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 Neil Ferguson
- Professor Elaine Holmes
- Dr Roman Hovorka
- Professor Eileen Ingham
- Professor David Klenerman
- Professor Susan Lea
- Dr Sarah Teichmann
Sectional Committee 2
Cellular and developmental biology, microbiology and immunology, genetics
- Professor Dan Davis (Chair)
- Professor Dorothy Bennett
- Professor Gurdyal Besra
- Professor Frances Brodsky
- Professor Anne Cooke
- Professor Paul Farrell
- Professor Clare Isacke
- Professor Andrew Jackson
- Professor Janet Lord
- Professor Laura Machesky
- Professor Keith Matthews
- Professor Jonathan Slack
- Professor Nicole Soranzo
- Professor Andrew Wilkie
Sectional Committee 3
Neuroscience (including neurology and neurosurgery), physiology, pharmacological sciences
- Professor Barbara Sahakian (Chair)
- Professor John Aggleton
- Professor Roger Barker
- Professor Philip Bath
- Professor Seth Grant
- Professor Linda Greensmith
- Professor Giles Hardingham
- Professor Giovanna Mallucci
- Professor Peter McNaughton
- Professor Graeme Milligan
- Dame Pamela Shaw
- Professor Sarah Tabrizi
Sectional Committee 4
Medical and veterinary specialties (excluding oncology, neurology) and paediatrics
- Professor Martin Bennett (Chair)
- Professor David Adams
- Professor Melanie Davies
- Professor Elaine Dzierzak
- Professor Ian Hall
- Professor Andrew Loudon
- Professor Kathryn Maitland
- Professor John McMurray
- Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones
- Professor Steven Sacks
- Professor Rhian Touyz
- Professor Sir Doug Turnbull
- Professor Brian Walker
Sectional Committee 5
Surgery, anaesthesia, oncology, clinical pathologies, radiology, oral health, ophthalmology, reproductive health
- Professor Irene Tracey (Chair)
- Professor Jane Apperley
- Professor Phillip Bennett
- Professor Andrew Biankin
- Professor Graeme Black
- Professor Peter Brocklehurst
- Professor Mike Curtis
- Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald
- Professor Steve Halligan
- Professor Christine Harrison
- 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 Clive Ballard
- Professor Tony David
- Professor John Edmunds
- Professor Azra Ghani
- Professor Ian Goodyer
- Professor David Gunnell
- Professor Neil Pearce
- Professor Jill Pell
- Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke
- Professor Paula Williamson
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)
- Professor Sheila Bird
- Professor John Brazier
- Professor Gary Ford
- Professor Trisha Greenhalgh
- Professor Irene Higginson
- Professor Alison Holmes
- Professor Susan Jebb
- Professor Kamlesh Khunti
- Professor Sallie Lamb
- Professor David Mabey
- Professor Aziz Sheikh
Sectional Committee 8
Individuals primarily based in the commercial sector including, but not limited to, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, devices, diagnostics and digital technology industries
- Professor Caroline Savage (Chair)
- Professor Bent Jakobsen
- Professor Trevor Jones
- Dr Fiona Marshall
- Dr David Roblin
