1895 – German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen discovers X Rays
1896 – First x-Ray device operated at the Middlesex Hospital
1913 – Sidney Russ appointed world’s first hospital physicist Middlesex Hospital
1920 – Russ becomes Joel Professor of Physics Applied to Medicine (the first Chair of Medical Physics in the world).
1943 – New Department of Medical Physics opens at University College Hospital (UCH), led by Sidney Osborn.
1946 – Russ retires and is succeeded by Professor Eric Roberts
1962 – Sidney Osborn succeeded as Head of UCH Department by John Clifton
1971 – Professor James Tait takes over from Professor Eric Roberts
1981 – UCH Medical School becomes part of °×С½ãÂÛ̳
1987 – Middlesex Hospital Medical School merges with °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Medical School. Radiation Physics and Image Processing groups at the Middlesex Hospital become part of the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Medical Physics Department, led by John Clifton.
1990 – John Clifton becomes fourth Joel Professor
1992 – John Clifton retires
1992 – A joint medical physics department is formed comprising the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering led by Professor David Delpy, and the °×С½ãÂÛ̳H NHS Trust Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering led by Professor Roland Blackwell
1993 – Professor Roger Ordidge appointed the fifth Joel Professor
1999 – Professor David Delpy stands down as Head of Department to become the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Vice Provost for Research, and later Chief Executive of EPSRC (2007)
1991 – Professor Andrew Todd-PokropekÌýbecomes Head of Department
2004 – Academic department moves to Malet Place Engineering Building
2004 – Professor Roland Blackwell retires, and is succeeded as head of the NHS Trust Department by Geoff Cusick
2008 – Professor Todd-Pokropek steps down and is succeeded as head of the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ department by Professor Jem Hebden
2010 – Geoff Cusick retires, and is succeeded by Professor Peter Marsden as head of the NHS Trust department in 2010
2011 – Professor Robert Speller appointed the sixth Joel Professor of Physics Applied to Medicine.Ìý
2014 – Biomedical Engineering undergraduate programme launches, offering BEng and MEng degrees to complement existing BSc and MSci degrees in Medical Physics.
2014 – Department renamed the Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering
2019 – Professor Jem Hebden steps down and Professor Andy Nisbet becomes Head of Department
2020 – Department celebrates 100 year anniversary of the Joel Chair with a special centenary Joel Lecture