Emily Johnson, a Ph.D. candidate from the College of Pharmacy, has won WSU’s first-ever Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition.
Johnson studies pharmaceutical sciences, specifically how anti-cancer drugs affect sugar metabolism and heart health. She hopes her research will discover a new way of combating heart disease in diabetes.
3MT was developed by the University of Queensland (Australia) and is a competition for doctoral candidates. Contestants each have only three minutes to deliver their thesis to an audience, including a panel of judges.
Each of the five contestants won an event at their respective college in order to qualify for the bigger event.
For her victory, Johnson receives $3,000 toward attendance of a research conference of her choice.
Second place was Robert Zinna, an entomology Ph.D. candidate from CAHNRS, who receives $1,500 for a conference. Third place was Kent Godfrey, an interdisciplinary studies Ph.D. in the College of Education, who receives $500.
The event was sponsored by the Office of the Provost.
Contact: C. Brandon Chapman – College of Education – 509.335.6850 – b.chapman@wsu.edu