Three Minute Thesis Competition Winners
The 3MT - Three Minute Thesis competition is a research communication competition where graduate students have 3 minutes or less to present their research and its impact to a panel of non-specialist judges and peers.
This year's competition was a resounding success with over 100 students competing and 21 students (pictured above) making it to the finals. Congratulations to the following winners!
First place:
Laura Von Hagen, MSc, Clinical Anatomy
"Exercise, Diet or Both: Determining the Best Method to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Obese Pregnant Women"
Second place (tie):
Fuli Xiang, PhD, Physiology
"Mending the Broken Heart by Attracting Stem Cells"
Jenna Butler, PhD, Computer Science (Bioinformatics)
"Simulating a Silent Killer"
Third place:
Yin Liu, PhD, Pharmacology
"NOing the Heart"
See the full Western news article for more details and videos of the winning presentations: http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2012/May/on_the_clock_competition_places_graduate_research_centre_stage.html