross

1991 Dr B Rifkind

1990 Prof A Cerami

1989 Prof M A Epstein

1988 Dr G Bolli