Council election 2025 - voting now open

This year's Council election will be administered by Civica Election Services. Two vacancies will be filled through this year's ballot.

Fellows will receive secure login details and voting instructions by email from [email protected] on Wednesday 1 October.

Voting will close at 17.00 (GMT) on Thursday 6 November.

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

Professor Alan Boyd FMedSci
CEO, Alan Boyd Consultants Ltd  

Professor Inke Näthke FRSE FMedSci
Professor of Epithelial Biology, Deputy Dean, and Associate Dean for People, Culture and Performance, School of Life Sciences University of Dundee

Professor Jane Sandall CBE FMedSci
Professor of Social Science and Women’s Health, King’s College London 

Professor Philippa Saunders FRSE FMedSci
Professor of Reproductive Steroids and Co-Director EXPPECT, University of Edinburgh

Professor Jonathan Shepherd CBE FMedSci FLSW
Professor Emeritus of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Cardiff University

Professor Guy Thwaites MBE FMedSci
Director, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit/Wellcome Major International Programme, Vietnam and Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Oxford

Professor Ashley Woodcock OBE FMedSci
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester and Consultant Physician Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Read the letter from our Interim Chief Executive about this year's election

View the list of candidates and details of supporting nominators

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