Watch the 3MT Finals on March 16

On Thursday, March 16, ten students will compete for glory in the Three Minute Thesis Final!

Thirty graduate students competed in the semi-finals on Tuesday, March 14, leaving just ten to compete in the final competition.

Name	Title	Degree	Faculty	Program
Layan Bashi	Catching’ Your Breath: Variability of Xenon MRI in Children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia	MSc	Medicine	Women and Children’s Health Science
Fatemeh Asadi Zeidabadi	Silent Threat in Our Drinking Water: “PFAS or Forever Chemicals”	PhD	Applied Science	CHBE
Vicki Cheng	The Human Aspect of Cancer: Spiral of Mental Health	MSc	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmaceutical Sciences
Yeganeh Dorri Nokoorani	Optimizing culture conditions for healthy human stem cells	PhD	Applied Science	Biomedical Engineering
Rebecca Hansen	New lows? Shifting sea life on the rocky shores of southern Vancouver Island	MSc	Science	Zoology
Angie Ip	Developmental Profiles of Children Assessed for Autism Spectrum Disorder	PhD	Medicine	School of Population and Public Health
Aria Malhotra	In Your Breast Interest: Skin Reactions in Radiation Therapy	PhD	Science	Medical Physics
Sasha McDowell	A taste of high salt sensing in fruit flies	PhD	Science	Zoology
Kiarah O’Kane	Do you mythunderstand me? Sexuality myths and sexual outcomes	MA	Arts	Psychology
Jonas Welsch	Listening to the crack – The art of keeping Hydrogen from escaping	PhD	Applied Science	Electrical and Computer Engineering

The final will be held in-person in Jack Poole Hall at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre. Those wanting to watch from home can register in advance to receive the Zoom link.

Date and time: Thursday, March 16 from 12 – 2 pm

Location: Jack Poole Hall South, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre (with online option).

• Please note: lunch will not be provided at this event.

The finalist of the 3MT competition will be going on to compete at the Western Regional Competition on Thursday, May 25 at the University of Saskatchewan.