Branches
Connect through your IBMS branch to our network of local biomedical scientists, support staff and students
Your local IBMS branch will organise scientific meetings and social events, providing an opportunity to network and exchange ideas with IBMS members from your local branch. It will also organise and offer support for members taking part in public engagement activities in local schools, universities and hospitals.
Get involved with your local branch
Getting involved with your local branch will provide opportunities to develop a range of skills; from leadership to presentation and public speaking.
There are a number of ways you can get involved, including; joining your local branch's committee, organising or speaking at a branch event and taking part in careers events and other public engagement activities in your local area.
If you want to get involved with your local IBMS branch please contact your local committee the using email address listed on your branch's webpage.
What's happening in my local branch?
You can find local events, news stories, forum threads discussing local issues and useful documents listed under your local branch's webpage.
Log in and click on your local branch on the left-hand menu or in the listing below for all the latest local information.
Not sure which branch you belong to?
Log in and go to MyIBMS - your Region and Branch will be displayed on the right-hand side of the MyIBMS page.
Branch not listed?
We currently have the following inactive branches: Australia, Bristol, Cambridge, Cleveland, Coventry & Warwickshire, Cyprus, Dorset, Dublin, Dundee & Tayside, East Kent, Essex & Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Limerick, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, North Staffordshire, Oman, Oxford, Portsmouth & Chichester, Reading, Southampton, Sudan, Tyneside and Wiltshire.
If you are interested in getting involved with any of these branches please contact mc@ibms.org for more information.
List of IBMS Branches
List of Branches

Aberdeen
Chair: Glenn Ross
Secretary: Isla Bruce
Treasurer: Louise Reid

Birmingham
Chair: Kathryn Dudley
Secretary: Jayne Parkes
Treasurer: Helena Kilgariff

Cornwall
Chair: Malcolm Owen
Secretary: Lindsay Whittaker
Treasurer: Malcolm Owen

Cumbria
Chair: Nicola Norman
Secretary: Melissa Blaylock and Stephen Wesley
Treasurer: Elizabeth Berry

Derby & Nottingham
Chair: Colin Mudd
Secretary: David Anderson
Treasurer: Colin Mudd

Dundee & Tayside
Chair: currently vacant
Secretary: Derek Foote
Treasurer: John McGregor

Durham
Chair: David Robinson
Secretary: currently vacant
Treasurer: Debra Padgett

East Yorkshire
Chair: Joanna Andrew
Secretary: currently vacant
Treasurer: Alison Eyre

Fife
Chairman: Jamie Graham
Secretary: Gillian Liston
Treasurer: Roslyn Devlin

Gibraltar
Chair: Audrey Olivares-Smith
Secretary: Norbert Sene
Treasurer: Natalie Soiza

Guernsey
Chair: Terence Castanha
Secetary: Andrew Scheffer
Treasurer: Andrew Scheffer

Hong Kong
Chair: Christina Long Leung
Secretary: Josiah Chang
Treasurer: Kristi Lai

Inverness & North Scotland
Chair & Secretary: Brian Morrison

Isle of Man
Chair: Hillary Gale
Secretary: Charlie Houston
Treasurer: Bev Straw
CPD Officer: Fiona Reynolds

Leicester, Northants & Rutland
Chair: Colin Mudd
Secretary: Caroline Stenson
Treasurer: Laura Saberton

Lothian & Borders
Chair: Tiffany Pietrek
Vice Chair: Jordan Moir
Secretary: Keira McAllister
Treasurer: Steven Swanson

Manchester
Chair: Michelle Brereton
Secretary: Tahmina Hussain
Treasurer: Allison Gaskell

Merseyside
Chair: Dave Eccleston
Secretary: Jane Harrision-Williams
Treasurer: Rosamund Anderson

North Staffordshire
Chairperson: Aimee Pinnington
Secretary: Nichola Lawrence
Treasurer: Sara Smith

North Wales
Chair: David Williams
Secretary: Jade Roberts
Treasurer: Arfon Jones

Northern Ireland
Chair: Una Porter
Secretary: Denise Fuenzalida
Treasurer: Glen McDowell
CPD officer: Claire Megarity
Social media officer: Nicole O’Doherty

Reading
Chair: Lavanya Kanapathypillai
Treasurer: Vania Costa-Krol

Sheffield
Chair: Margaret Hunt
Secretary: Paul Bownes
Treasurer: Daniel Firth

South East Wales
Chair: Teresa Russell
Secretary: Lorna Vale
Treasurer: Lauren Duddridge-Page

Sussex
Chair: Joyce Overfield
Secretary: Simonne Weeks
Treasurer: Sarah Ward

West of Scotland
Chair: Laura Jane Scott
Secretary: Claire McKie
Treasurer: Nicola Small

West Riding
Chair: Robert Rajch
Secretary: Zeshaan Ejaz
Treasurer: Amanda Simpson

West Wales
Chair: Paula Griffiths
Secretary: Ruth Evans
Treasurer: Cath Dunning