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The Errol Solomon Meyers Memorial Lecture (E.S. Meyers Memorial Lecture) is an annual free public Lecture hosted by the University of Queensland Medical Society (UQMS) in Brisbane. Professor
Errol Solomon Meyers Professor Errol Solomon Meyers (9 August 1890 – 11 February 1956) was a prominent Brisbane doctor and one of the founding fathers of the University of Queensland School of Medicine in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was a leader in medical ...
was a founding father of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland, which was established in 1936 after five decades of advocacy for a medical school in Queensland. A pioneer in professional health education in Queensland, Professor Meyers was a leader in postgraduate medical education and undergraduate and postgraduate dental education prior to the establishment of the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry at the
University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...
. In July 1957, one year after the death of this founding father, the University of Queensland Medical Society established the E.S. Meyers Memorial Lecture to honour his contributions to medicine in general, and to his role as one of the most significant founders of the Medical School in particular. As a reflection of the ethos of Professor Meyers’ life, this Memorial Lecture comprises a forum for a person of distinction to present a perspective of endeavour and achievement. Past speakers include biologist Lord
Robert Winston Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston (born 15 July 1940) is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and Labour peer. Early life Robert Winston was born in London to Laurence Winston and Ruth Winston-Fox, ...
, cricketer and politician Mr
Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He was the founder of the political party Pak ...
, Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty, author Lord
Jeffrey Archer Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English novelist and former politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth (Lincolnshire) from 1969 to 1974, but did not seek re-election after a fina ...
and mountaineer and diplomat Sir
Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineering, mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa people, Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the Timeline of M ...
.


Professor Errol Solomon Meyers

Professor Errol Solomon Meyers was a key founder of the University of Queensland School of Medicine. From 1925, he was a leader in postgraduate medical education courses conducted at the
British Medical Association The British Medical Association (BMA) is a registered trade union and professional body for physician, doctors in the United Kingdom. It does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council. The BMA ...
(Queensland Branch), and was the doyen of surgical anatomy. A general surgeon and teacher of outstanding ability, Professor Meyers taught anatomy and surgical dissection to dental students in Brisbane from 1922, establishing an Anatomy School within the dental hospital in George Street in 1927. From that time Dr Meyers brought the strength of his considerable personality to bear on the need to establish a School of Medicine in Queensland, a triumph achieved finally on 13 March 1936. Education was one of Professor Myers’ passions. Discussions around the need for a medical faculty in Queensland began as early as 1893, and from the mid-1920s Professor Meyers advocated this case strongly. When the Faculty was finally inaugurated in 1936, Professor Meyers was appointed lecturer in anatomy, before becoming Dean in 1941. His standing as a medical educator was such that he was one of only two Australians to be invited to speak at the inaugural World Conference on Medical Education in 1953. Despite all of these accolades, perhaps the best marker of Professor Meyers’ success was his standing within the student body. Professor Meyers exhibited all of the qualities of an exceptional clinical teacher including a passion for education and enthusiasm for learning. He was much loved, admired and respected by the medical student body for his contribution to medical education.


The Memorial Lecture

The Errol Solomon Meyers Memorial Lecture is the premier academic event on the University of Queensland Medical Society’s calendar. The lecture is a tribute to the life of Professor Meyers, and an opportunity to bring together members of the medical, university and general community. The Meyers family and past orators have assisted the ES Meyers Memorial Lecture to become one of the largest public lectures of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.


Full List of Orators


2020s

* 2024
Jana Pittman Jana Pittman (born 9 November 1982) is an Australian former athlete. During her athletic career Pittman specialised in the 400 metres run and 400-metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 2007. ...
, "Change the Beat of Your Drum" * 2023
Joe Brumm Joseph Brumm is an Australian animator, director and writer. After working on multiple British animated children's shows, he created the Peabody Award-winning Australian animated television series '' Bluey''. Early life Brumm was born in Winto ...
, "Creating the Biggest Little Show on Earth" * 2022
Steven Bradbury Steven John Bradbury OAM (born 14 October 1973) is an Australian former short-track speed skater and four-time Olympian. He won the 1,000 m event at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He was the first athlete from Australia and also the first fr ...
, "The Last Man Standing" * 2021 Dr Vijay Roach, "Mind over Medicine" * 2020 postponed due to
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restrictions


2010s

* 2019 Professor Alan Duffy, "Sick Astro" * 2018 Ms
Leigh Sales Leigh Peta Sales (born 10 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and author, best known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). She has won three Walkley Awards, and in 2023 was nominated for the Gold Logie Award for M ...
, "Blindsides, resilience and what happens after the worst day of your life" * 2017 Associate Professor
Munjed Al Muderis Munjed Al Muderis (born 25 June 1972) is an Australian adjunct clinical professor in orthopaedic surgery, author and human rights activist. He has done pioneering work on Prosthesis, prosthetics, especially on titanium devices. Al Muderis was ...
, "From Iraq to Osseointegration" * 2016 Ranjana Srivastava, author and oncologist in disadvantaged areas of Melbourne - "Ars longa, vita brevis" * 2015 Professor
Megan Davis Megan Jane Davis (born October 1975) is a Scientia Professor, international human rights lawyer and constitutional law expert. She is currently the Harvard University Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australia Studies and Visiting Pro ...
, "An International and Domestic Law Perspective on the Health and Wellbeing of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People" * 2014
Mark Loane Dr Mark Edward Loane Order of Australia, AM Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, FRANZCO Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, FRACS (born 11 July 1954) is an Australian Ophthalmology, ophthalmic surge ...
, "Reflections on 20 Years of Remote Eye health" * 2013 Nicholas Coatsworth, past President and current Director for
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Australia. Deputy Director of Disaster Preparedness and Response at the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre in Darwin - "Unexpected Journeys: From Darfur to Darwin" * 2012 James Morton, Clinical Haematologist/Oncologist, Mater Private Hospital. Founder of World's Greatest Shave and AEIOU - "Sliding Doors" * 2011 Michael Kirby, former Justice of the High Court of Australia - "HIV/AIDS and law reform: Desperate need to move mountains" * 2010 Paul Luckin, Anaesthetist in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, specialist in Rescue Medicine - ''Disasters, rescue and retrieval''


2000s

* 2009 Rowan Gillies, former International Council President of
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''Challenges in Humanitarian Assistance'' * 2008 Graeme Clark, Founder/Pioneer of the bionic ear. Senior Australian of the Year 2001 ''The multi-channel cochlear implant; the first clinically successful sensory interface between the world of sound and human consciousness'' * 2007
Charles Teo Charles Teo AM ( zh, 張正賢, s=, t=; born 24 December 1957)''Who's Who in Australia'', ConnectWeb. is an Australian neurosurgeon. Early life and education Teo was born to Chinese-Singaporean parents who immigrated to Australia. He attended ...
, Australian Neurosurgeon - ''That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger'' * 2006
Fiona Wood Fiona Melanie Wood (born 2 February 1958) is an Australian plastic surgeon and burns specialist working in Perth, Western Australia. She is the director of the Royal Perth Hospital burns unit and the Western Australia Burns Service, and dev ...
, 2005 Australian of the Year, director of the
Royal Perth Hospital Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) is a 450-bed adult and teaching hospital located on the northeastern edge of the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. History The hospital traces its history back to the first colonial hospital, whi ...
burns unit and the Western Australia Burns Service - ''Striving for excellence in health care'' * 2005 William P. Schecter, Professor of Clinical Surgery, UCSF Chief of Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital - ''Terrorist Mass Casualty Events in Israel: Historical Context and Clinical Management'' * 2004
Robert C. Gallo Robert Charles Gallo (; born March 23, 1937) is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in establishing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome ( ...
, director, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland - ''HIV in the third decade. Lessons from the Past Experiences and Future Prospects'' * 2003 Jonathan Sprent, Professor of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, California - "T Cells and the Thymus” * 2002
Alan Trounson Alan Osborne Trounson (born 16 February 1946) is an Australian embryologist with expertise in stem cell research. Trounson was the President of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine between 2007 and 2014, a former Professor of Ste ...
"Discussing Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells: Creating New Medical Directions” * 2001 Earl Owen, "Microsurgical Reflections, First Hand” * 2000
Robert Winston Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston (born 15 July 1940) is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and Labour peer. Early life Robert Winston was born in London to Laurence Winston and Ruth Winston-Fox, ...
, "Will We Still Be Human at the End of the 21st Century?”


1990s

* 1999 Mike Toole, ''Public Health Responses to Humanitarian Crise'' * 1998
Karl Kruszelnicki Karl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki (born 1948), often referred to as Dr Karl, is an Australian science communicator and populariser, who is known as an author and a science commentator on Australian radio, television, and pod ...
, ''Great Moments in Science'' * 1997
Peter C. Doherty Peter Charles Doherty (born 15 October 1940) is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate. Doherty received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zink ...
, ''How We Deal With Viral Infections'' * 1996
Grant Sutherland Grant Robert Sutherland (born 2 June 1945) is a retired Australian human geneticist and cytogeneticist. He was the Director, Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital for 27 years (1975-2002), t ...
, ''The Human Genome Project and Medical Practice in the 21st Century'' * 1995
Jeffrey Archer Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English novelist and former politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth (Lincolnshire) from 1969 to 1974, but did not seek re-election after a fina ...
''It Takes Nineteen Hours a Day to be a Best-seller'' * 1994
Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He was the founder of the political party Pak ...
, ''From Centuries to Service'' * 1993 Gabi Hollows, ''Vision and Outreach'' * 1992
Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineering, mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa people, Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the Timeline of M ...
, ''After Everest: Health, Religion and Education in the Himalayas'' * 1991
Struan Sutherland Struan Keith Sutherland AO (17 June 193611 January 2002) was an Australian medical researcher who developed effective antivenoms and other treatments for people bitten or stung by venomous Australian wildlife. Early life Sutherland was born i ...
, ''Reflections on Venomous Pursuits'' * 1990
Sheila Sherlock Dame Sheila Patricia Violet Sherlock (31 March 1918 – 30 December 2001) was a British physician and medical educator who is considered the major 20th-century contributor to the field of hepatology (the study of the liver). Early life Sheila S ...
, ''Alcohol and the Liver''


1980s

* 1989
Neal Blewett Neal Blewett, Order of Australia, AC (born 24 October 1933) is an Australian Australian Labor Party, Labor Party politician, diplomat and historian. He was the Australian House of Representatives, Member of the House of Representatives for Divis ...
, ''Care, Concern and Conscience'' * 1988
Victor Chang Victor Peter Chang (born Chang Yam Him; 21 November 1936 – 4 July 1991) was a Chinese-born Australian cardiac surgeon and a pioneer of modern heart transplantation in Australia. His murder in 1991 stunned Australia and is considered one of ...
, ''The Australian Heart Transplant Programme – Past Progress and Future Dreams'' * 1987
Gustav Nossal Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal (born 4 June 1931) is an Austrian-born Australian research biologist. He is famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance. Early life and education Nossal's family w ...
, ''Vision of a New Therapeutic Future'' * 1986 Max Lake, ''The Excitement of Wine'' * 1985
David Penington David Geoffrey Penington (4 February 1930 – 6 January 2023) was an Australian doctor, academic and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Biography Penington was educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School, and later Scotch College, ...
, ''The Future of Medical Practice in Australia'' * 1984 Hiram Baddeley, ''The Shandong Medical School in China'' * 1983
Arthur Guyton Arthur Clifton Guyton (September 8, 1919 – April 3, 2003) was an American physiologist. Guyton is well known for his ''Textbook of Medical Physiology'', which quickly became the standard text on the subject in medical schools. The first editio ...
, "Hypertension: A Current Analysis” * 1982 Douglas M Saunders, ''In Vitro Fertilization'' * 1981 Norelle Lickiss, ''The Quality of Life and Death: The Possibilities and Limits of Medical Practice'' * 1980 Louis Opit, ''Medical Practice in Australia''


1970s

* 1979 E Parry, ''Health and Urban Change in Africa'' * 1978 N Groots, ''Autism in Indians: An Unspoken Problem'' * 1977 Charles Kerr, ''Uranium and Health'' * 1976 D Llewelly-Jones, ''Talking Doctors'' * 1975
Thomas Szasz Thomas Stephen Szasz ( ; ; 15 April 1920 – 8 September 2012) was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. A dis ...
* 1974 W Gillies, ''China: A Medical Visitor’s Viewpoint'' * 1973 P Erbech * 1972 Dr Bevan * 1971 H Seeliger, ''The Development of Social and Preventive Medicine in Western Africa'' * 1970
Percy Spender Sir Percy Claude Spender (5 October 18973 May 1985) was an Australian politician, diplomat, and judge. He served in the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1951, including as a cabinet minister under Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden. He was ...


1960s

* 1969 Evan Thomson, ''Training in Surgery'' * 1968 Martin Roth, ''The Changing Concept of Medical Education'' * 1967 M Carseldine, ''A GP Reminisces'' * 1966 D Jackson, ''Changing Attitudes to Paediatrics over the Last 30 Years'' * 1965 T O'Leary, ''Aerial medical evacuation with special emphasis on the precautions necessary in particular circumstances'' * 1964
Konrad Hirschfeld Franz Konrad Saddler Hirschfeld CBE (1904–1987) was an Australian medical practitioner and surgeon. He pioneered thoracic surgeries in Australia. He became a university academic, administrator and medical historian. After obtaining his medical ...
, ''Some Aspects of Medical Education'' * 1963 D Gordon, ''Memories of Joe'' * 1962 WJ Saxton, ''The Person'' * 1961 AE Lee, ''Voluntary Health Insurance in Australia'' * 1960 GAC Douglas


1950s

* 1959 FWR Lukin ''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' * 1958 LJJ Nye * 1957 NG Sutton, ''Comprehensive Medicine''


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