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 Imre Berger
- Dr Chun-wa Chung
- Professor Heather Cordell
- Professor Ian Gilbert
- Professor David Jones
- Professor Colin Kleanthous
- Professor Sebastien Ourselin
- Dr David Rees
- Dr Nitzan Rosenfeld
Sectional Committee 2
Cellular and developmental biology, microbiology and immunology, genetics
- Professor Muzlifah Haniffa (Chair)
- Professor Julie Ahringer
- Professor Graham Anderson
- Professor Doreen Cantrell
- Professor Peter Cullen
- Professor Petra Hajkova
- Professor Mary Herbert
- Professor Sally Lowell
- Professor Rick Maizels
- Professor Robin May
- Professor Patricia Munroe
- Professor Shiranee Sriskandan
- Professor Joris Veltman
Sectional Committee 3
Neuroscience (including neurology and neurosurgery), physiology, pharmacological sciences
- Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu (Chair)
- Professor Maria Belvisi
- Professor David Burn
- Professor Siddarthan Chandran
- Professor Olga Ciccarelli
- Professor Peter Hutchinson
- Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg
- Professor Rajesh Kalaria
- Professor Rob Lucas
- Professor Tony Marson
- Professor Gillian Mead
- Professor Irene Miguel-Aliaga
Sectional Committee 4
Medical and veterinary specialties and paediatrics
- Professor Neena Modi (Chair)
- Professor Chris Brightling
- Professor Helen Firth
- Professor Sophie Hambleton
- Professor Neil Henderson
- Professor Joy Lawn
- Professor Derek Mann
- Professor Daniel McAuley
- Professor Hugh Montgomery
- Professor Susan Ozanne
- Professor Gavin Perkins
- Professor Andrew Pollard
- Professor Joanne Webster
Sectional Committee 5
Surgery, anaesthesia, oncology, clinical pathologies, radiology, oral health, ophthalmology, reproductive health
- Professor Catherine Williamson (Chair)
- Professor Jane Blazeby
- Professor Ashley Blom
- Professor Lyn Chitty
- Professor Jan Clarkson
- Professor Steven Clifford
- Professor Charlotte Coles
- Professor Richard Eastell
- Professor Marian Knight
- Professor Robert MacLaren
- Professor Paul Moss
- Professor John Radford
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 Tamsin Ford
- Professor Simon Gilbody
- Professor Jonathan Green
- Professor Andrew McIntosh
- Professor Caroline Sabin
- Professor Ulrike Schmidt
- Professor Cathie Sudlow
- 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 Linda Bauld
- Professor Liz Corbett
- Professor Yvonne Doyle
- Professor Christopher Griffiths
- Dr Roger Highfield
- Professor Catherine Law
- Professor Richard Lilford
- Professor Jonathan Mant
- Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery
- Professor Guy Poppy
- Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty
Sectional Committee 8
Individuals primarily based in the commercial sector including, but not limited to, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, devices, diagnostics and digital technology industries
- Dr Pauline Williams (Chair)
- Mr Steve Bates
- Professor Andrew Hopkins
- Dr Jane Osbourn
- Dr Jina Swartz