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
- Dr Harren Jhoti (Chair)
- Professor Dario Alessi
- Professor Jason Chin
- Professor Elaine Holmes
- Professor David Klenerman
- Professor Daniel Rueckert
Sectional Committee 2
Cellular and developmental biology, microbiology and immunology, genetics
- Professor Frances Brodsky (Chair)
- Professor Andrew Baker
- Professor Dorothy Bennett
- Professor Judith Breuer
- Professor Frances Brodsky
- Professor Panos Deloukas
- Professor Keith Matthews
- Professor Ashley Moffett
- Professor Alison Simmons
- Professor Nicole Soranzo
- Professor Andrew Wilkie
Sectional Committee 3
Neuroscience (including neurology and neurosurgery), physiology, pharmacological sciences
- Professor Giles Hardingham (Chair)
- Professor John Aggleton
- Professor Julia Buckingham
- Professor Derk-Jan Dijk
- Professor Giles Hardingham
- Professor Mandy MacLean
- Professor Giovanna Mallucci
- Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
Sectional Committee 4
Medical and veterinary specialties and paediatrics
- Professor David Adams (Chair)
- Professor Melanie Davies
- Professor Sadaf Farooqi
- Professor David FitzPatrick
- Professor Tony Green
- Professor Ian Hall
- Professor Gideon Lack
- Professor Mala Maini
- Professor Jørgen Vestbo
Sectional Committee 5
Surgery, anaesthesia, oncology, clinical pathologies, radiology, oral health, ophthalmology, reproductive health
- Professor Christine Harrison (Chair)
- Professor Peter Brocklehurst
- Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald
- Professor Christopher Nutting
- Professor Ruth Plummer
- Professor John Primrose
Sectional Committee 6
Psychiatry, psychology and mental health, behavioural science, genomics, epidemiology, clinical trials, population health sciences and global health
- Professor Tim Peters (Chair)
- Professor Louise Arseneault
- Professor Chris Brewin
- Professor John Edmunds
- Professor Azra Ghani
- Professor Ian Goodyer
- Professor Francesca Happé
- Professor Diana Kuh
- Professor Matthew Lambon Ralph
- Professor Paula Williamson
- Professor Mark Woolhouse
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 Dame Jessica Corner (Chair)
- Dr Jennifer Dixon
- Professor Gary Ford
- Professor Susan Jebb
- Professor Frank Kelly
- Professor Kamlesh Khunti
- Professor Sallie Lamb
- Professor David Mabey
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)
