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 Ian Gilbert
- Professor Alison Lloyd
- Professor Andreas Melzer
- Dr David Rees
- Professor Sylvia Richardson
- Dr Nitzan Rosenfeld
- Professor Daniel Rueckert
- Professor Dame Janet Thornton
Sectional Committee 2
Cellular and developmental biology, microbiology and immunology, genetics
- Professor Frances Brodsky (Chair)
- Professor Andrew Baker
- Professor Judith Breuer
- Professor Peter Cullen
- Professor Panos Deloukas
- Professor Gerard Graham
- Professor Muzlifah Haniffa
- Dr Caroline Hill
- Professor Philip Maini
- Professor Rick Maizels
- Professor Ashley Moffett
- Professor Alison Simmons
Sectional Committee 3
Neuroscience (including neurology and neurosurgery), physiology, pharmacological sciences
- Professor Giles Hardingham (Chair)
- Professor Robert Brownstone
- Professor Julia Buckingham
- Professor Derk-Jan Dijk
- Professor Caroline Dive
- Professor Giles Hardingham
- Professor Peter Hutchinson
- Professor Mandy MacLean
- Professor Oscar Marín
- Professor Valerie O'Donnell
- Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
- Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu
- Professor Bill Wisden
Sectional Committee 4
Medical and veterinary specialties and paediatrics
- Professor David Adams (Chair)
- Professor Sadaf Farooqi
- Professor David FitzPatrick
- Professor Tony Green
- Professor Arthur Kaser
- Professor Gideon Lack
- Professor Mala Maini
- Professor Helen McShane
- Professor Daniel McAuley
- Professor Neena Modi
- Professor Naveed Sattar
- Professor Jørgen Vestbo
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 Chris Brewin
- Professor Harry Campbell
- Professor Sarah Cleaveland
- Professor George Davey Smith
- Professor Thalia Eley
- Professor Francesca Happé
- Professor Matthew Lambon Ralph
- Professor Cornelia van Duijn
- Professor Helen Weiss
- 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 Gary Ford (Chair)
- Professor Liz Corbett
- Dr Jennifer Dixon
- 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