Sectional Committees

Sectional Committees assess candidates nominated to the Fellowship and make recommendations for election.

Sectional Committees and members

Sectional Committee 1

Physics, chemistry, biochemistry, structural biology, mathematical sciences including statistics, informatics, imaging and engineering applied to biomedicine.

Members

• Professor Heather Cordell (Chair)
• Professor Franklin Aigbirhio 
• Professor Constantin Coussios 
• Professor Ian Gilmore 
• Professor Judy Hirst 
• Professor Jeremy Nicholson 
• Professor Christina Pagel 
• Professor Maddy Parsons 
• Professor Kevin Shakesheff 
• Professor Christian Siebold 

Sectional Committee 2

Cellular and developmental biology, microbiology and immunology, genetics.

Members

• Professor Robin May (Chair)
• Professor Michael Barrett 
• Professor Elaine Bignell 
• Professor Mark Cragg 
• Professor Nicola Curtin 
• Professor Deborah Dunn-Walters 
• Professor Simon Foster 
• Professor Ravindra Gupta 
• Professor Paul Morgan 
• Professor Inke Näthke 
• Professor Bill Newman 
• Professor Jennifer Nichols 
• Professor Nicola Whiffin 

Sectional Committee 3

Neuroscience (including neurology and neurosurgery), physiology, pharmacological sciences.

Members

• Professor Tony Marson (Chair)
• Professor Amrita Ahluwalia 
• Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi 
• Professor Vincenzo Crunelli 
• Professor Karen Duff 
• Professor Kevin Fox 
• Professor Veronique Miron 
• Professor Miratul Muqit 
• Professor Mina Ryten 
• Professor Emily Sena 
• Professor Debra Skene 
• Professor Reecha Sofat 

Sectional Committee 4

Medical and veterinary specialties and paediatrics.

Members

• Professor Sir Andrew Pollard (Chair)
• Professor Clare Bryant 
• Professor Mehul Dattani 
• Professor Jane Davies 
• Professor Thushan de Silva 
• Professor Stuart Elborn 
• Professor Melita Gordon 
• Professor Saye Khoo 
• Professor Helen Lachmann 
• 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.

Members

• Professor Charlotte Coles (Chair)
• Professor Matthew Burton 
• Professor Anna David 
• Professor Alastair Denniston 
• Professor Dean Fennell 
• Professor Peter Friend 
• Professor George Hanna 
• Professor Andrew Horne 
• Professor Louise Kenny 
• Professor Manu Shankar Hari 
• 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.

Members

• Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (Chair)
• Professor Sir Louis Appleby 
• Professor Marion Campbell 
• Professor Colin Espie 
• Professor Rashida Ferrand 
• Professor Kerenza Hood 
• Professor David Lalloo 
• Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes 
• Professor Sir Mike Owen 
• Professor Richard Riley 
• Professor Nicholas Timpson 
• Professor Janet Treasure 

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.

Members

• Sir Jonathan Montgomery (Chair)
• Professor Samir Bhatt 
• Professor Clare Byrant 
• Professor Chris Butler 
• Dr Fiona Godlee 
• Professor Ronan Lyons 
• Professor Athimalaipet Ramanan 
• Professor Mary Renfrew 
• Professor Jane Sandall 
• Professor Mark Sculpher 
• Professor David Taylor-Robinson 

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.

Members

• Dr Jina Swartz (Chair)
• Professor Alan Boyd 
• Dr Vishal Gulati 
• Dr Niall Martin 
• Dr Natalie Mount 
• Dr Rabinder Prinjha 
• Dr Jill Richardson