Professor Michael M Morlock

Director FMTHH, TUHH Hamburg University of Technology

Michael Morlock received his University degrees (Staatsexamen) in Mathematics and Sport Scienes from the University of Stuttgart (Germany) in 1985. In 1990 he completed his PhD-degree in Medical Science at the University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada). After 3 years as the head of the Biomechanics Laboratory of novel GmbH (pressure distribution measurement systems) and a post-doc position at the LMU-University (Trauma Surgery, Prof. Lob) in Munich (Germany), he accepted a position as a Senior Research Associate at the Biomechanics Institute of the TUHH (Director: Prof. Dr.sc.techn. E. Schneider).

In 2000 he was awarded a professorship at the Technical University of Vienna (Austria), in 2003 a full professorship at the RWTH Aachen (Germany), and in 2004 the position as a full Pro-fessor of „Biomechanics“and Director of the Institute of Biomechanics at the TUHH Hamburg Uni-versity of Technology, which he held until his Emeritus status in August 2024. In 2007 he initiated the research area “Regeneration, Implants and Medical Technology” at TUHH. Since 2012 he is a member of the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks of the European Commis-sion (Working group on metal-on-metal implants). In 2013 he co-founded the Hamburg Research Center for Medical Technology (FMTHH) in conjunction with the University Hospital Eppendorf. Since 2014 he is a member of the International Hip Society.

In 2016 he became a member of the Executive Committee of the German Arthroplasty Register EPRD.
He has received several international awards including the Clinical Biomechanics Award (1989), Street Science Award BMBF (2001), Guest of Honour Award APAS (2009), Morscher Memorial lec-ture during EFORT 2015 in Prague, the Presidential Guest Lecture at the 2016 Hip Society Meeting during the AAOS in Orlando, in 2021 the Homann Plakette of the DGOOC and in 2023 the Pauwels Medaille of the DGOOC. He served official functions in national and international research organi-zations. His major scientific interests are in pre-clinical testing of implants and endoprosthesesar-throplasty registries, failure analysis, implantation process optimization, surgeon education, mate-rials in orthopaedics, as well as the interaction between implants and the human body.

Naomi Gibbs

Academic Clinical Lecturer, University of Oxford

Victoria Naomi Gibbs is the Chair of the British Hip Society Culture and Diversity Committee and an Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Oxford. Victoria is actively involved in advancing inclusion within the British Hip Society, supporting a range of initiatives including mentorship, inspiring the next generation of hip surgeons and work focused on reducing inequalities in access to healthcare.  
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Professor Amy Grove

Professor of Implementation Science, Centre for Evidence and Implementation Science (CEIS), University of Birmingham

Prof Amy Grove. Professor of Implementation Science and Director of the Birmingham Centre for Evidence and Implementation Science (CEIS). Prof Grove  has built a pioneering and distinct area of scholarship in Implementation Science and Health Technology Assessment. Her interdisciplinary contribution across clinical and organisational science is unique. In organisational science, her independent contribution to theory and methodological development in the field is achieved via her three personal NIHR Fellowships, which explore the implementation of evidence-based interventions in surgery (2013-2025). As a Chartered Psychologist, she spearheads a programme of research on Implementation Science in surgery. 

In clinical science, she specialises in evaluating health technologies (e.g., drugs, medical devices) and public health interventions for policymakers, with expertise in mixed method study design and synthesis. She has an outstanding record of successful funding applications in this space to generate scientific, methodological, and theoretical contributions. Through her research and education, she brings cutting-edge social science theory into the clinical arena, delivering innovative, inclusive, and intellectually challenging education programmes to develop the next generation of healthcare leaders. 

Robin Bannerjee

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry

Robin Banerjee is a fellowship-trained Consultant Lower Limb Arthroplasty Surgeon at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital. He specialises in primary and complex revision hip and knee surgery, with particular interest in infection and femoral reconstruction. He is Assistant Director of Clinical Studies at RJAH, an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University and is the Chair of the British Hip Society Education Committee.

Hamish Lowdon

Arthroplasty Fellow, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire

Hamish completed his registrar training in the East Midlands South denary earlier this year and is now undertaking the revision arthroplasty fellowship at University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire.

He originally qualified from Warwick University in 2016, having first completed a Masters in Engineering at Durham, before moving into medicine. He spent his Foundation and Core Surgical Training years in the Thames Valley region, returning to the Midlands to pursue higher surgical training in trauma and orthopaedics.

Alongside his clinical work, Hamish is a member of the British Hip Society’s Culture and Diversity Sub‑Committee and serves as one of the fellows on the Bone and Joint Infection Registry (BAJIR)