UBC PhD Student Advances to National 3MT Final

May 2, 2014 – Congratulations to UBC’s PhD Student Stephanie Harvard! She rose to the top of an outstanding group of 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) presentations to place 2nd in the the Western regional English language event hosted by the University of Calgary.
UBC-3MT-2014-Final-Winner-webThe video of her presentation at today’s event will now join the first ever Canadian national virtual 3MT competition.

Stephanie is a PhD student in UBC’s School of Population and Public Health. Her 3 Minute Thesis presentation is entitled: Does Quality of Care Influence Health and Costs? A Study in ‘Spondylo’-Arthritis

Beginning May 14th, videos from the top finishers from three regional competitions will be available for a two week period on the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies (CAGS) website. Three non-specialist judges will choose the national winner and a runner-up based on those video presentations. There will also be a People’s Choice winner based on the number of likes a particular video has received.

National awards will be presented in June 2014 and include cash prizes.

Here are the results and full participant list from the May 2, 2014 Western regional final.

1st Place: Erika Dufort-Lefrancois │Thompson Rivers University │ How Tightly do Indol and LPS “hug”?: Determining a Binding Constant

2nd Place: Stephanie Harvard │University of British Columbia │ Does Quality of Care Influence Health and Costs? A Study in ‘Spondylo’-Arthritis

3rd Place and People’s Choice: Andrea Edel │ University of Manitoba │ Flaxseed: A Modern Prescription for High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol

  • Elaine Ori │ Athabasca University │The Influence of Health Magazine Messaging on Intention to Exercise
  • Luc Roberts │University of Lethbridge │ Translating Protein Movements into Novel Antibiotics
  • Amanda Black │ University of Calgary │ Concussions in Youth Ice Hockey: Prevention, Knowledge, Attitudes and Education
  • Jennifer Forsythe │ UBC, Okanagan Campus │ Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Nature’s Biofertilizer
  • Aviva Finkelstein │ Simon Fraser University │ Trace Elements in Human Skeletal Remains: Determining Place Origin Through Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) Analysis
  • Cherie Mosher │ University of Northern British Columbia │ Spatial Structure of Coastal Tailed Frog Populations in Northwestern British Columbia
  • Jessica Rourke │ University of Victoria │ Self-Forgiveness: Escaping your own Alcatraz
  • Greg Ekland │Trinity Western University│ In Hospital Stroke Response
  • Matthew  Turnbull │ University of Winnipeg │ In Silico Modeling of the Endogenous Retrovirus K Protease

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience. Created at the University of Queensland in 2008, the concept has now been taken up by graduate schools around the globe. entertaining event. UBC was one of the first Universities in North America to host a 3MT competition. In 2014 the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies (CAGS) is sponsoring the first ever national virtual 3MT English language competiton. A live national Francophone event is also planned for May of 2014.

For information on this, and previous, 3MT competitions @UBC visit https://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/.