The Garrod Lecture and Medal is an award presented by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. It was established in 1982 and named for L. P. Garrod. The medal is made of silver by the Birmingham Mint. The recipient of the award is considered by the society as having international authority in the field of antimicrobial chemotherapy. They are invited to deliver an accompanying lecture and receive honorary membership of the Society.
Recipients
+Awards Year Recipient Lecture title 1982 Sir Mark Richmondβ-Lactamases: are they really important? 1983 F W O'GradyStrategies for potentiating chemotherapy in severe sepsis: some experimental pointers. 1984 Sir Charles Stuart-HarrisStrategies of antiviral chemotherapy. 1985 Naomi DattaAntidotes of bacteria to antibacterial drugs 1986 Sir Edward P Abrahamβ-Lactamase antibiotics: motivation, science and luck in their past and future 1987 George N. RolinsonThe influence of 6-aminopenicillanic acid on antibiotic development. 1990 Robert C. Moellering JrThe enterococcus: a classic example of the impact of antimicrobial resistance on therapeutic options. 1991 Denis MitchisonUnderstanding the chemotherapy of tuberculosis - current problems. 1999 Alasdair GeddesInfection in the 21st Century - and possible implications for therapy.2009Sir Richard Sykes The evolution of antimicrobial resistance: a Darwinian perspective 2011 Brian SprattMy 40 years - from penicillin-binding proteins to molecular epidemiology. Given during the BSAC 40th anniversary scientific Spring Meeting 2012 Ian ChopraDiscovery of anti-bacterial drugs in the twenty-first century2014Gunnar KahlmeterEUCAST - are we heading towards international agreement? 2016 John E. McGowan JrThe role of the healthcare epidemiologist in antimicrobial chemotherapy—a view from the USA 2017 Peter Hawkey Genes, guts and globalization 2018 David LivermoreThe Black Swans of Resistance 2019 Laura PiddockMDR efflux in Gram-negative bacteria—how understanding resistance led to a new tool for drug discovery 2026 Ramanan Laxminarayan Achieving the UNGA AMR mortality reduction goals
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