Previous 3MT® finals at La Trobe

The 2023 La Trobe 3MT Championship was held on 1 September. The winner (and People’s Choice winner) was La Trobe Rural Health School PhD candidate Nesa Aurlene Jayadhas with her presentation 'Developing a behaviour change intervention to promote oral health among older people living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in rural Victoria'. Nesa went on to represent La Trobe at the 2023 Asia-Pacific 3MT Finals.

The 2023 runner-up was PhD candidate Brandon Victor from the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Science with his presentation 'Detecting and describing plants from space with Satellite Images and Artificial Intelligence.'

Presentations by previous La Trobe 3MT finalists, can be viewed at: https://vimeo.com/channels/1894987

2023 La Trobe University 3MT University Championship finalists:

• Mrigang Saurabh Dwivedi, La Trobe Business School, New Venture Governance: Evolution & Dynamic Process in the Life Cycle and Impact on Economic & Social Imperatives, Growth and Sustainability
• Tayla Hughes, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, Aortic Astronauts
• Julie Juliani, School of Cancer Medicine | Olivia Newton John Cancer Research Institute, BECLIN1: Superhighway to a healthy gut
• Marlena Calo, School of Allied Health Human Services and Sport, The role of grit, resilience and a growth-mindset in our students
• Sabina Shrestha, School of Applied Systems Biology, Are leafy greens providing shelter to undercover agents involved in delivery of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes to superbugs?
• Ian Smith, La Trobe Law School, Changing laws retrospectively – how can that happen?
• Natasha Joyce, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, No Place for Children
• Brandon Victor, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Detecting and describing plants from space with Satellite Images and Artificial Intelligence
• Nesa Aurlene Jayadhas, La Trobe Rural Health School, Developing a behaviour change intervention to promote oral health among older people living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in rural Victoria
• Paul Gretton-Watson, School of Psychology and Public Health, Bullying in surgery - what's really going on? Insights of senior surgeons across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

2022 Competition

Congratulations to Zahra Telikani, the winner of the 3MT championship, and also the winner of the People’s Choice vote. Zahra went on to represent La Trobe at the 2022 Asia-Pacific 3MT Finals.

Runner up: Febri Nurrahmi, from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences for her presentation Learning Sharia from Inside.

2022 La Trobe University 3MT University Championship finalists:

• Ariane Virgona, School of Psychology and Public Health, Death by 1000 cuts: Australian perceptions on cultural inclusivity
• Brandon Victor, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Science, Measuring plants from space with deep learning
• Anjali Zaveri, School of Applied Systems Biology, Investigating the Infection Process of Rhizopus stolonifer and Symptom Development in the Almond Disease, Hull Rot
• Caitlin Stevenson, School of Education, "Trust me... I have a degree": Accountability and quality assurance in degree-qualified professionals
• Maureen Dillon, La Trobe Rural Health School, Early career registered nurses in regional, rural, and remote Victoria: What are the factors that influence their decision to leave or stay
• Febri Nurrahmi, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Learning Sharia from Inside
• Jacqui Johnston, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Influence of study abroad on nursing and midwifery practice
• Zahra Telikani, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, The art of war in the brain
• Sally Mastwyk, School of Allied Health Human Services and Sport, Bringing metabolic syndrome into physiotherapy practice.
• Juliani, Olivia Newton John Cancer Research Institute, The super highway to a healthy gut

2021 Competition

The 2021 competition was won by School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport PhD candidate Made Rimayanti with their presentation 'The Unseen Chains'. Made went on to represent La Trobe at the 2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT Finals.

Runner up: Sarah Grimshaw, from the School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport for her presentation Surviving stronger: Physical activity for children with cancer.

People's Choice: Jacinta Humphrey from the School of Life Sciences for her presentation The future is green: Leafier landscapes for lorikeets and lockdownees

2021 La Trobe University 3MT University Championship finalists:

• Tee Kangutkar, Rural Health School,
• Caitlin Stephenson, School of Education,
• Kim Parker, School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
• Made Rimayanti, School of Allied Health Human Services and Sport,
• Lyndel Kennedy, School of Psychology and Public Health,
• Sahiba Maqbool, La Trobe Law School,
• Sarah Grimshaw, School of Allied Health Human Services and Sport,
• Ben (Trung Dung) Nguyen, La Trobe Business School,
• Jacinta Humphrey, School of Life Sciences,
• Chinmaya Lal Thakur, School of Humanities and Social Sciences,

2020 Competition

The 2020 competition, held on Wednesday 9 September, was won by School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport PhD candidate Sam Harvey with their presentation 'Personalising treatment to optimise aphasia recovery'. Sam went on to represent La Trobe at the 2020 Asia-Pacific 3MT Finals.

The 2020 runner-up and People’s Choice winner was School of Education PhD candidate Stevie Browne, 'Do ask, do tell: A narrative study of teachers’ lived experiences of childhood adversity.'

2020 La Trobe University 3MT University Championship finalists:

• Beth Radulski, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Autism and the Neurodiversity Movement
• Bijaya Pokharel, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Culturally Competent Domestic Violence Care: A Wheel of Hope
• Coralie Boulet, School of Life Sciences, Targeting our own cells to treat malaria
• David Lowden, La Trobe Business School, Why are there no openly gay male players in the AFL?
• Donovan Garcia Ceron, School of Molecular Sciences, How fungi spit on plants
• Ian Smith, La Trobe Law School, Can stories change laws?
• Sam Harvey, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, Personalising treatment to optimise aphasia recovery
• Stevie Browne, School of Education, Do ask, do tell: A narrative study of teachers’ lived experiences of childhood adversity
• Vivian Tran, School of Life Sciences, Taking on the weight of the world
• Wenjing Yu, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Want to date archaeological remains? Try taking a bath!

2019 Competition

The 2019 competition, held on Thursday the 12th of September, was won by Law School PhD candidate Nicole Shackleton with her presentation ‘“Don’t be so Sensitive” - the harms of gendered hate speech’. Nicole went on to represent La Trobe at the 2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT Finals in Queensland.

The 2019 runner-up was Life Sciences candidate Ebony Monson (‘the future of antiviral therapies’) and the People’s Choice winner was LIMS candidate Ruqaya Maliki (‘Nanoparticles gravitating towards the black hole of Cancer’).

Their presentations, together with all of the University Championship finalists, can be viewed below:

• Aimé Sacrez, School of Education, ‘Putting the Arts in STEM’
• Ebony Monson, School of Life Sciences, ‘The future of antiviral therapies’
• Nicole Shackleton, La Trobe Law School, ‘“Don’t be so Sensitive” - the harms of gendered hate speech’
• Piyumini Wijenayake, La Trobe Business School, ‘How About an Artificial Hug?’
• Ruqaya Maliki, La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences, ‘Nanoparticles gravitating towards the black hole of Cancer’
• Sarah Knowler, School of Life Sciences, ‘Microbiota: Trench Warfare’
• Tongda Li, Centre For Agri-Bio Science, ‘Casting superheros from the pasture ryegrass microbiome’

2018 Competition

The 2018 Championship was won by History candidate Douglas Pretsell, for his presentation ‘The Identity Revolution’.

The runner up and peoples’ choice winner was Life Sciences candidate Alicia Dimovsky, for her presentation ‘The Dark Side of Night Lighting’.

Their presentations, together with those of all of the other finalists, can be viewed below:

• Douglas Pretsell, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 'The identity revolution'
• Alicia Dimovski, School of Life Sciences, 'The dark side of night lighting'
• Gabriela Constanza Martinez Ortiz, School of Molecular Sciences, 'Jaws of hope'
• Piyumini Wijenayake, La Trobe Business School, 'Care for an artificial hug?'
• Mariah Alorro, School of Cancer Medicine, 'Symphony Stat No.3: Silencing the song of death'
• Thuy Thi Duong, School of Education, 'It takes more than language'

2017 Competition

The 2017 La Trobe 3MT championship was won by Law PhD candidate Perl Guarneros-Sanchez, and the runner-up was Natasha Brockwell (LIMS) The peoples’ choice award went to Vaheesan Rajabal (Life Sciences).

Their presentations, together with those of all of the other finalists, can be viewed below:

• Perla Guarneros Sanchez,La Trobe Law School, 'We all have human rights'
• Sidrah McCarthy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 'Culture today in Aboriginal Victoria'
• Hadeel Amdelhameed, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 'Rescue the Iraqi Culture'
• Natasha Brockwell, School of Molecular Sciences, 'Changing the game on cancer'
• Vaheesan Rajabal, School of Life Sciences, 'Unravelling the secrets of superbugs'
• Mariah Alorro, School of Cancer Medicine, 'Is STAT3 the key to killing gastric cancer?'