Fellows

Sectional Committees

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

Sectional Committee 1 - Physical sciences (physics, chemistry), mathematics, informatics and engineering applied to biomedicine
Chair: Professor Julia Goodfellow
Professor Anthony Barrett
Sir Michael Brady
Professor Neil Burgess
Professor Barry Potter
Professor Simon Tavaré
Professor Peter Wells


Sectional Committee 2 - Biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, genetics and developmental biology
Chair: Professor Gillian Bates
Professor Robin Ali
Professor Andrea Brand
Professor John Gallagher
Dr Anne O’Garra
Professor Richard Halliwell
Professor Sheila Haworth
Professor Julian Parkhill
Dr Terence Rabbitts
Professor Polly Roy
Professor Graham Russell
Professor Julian Sampson
Professor Freda Stevenson
Professor Gabriel Waksman
 
Sectional Committee 3 - Anatomy, neurobiology, physiology and pharmacological sciences
Chair: Professor Michael Whitaker
Professor Chris Ashley
Professor Robert Burgoyne
Professor Graham Collingridge
Professor David Eisner
Professor Andrew Halestrap
Professor William Harris
Professor Janice Marshall
Professor Peter Somogyi
Professor John Wood

Sectional Committee 4 - Internal medicine (including neurology, oncology and all medical specialties), paediatrics, biological psychiatry and the clinical pathologies
Chair: Professor Jonathan Weber
Professor Ann Barrett
Professor Keith Channon
Professor Anna Dominiczak
Professor Paul Durrington
Professor Jonanthan Friedland
Professor Ian Hart
Professor Humphrey Hodgeson
Professor Eve Johnstone
Professor Eamonn Maher
Professor Peter Openshaw
Professor Jonathan Rhodes
Professor Anthony Segal
Professor Pamela Shaw

Sectional Committee 5 - Surgery, anaesthesia, radiology, dentistry, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology
Chair: Professor Peter Hutton
Professor Andy Adam
Professor Andrew Carr
Professor Hilary Critchley
Professor Malcolm Dunlop
Professor Oleg Eremin
Mr Peter Kirkpatrick
Professor Henry Kitchener
Professor Susan Lightman
Professor Michael Peters
Professor Lucilla Poston
Professor Peter Robinson

Sectional Committee 6 - Primary care, public health, mental health, epidemiology and statistics
Chair: Professor Shôn Lewis
Professor Valerie Beral
Professor Timothy Bishop
Professor Janet Darbyshire
Professor Ian Deary
Dr Douglas Fleming
Professor Richard Hayes
Professor Shitij Kapur
Professor Andrew Morris
Professor Peter Rothwell
Professor Margaret Snowling
 
Sectional Committee 7 - Other health professionals, social sciences, humanities & law in medicine, health services research and health improvement science, education, health policy, science and society
Chair: Professor Trevor Sheldon
Professor Charles Easmon
Professor Karen Luker
Professor Anne Mills
Professor Sheila McLean
Professor Chris McManus
Sir Michael Rawlins
Professor Kent Woods

Note: Candidates in the field of veterinary medicine will be assigned to the sectional committee that most closely represents their speciality: e.g. immunology. microbiology, genetics or pathology