The University of Newcastle Three minute thesis final was held on 10 August with 17 competitors across all faculties taking part. The judging panel consisted of Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP, Mr Roger Brock (Editor, The Newcastle Herald), Gabrielle Briggs (2010 UoN Winner) and Professor Scott Holmes.

The winners of the University of Newcastle final were:

1st place – Jamie Flynn -  PhD (Anatomy)

2nd place – Katherine Bolton - PhD (Medical Genetics)

3rd place – Bernadette Drabsch - PhD (Design)

Jamie Flynn, first year PhD (Anatomy) candidate, took out the University of Newcastle title from an impressive field, with his presentation “Propriospinal Neurons and Their Role in Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury”. Jamie competed in the Australia and New Zealand Competition on 29 September 2011.  He made it through to the top 10. Well done and congratulations!

2011 Three Minute Thesis Final Competitors

<p>Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding Tobacco, Alcohol and Cannabis Among People With and Without Mental Health Disorders</p> <p>Development of Intrinsically Safe, Low NOx Explosive Sensitisation Technologies</p> <p>Quantifying Flood Risk in the Coastal Zone - The Gap Between the Knowing and the Doing</p> <p>Propriospinal Neurons and Their Role in Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury</p> <p>Novel Numerical Analyses on Advanced Porous Composites</p> <p>The Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids Community Program: Promoting Improved Health Behaviours in Children Through the Targeting of Fathers</p> <p>Guidelines for the Verification of a Patient's Pregnancy Status Prior to Diagnostic Imaging Procedures</p> <p>Impact of the Network on Firms' Export Performance: Network and Non-Network Firms' Export Performance amongst Australian SMEs</p> <p>Contexualising the Ancient Wall Paintings of Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan</p><p>Paediatric Obesity, Inflammation and Asthma</p> <p>ESL Vocabulary Teaching Strategy: The Effects of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches on the Acquisition of ESL Vocabulary for Chinese University Students</p> <p>Optical Properties of Metallic Nanoparticles</p> <p>Looking at the Dark Matter of GWAS of Breast Cancer</p> &#65279; <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.6129" name="GENERATOR" /><LINK title="/iw/config/visualformat-xhtml.css" href="/iw/config/visualformat-xhtml.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <p>Is Democracy a Viable Form of Government for Iraq</p> <p>Health Psychology</p> <p>Development of Behaviour Models for Pitting Corrosion in Pipeline Welds for Mild Steel in Marine Environments</p> <p>Development and Evaluation of a Weight Loss and Weight Loss Maintenance Intervention for Men</p>

2011 Winners and Judges

2011 Three Minute Thesis Videos

Propriospinal Neurons and Their Role in the Recovery of Spinal Cord Injury
Jamie Flynn - Winner 3MT 2011
Propriospinal Neurons and Their Role in the Recovery of Spinal Cord Injury
The Role of Tandem Repeats on the Risk of Developing Breast Cancer
Katherine Bolton - Runner Up 3MT 2011
The Role of Tandem Repeats on the Risk of Developing Breast Cancer
Contextualizing the Ancient Wall Paintings of Teleiat Ghassul, Jordan
Bernadette Drabsch - 3rd place 3MT 2011
Contextualizing the Ancient Wall Paintings of Teleiat Ghassul, Jordan