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 Heather Cordell (Chair)
- Professor Franklin Aigbirhio
- Professor Imre Berger
- Dr Chun-wa Chung
- Professor Constantin Coussios
- Professor Ian Gilmore
- Professor Judy Hirst
- Professor Sebastien Ourselin
- Professor Maddy Parsons
- Professor Kevin Shakesheff
Sectional Committee 2
Cellular and developmental biology, microbiology and immunology, genetics
- Professor Muzlifah Haniffa (Chair)
- Professor Michael Barrett
- Professor Doreen Cantrell
- Professor Mark Cragg
- Professor Nicola Curtin
- Professor Deborah Dunn-Walters
- Professor Simon Foster
- Professor Petra Hajkova
- Professor Sally Lowell
- Professor Robin May
- Professor Paul Morgan
- Professor Bill Newman
- Professor Jennifer Nichols
Sectional Committee 3
Neuroscience (including neurology and neurosurgery), physiology, pharmacological sciences
- Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu (Chair)
- Professor David Burn
- Professor Olga Ciccarelli
- Professor Vincenzo Crunelli
- Professor Kevin Fox
- Professor Rob Lucas
- Professor Tony Marson
- Professor Gillian Mead
- Professor Irene Miguel-Aliaga
- Professor Miratul Muqit
- Professor Mina Ryten
- Professor Reecha Sofat
Sectional Committee 4
Medical and veterinary specialties and paediatrics
- Professor Sir Andrew Pollard (Chair)
- Professor Mehul Dattani
- Professor Jane Davies
- Professor Helen Firth
- Professor Melita Grodon
- Professor Saye Khoo
- Professor Helen Lachmann
- Professor Derek Mann
- Professor Hugh Montgomery
- Professor Rebecca Reynolds
- Professor Sejal Saglani
- Professor John Simpson
- Professor Paresh Vyas
Sectional Committee 5
Surgery, anaesthesia, oncology, clinical pathologies, radiology, oral health, ophthalmology, reproductive health
- Professor Catherine Williamson (Chair)
- Professor Matthew Burton
- Professor Lyn Chitty
- Professor Jan Clarkson
- Professor Steven Clifford
- Professor Charlotte Coles
- Professor Dean Fennell
- Professor Peter Friend
- Professor George Hanna
- Professor Paul Moss
- Professor Fang Smith
- Professor Shakila Thangaratinam
Sectional Committee 6
Psychiatry, psychology and mental health, behavioural science, genomics, epidemiology, clinical trials, population health sciences and global health
- Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (Chair)
- Professor Marion Campbell
- Professor Colin Espie
- Professor Rashida Ferrand
- Professor Tamsin Ford
- Professor Simon Gilbody
- Professor Jonathan Green
- Professor David Lalloo
- Professor Sir Mike Owen
- Professor Richard Riley
- Professor Ulrike Schmidt
- Professor Cathie Sudlow
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
- Sir Jonathan Montgomery (Chair)
- Professor Linda Bauld
- Professor Samir Bhatt
- Professor Chris Butler
- Dr Fiona Godlee
- Professor Ronan Lyons
- Professor Jonathan Mant
- Professor Guy Poppy
- Professor Athimalaipet Ramanan
- Professor Jane Sandall
- Professor Mark Sculpher
- Professor Tilli Tansey
Sectional Committee 8
Individuals primarily based in the commercial sector who may be scientists, clinicians or investors working in industries such as pharmaceuticals, devices, diagnostics and digital technologies
- Dr Pauline Williams (Chair)
- Mr Steve Bates
- Dr Vishal Gulati
- Dr Niall Martin
- Dr Jane Osbourn
- Dr Rabinder Prinjha
- Dr Jina Swartz