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The Cortex Club, our unique student lead educational forum, has elected a new committee for the academic year 2019-20.  Hustings for additional committee members were held on the 15th October and were highly competitive with 18 candidates for 6 places.

The Club is going from strength to strength and recruited over 150 new members at the recent Freshers fair.  They have an exciting schedule for Michaelmas Term and are currently planning collaborative events with Neuroscience students both nationally and internationally. 

The new committee members are:

Co-Presidents: Marta Blanco-Pozo and Raffaele Sarnataro

Treasurer: Paula Kaanders

Secretary: Naroa Ibarra Aizpurua

Communication Officer: Ilenia Salaris

IT Officer: Atika Syeda

Freshers’ Officer: Tara Diviney

Undergraduates Rep: Ankit Ranjan

Social Secretaries: Jasper Elan Hunt, Maria Claudia Caiazza, Celinie Nguyen

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