Sectional Committees assess candidates nominated to the Fellowship and make recommendations for election.
A list of previous Sectional Committee Chairs can be found below. We have have produced a briefing note on unconscious bias for committees electing new Fellows as part of our ongoing work on equality and diversity.
Sectional Committee 1
Physics, chemistry, biochemistry, structural biology, mathematical sciences including statistics, informatics, imaging and engineering applied to biomedicine
- Professor Elaine Holmes (Chair)
- Professor Heather Cordell
- Professor Ian Gilbert
- Professor David Jones
- Professor Alison Lloyd
- Professor Andreas Melzer
- Dr David Rees
- Professor Sylvia Richardson
- Dr Nitzan Rosenfeld
- Professor Dame Janet Thornton
Sectional Committee 2
Cellular and developmental biology, microbiology and immunology, genetics
- Professor Frances Brodsky (Chair)
- Professor Julie Ahringer
- Professor Graham Anderson
- Professor Peter Cullen
- Professor Gerard Graham
- Professor Muzlifah Haniffa
- Professor Mary Herbert
- Dr Caroline Hill
- Professor Philip Maini
- Professor Rick Maizels
- Professor Patricia Munroe
- Professor Shiranee Sriskandan
- Professor Joris Veltman
Sectional Committee 3
Neuroscience (including neurology and neurosurgery), physiology, pharmacological sciences
- Professor Giles Hardingham (Chair)
- Professor Maria Belvisi
- Professor Robert Brownstone
- Professor Siddarthan Chandran
- Professor Caroline Dive
- Professor Peter Hutchinson
- Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg
- Professor Rajesh Kalaria
- Professor Oscar Marín
- Professor Valerie O'Donnell
- Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu
- Professor Bill Wisden
Sectional Committee 4
Medical and veterinary specialties and paediatrics
- Professor Neena Modi (Chair)
- Professor Chris Brightling
- Professor Sophie Hambleton
- Professor Neil Henderson
- Professor Arthur Kaser
- Professor Joy Lawn
- Professor Daniel McAuley
- Professor Helen McShane
- Professor Neena Modi
- Professor Susan Ozanne
- Professor Gavin Perkins
- Professor Andrew Pollard
- Professor Naveed Sattar
Sectional Committee 5
Surgery, anaesthesia, oncology, clinical pathologies, radiology, oral health, ophthalmology, reproductive health
- Professor Christine Harrison (Chair)
- Professor Jane Blazeby
- Professor Ashley Blom
- Professor Robert Bristow
- Professor Arri Coomarasamy
- Professor Charles Craddock
- Professor Richard Eastell
- Professor Marian Knight
- Professor Robert MacLaren
- Professor John Radford
- Professor Robert Steele
- Professor Catherine Williamson
Sectional Committee 6
Psychiatry, psychology and mental health, behavioural science, genomics, epidemiology, clinical trials, population health sciences and global health
- Professor Paula Williamson (Chair)
- Professor Ibrahim Abubakar
- Professor Harry Campbell
- Professor Sarah Cleaveland
- Professor George Davey Smith
- Professor Thalia Eley
- Professor Andrew McIntosh
- Professor Helen Minnis
- Professor Cornelia van Duijn
- Professor Sarah Walker
- Professor Helen Weiss
Sectional Committee 7
Primary care, health services research, health informatics, health improvement, social sciences, humanities, law, policy, communication or leadership as applied to health or biomedical science
- Professor Gary Ford (Chair)
- Professor Liz Corbett
- Professor Yvonne Doyle
- Professor Keith Godfrey
- Professor Christopher Griffiths
- Dr Roger Highfield
- Professor Catherine Law
- Professor Richard Lilford
- Professor Christine MacArthur
- Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery
- Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty
- Professor Rosalind Raine
Sectional Committee 8
Individuals primarily based in the commercial sector including, but not limited to, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, devices, diagnostics and digital technology industries
- Dr David Roblin (Chair)
- Dr Jeffrey Barrett
- Dr Felicity Gabbay
- Dr Susan Galbraith
- Dr Pauline Williams