Division profile
Academic remit
The Division brings together biological, neural, clinical and population research concerned with living systems, health, disease and care.
The Division coordinates disciplinary expertise across its Sections. It supports evidence review, reviewer routing and programme development, but does not operate as a separate legal body or independently confer Fellowship.
Formal units
Sections
LHS · BMB
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Section investigates the molecular composition, reactions and regulatory systems that sustain living organisms.
Open profile→LHS · CDB
Cell and Developmental Biology
The Section studies cellular organisation, communication, differentiation and the development and renewal of multicellular organisms.
Open profile→LHS · EEB
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Section examines the diversity, adaptation, distribution and interaction of organisms across time and environments.
Open profile→LHS · NCS
Neuroscience and Cognitive Sciences
The Section investigates nervous systems, cognition and behaviour across molecular, cellular, systems and computational levels.
Open profile→LHS · MED
Medicine and Clinical Sciences
The Section addresses the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease and the improvement of clinical care.
Open profile→LHS · PHS
Public Health Sciences
The Section studies health and disease at population level and the social, environmental and institutional conditions that shape them.
Open profile→Fellowship
Classification and review
Applicants select a primary Section within this Division when it best represents the main body of work submitted for assessment. UKAAS may correct an allocation where the evidence is more appropriately reviewed elsewhere.
A secondary classification may record substantial cross-disciplinary practice. It neither creates a second Fellowship nor changes the fee, title or FAAS(UK).