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{{Short description|United Kingdom professional body}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
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| name                = Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
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| caption             = Fairmount House in York
| formation           = 1997 (1943)
| type                = [[Learned society]]
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|city   =  York
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| location            = United Kingdom
| membership          = 4,700
| language            = English
| leader_title        = President
| leader_name         = Dr Anna Barnes
| key_people          = Philip Morgan
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The '''Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine''' ('''IPEM''') is the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[British professional bodies|professional body]] and [[learned society]] for [[physicist]]s, [[engineer]]s and technologists within the field of [[medicine]], founded in 1995, changing its name from the '''Institution of Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology''' ('''IPEMB''') in 1997.<ref name="Jennings2006">{{cite journal |last= Jennings |first= Allan|date=December 2006|title= Introduction|journal= Scope|volume= 15|issue= Heritage Supplement|pages= 2–5}}</ref> The Institute is governed by an elected Board of Trustees reporting to which are the Science, Research and Innovation Council and the Professional and Standards Council. The councils have operational responsibility for scientific and professional aspects of the Institute's work, respectively. Beneath the councils is a substructure of committees, groups and panels of members, which undertake the work of the Institute.

The Institute is licensed by the [[Engineering Council UK|Engineering Council]] to register [[Chartered Engineer (UK)|Chartered Engineers]], Incorporated Engineers and Engineering Technologists and by the [[Science Council]] to register [[Chartered Scientist]]s,<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://sciencecouncil.org/the-professional-registers/search/|title=Search the Professional Registers|website=The Science Council}}</ref> Registered Scientists and Registered Science Technicians.<ref name="auto"/>

The aim of the Institute and its members, set out in its charitable objects and articles of association, is to promote for the public benefit the advancement of physics and engineering applied to medicine and biology, and to advance public education in the field.<ref>{{cite web |last=IPEM |year=2013 |title=2012 A Review of the Year |url=http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Portals/0/Images/2012%20Annual%20Review.pdf |access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref>

==History==

The organization can trace its origin to three societies:<ref name="Jennings2006" /><ref name="ReynardAslib2003">{{cite book|author=K. Reynard|title=Aslib Directory of Information Sources in the United Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hy5F6O18yrAC&pg=PA646 |access-date=7 January 2013|year=2003|publisher=Aslib|isbn=978-0-85142-472-9|page=646}}</ref><ref name="Kolitsi2001">{{cite book|author=Zoi Kolitsi|editor=Zoi Kolitsi|title=Towards a European Framework for Education and Training in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zt5zK69hsR8C&pg=PA12|year=2001|publisher=IOS Press|isbn=978-1-58603-151-0|page=12|chapter=Introduction|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
*the '''Hospital Physicists Association''' (HPA) founded in 1943,
*the '''Hospital Physics Technicians Association''' (HPTA) founded in 1952, and
*the '''Biological Engineering Society''' (BES) founded in 1960.

The HPA created its scientific arm in 1984, the '''Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine''' (IPSM). The trade union and scientific activities split in 1989: the scientific arm merged with the BES to form IPEMB while the trade union (HPA) joined the [[Manufacturing, Science and Finance]] Trades Union (MSF).<ref name="Jennings2006" /><ref name="Kolitsi2001"/>
The  '''Association of Medical Technologists''' (AMT), formerly HPTA, merged with IPEM in 2001.<ref name="Jennings2006" />

[[File:Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) History Timeline.png|center|750px|IPEM timeline]]

==Membership==

There are several categories of membership:

*Fellowship (FIPEM): This is the most senior category of membership. It is only awarded to Full Members (MIPEM) who have made an outstanding contribution to Medical Physics or Engineering.
*Full Membership (MIPEM): This category is for people seeking recognition as professional Scientists, Engineers or Technologist in the field of Medical Physics or Engineering.  It includes the old Incorporated Membership.
*Associate Membership: For people working in the relevant area including STP trainees. Postgraduate students and apprentices in an appropriate field are eligible for free Associate Membership
*Professional Affiliate Membership: For professionals who are working with applications of physics and engineering applied to medicine but who are working as professionals other than clinical scientists or clinical/biomedical engineers e.g. doctors, radiographers, nurses, vets and dentists.
*Affiliate Membership: For anyone with an interest in Medical Physics and Engineering.  Full-time undergraduate students are eligible for free Affiliate Membership
*Honorary Fellowship is awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of physics or engineering applied to medicine or related biological science. 
*Company Membership
*Dual Membership with the [[Institute of Physics]] allows a 25% discount on membership subscriptions payable to each organisation for those who are or become individual members of both organisations.

==Equality, diversity and inclusion==
The Institute is a signatory<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/publications/other/diversity-concordat-signatories |title=Engineering Diversity Concordat Signatories |date=2013 |website=www.raeng.org.u|access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref> of the Engineering Diversity Concordat of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]] and the [[Science Council]] Diversity Declaration and has its own Equality Policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Portals/0/Documents/Diversity%20&%20Equality/Equality%20Policy%20Statement%20July%202015.pdf |title=IPEM EQUALITY POLICY STATEMENT |date=2015 |website=www.ipem.ac.uk |access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref>

==Annual Conference and Woolmer Lecture==
The Institute holds an annual conference on Medical Physics and Engineering. During this conference the flagship lecture of the Institute, the [[Woolmer Lecture]], is presented. The lecture is dedicated to Professor Ronald Woolmer who was the first Director of the Research Department of Anaesthetics at the [[Royal College of Surgeons]].<ref name="ObitWoolmer63">{{cite journal |last= G.S.W.O|date=February 1963|title= In Memoriam: Professor R. F. Woolmer, V.R.D.|journal=  Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |volume= 332|issue= 1|pages= 129–131}}</ref> Woolmer convened a meeting at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, to discuss the evolving field of engineering applied to medicine.<ref>{{cite journal |date=April–June 1963|title= Prof. R. F. Woolmer, 1908–1962|journal= Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering |volume= 2|issue= 1|pages= 161–162}}</ref> It was agreed that the group should hold regular meetings and as a result the Biological Engineering Society (BES) was formed with Ronald Woolmer as the first President. Woolmer died two years after the formation of the BES and it was agreed that a memorial lecture would be sponsored in recognition of his achievements.<br>
The following table includes a list of the lectures since 2002:<br>
{| class="wikitable" 
|- 
! Year!! Lecturer !! Subject
|- 
| 2002 || Professor Anthony Unsworth || [[Hip Joint Replacement]]
|- 
| 2003 || Dr Arun Holden || Computational Modelling in Medicine and Biology 
|- 
| 2004 || Professor [[Kevin Warwick]] || Implant Technology
|- 
| 2005 || Dr Henrik Gollee || [[Assistive Technology|Assistive technologies]] for function restoration
|- 
| 2006 || Professor [[Denis Noble]]  || Cardiac Modelling
|- 
| 2007 || Professor Sir Michael Brady  || [[Digital Imaging]]
|- 
| 2008 || Professor Clive Hahn  || [[Bioengineering]] Aspects of the Lung:  Models and Measurements
|- 
| 2009 || Professor Martin Birchall  || [[Regenerative Medicine]]: New challenges, new hopes
|- 
| 2010 || Professor Mark Tooley  || Imitating the Patient
|- 
| 2011 || Professor [[Willi Kalender]] || Developments in [[Computed Tomography]]: Is sub-mSv a realistic option?
|- 
| 2012 || Professor [[Lionel Tarassenko]] || Physiology-Driven Signal Analysis and Data 
|- 
| 2013 || Professor [[Molly Stevens]] || Designing [[Biomaterials]] for Ultrasensitive [[Biosensor|Biosensing]] and [[Regenerative Medicine]]
|- 
| 2014 || Professor David Keating || [[Medical Physics]]:  A Gateway to Innovation 
|- 
| 2015 || Professor Tony Barker || [[Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation]] – the First Thirty Years
|-
|2016
|Professor Andrew Taylor
|Can engineering and imaging help us design cardiovascular devices?
|-
|2017
|Professor [[Josef A. Käs|Josef Käs]] 
|Why do rigid tumours contain soft cancer cells?
|-
|2018
|Professor [[Alison Noble]]
|Human Image Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Shifting Perceptions of Medical Ultrasound
|-
|}

==Publications==
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IPEM owns three international [[peer review|peer-reviewed journals]]:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Publications/Journals.aspx |title=IPEM > Publications > Journals |access-date=9 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153402/http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Publications/Journals.aspx |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''[[Physics in Medicine and Biology]]'' (PMB)  
*''Medical Engineering and Physics'' 
*''Physiological Measurement'' 
PMB and Physiological Measurement are published in association with [[IOP Publishing]] while Medical Engineering and Physics is published by [[Elsevier]].
<br>
The Institute also publishes:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Publications.aspx |title=IPEM > Publications |access-date=9 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909153423/http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Publications.aspx |archive-date=9 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''SCOPE'' – The Institute's quarterly magazine which is free to members and non-members.
*a report series
*educational and teaching material
*a comprehensive e-book programme jointly with IOP Publishing

==President of IPEM==
The IPEM president serves for two years and takes office at the Annual Conference.  The following table includes a list of all past presidents of IPEMB/IPEM.<ref>{{cite journal |date=December 2006|title= Appendix 3: Honorary Officers of the IPEM Diversity within the Institute|journal= Scope|volume= 15|issue= Heritage Supplement|page=56}}</ref><ref name="Ison2007">{{cite journal |last= Ison |first= Keith |date=December 2007|title= President's Letter: Diversity within the Institute|journal= Scope|volume= 16|issue= 4|issn= 0964-9565}}</ref><ref name="Gibson2009">{{cite journal|last= Gibson|first= Chris|date= December 2009|title= President's Letter: Welcome to all readers|journal= Scope|volume= 20|issue= 4|page= 3|issn= 0964-9565|access-date= 23 January 2013|url= http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Publications/SCOPE/ESCOPE.aspx|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130123052305/http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Publications/SCOPE/ESCOPE.aspx|archive-date= 23 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="Jarritt2007">{{cite journal |last=Jarritt |first=Peter |date=December 2011 |title=President's Letter: In the Spotlight |journal=Scope |volume=20 |issue=4 |page=3 |issn=0964-9565 |access-date=23 January 2013 |url=http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Publications/SCOPE/ESCOPE.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123052305/http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Publications/SCOPE/ESCOPE.aspx |archive-date=23 January 2013}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Dates !! President
|-
| 1995–97 || Prof [[Peter N.T. Wells|Peter N.T. Wells CBE]]
|-
| 1997–99 || Prof P. F. Sharp OBE
|-
| 1999–2001 || Prof [[Rod Smallwood (medical engineer)|R.H. Smallwood]]
|-
| 2001–03 || Dr S.W. Smye OBE
|-
| 2003–05 || Prof P.C. Williams
|-
| 2005–07 || Dr P.C. Jackson
|-
| 2007–09 || Dr K.T. Ison OBE
|-
| 2009-11 || Dr C.J. Gibson
|-
| 2011–13 || Prof P.H. Jarritt
|-
| 2013–15 || Prof S.F. Keevil
|-
| 2015–17 || Prof D. Brettle
|-
|2017–19
|Prof M. Tooley
|-
|2019–21
|[[Prof. Stephen O'Connor]]
|-
|2021–23
|Dr Robert Farley
|-
|2023–25
|Dr Anna Barnes
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ipem.ac.uk www.ipem.ac.uk] – The Official site of the IPEM
*[https://www.ipem.ac.uk/ScientificJournalsPublications/SCOPE/E-SCOPE.aspx E-SCOPE] – The online archive of the IPEM magazine (www.ipem.ac.uk/ScientificJournalsPublications/SCOPE/E-SCOPE.aspx)

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