Council election 2024 - voting now open

This year's Council election will be administered for the Academy by Civica Election Services.

Fellows will receive secure login details and voting instructions by email from Civica (from [email protected]) on Wednesday 2 October.

Voting will be available until 17.00 on Thursday 7 November.

Four vacancies will be filled through this year's election. One vacancy is reserved for a non-clinical candidate.

The following Fellows are standing as candidates for election this year:

Professor Tim Aitman FRSE FMedSci
Professor of Molecular Pathology and Genetics, University of Edinburgh

Professor Deborah Ashby OBE FMedSci
Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Professor Andy Baker FRSE FMedSci
Gustav Born Chair of Vascular Biology & British Heart Foundation Chair of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Professor Jonathan Green FMedSci
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Manchester, and Honorary Consultant, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital

Professor Sir John Iredale FRSE FMedSci
Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Bristol and Chair, Lister Institute for Preventative Medicine

Professor Thomas Lehner CBE FMedSci
Professor of Basic and Applied Immunology, King’s College London

Professor Peter Openshaw CBE FMedSci
Professor of Experimental Medicine and Proconsul, Imperial College London and Visiting Professor, University of Bristol

Professor Laurence Pearl FRS FMedSci
Head, Division of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research and Professor of Structural Biology, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex

Professor John Primrose FMedSci
Professor of Surgery, University of Southampton and Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow

Professor Claudio Stern FRS FMedSci
J Z Young Professor of Anatomy, University College London

Professor Michael Whitaker FMedSci
Emeritus Professor of Physiology, Newcastle University

Professor Catherine Williamson FMedSci
Professor of Women’s Health, Imperial College London

Please read the Letter from the Executive Director about this year's election and view the List of candidates and details of supporting nominators.