Previous winners and runners up

Winner:  Brian O'Donovan (School of Engineering) with his presentation ‘From Complex Signals to Patient Insights’ 

People's Choice Winner: Rory Stewart (School of Genetics and Cancer) with his presentation 'Cracking the Code of Osteoarthritis’ 

Runner Up:  Katrine Gaasdal-Bech (School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences) with her presentation ‘Rewinding the clock: Can we make old brains young again?’

Winner: Lokesh Jain (School of GeoSciences) with his presentation 'Ice mélange: the cork in the glacial bottle'

Runner up: Jiaxuan Du (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences), with her presentation 'How Mindfulness Shapes Saying “No” to Sex'. 

People's Choice: Lokesh Jain (School of GeoSciences) with his presentation 'Ice mélange: the cork in the glacial bottle's’

Coimbra Group 3MT Winner: Lokesh Jain (School of GeoSciences) with his presentation 'Ice mélange: the cork in the glacial bottle'

Winner: Áine Heffernan (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) ‘When the stars misalign in Parkinson’s’

Runner up: Marifatul Amalia (Moray House School of Education and Sport) ‘Mind the Gap: Understanding Students' Subject Choices’

People's Choice: Nelly Mak (Edinburgh Medical School) ‘Bat's secret weapon against viral attacks’

3MT 2024 University Final Video

Winner:  Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots (Biomedical Sciences)  'When HIV meets Depression'

Runner up:  Matilda Bui (Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences) 'Hatching a Plan against the Egg Countdown'

People's Choice: Matilda Bui  (Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences) 'Hatching a Plan against the Egg Countdown'

Watch recording of the 3MT Final 2023

Winner: Michaela Raab (Edinburgh Medical School) with her presentation ‘The journey of the biliary tree - Follow your inner compass’

Runner up: Sana Shabbir  (Edinburgh Medical School) with her presentation ‘A few drops of blood…’

People's Choice: Sana Shabbir (Edinburgh Medical School) with her presentation ‘A few drops of blood…’

Coimbra Group 3MT Joint Runner Up: Michaela Raab (Edinburgh Medical School)

Watch recording of the 3MT Final 2022

Winner: Michael Poon (School of Medical Informatics) with his presentation 'Building Bridges for Glioblastoma Research

Runner up: Niamh McNamara (Centre for Reproductive Health) her her presentation 'The Brain as an Orchestra: The Role of Conductors 

People's Choice: Niamh McNamara (Centre for Reproductive Health) her her presentation 'The Brain as an Orchestra: The Role of Conductors 

Winner: Jessie Fubara-Manuel (School of Divinity) with her presentation 'Enabled by Faith: Facing the Challenges of Gender, Disability and HIV in Nigeria'

Runner up: Luke Darlow (School of Informatics) with his presentation 'The tale of the Lazy Learning Machine'

People's Choice: Katherine Ross Stewart (Centre for Cardiovascular Science) with her presentation 'Heart Attack: Fishing for a Cure’

Winner: Frankie Greenwood (School of Health in Social Science) with her presentation ‘How can I know you when there are no words’.

Runner Up: Tim Wilkinson (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) with his presentation ‘Big Data for a Big Problem: using real-world data to understand dementia’.

People’s Choice: Fiona McQuaid (School of Biological Sciences) with her presentation ‘Malaria: A sticky problem’.

Watch Three Minute Thesis Final 2019

Winner: Phoebe Kirkwood (Deanery of Clinical Sciences) with her presentation ‘The Secrets of Scarless Healing’.

Runner Up: Owen Gwydion James (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) with his presentation ‘Human Myelin in a Dish’.

People’s Choice: Gavin Woolman (School of Physics and Astronomy) with his presentation ‘Better Thermoelectrics through high pressure’.

Watch Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final 2018 

Winner: Euan Doidge (School of Chemistry) with his presentation ‘WEEE are Golden: metal recovery by solvent extraction.

Runner Up: Issy MacGregor (MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer) with her presentation ‘Meiotic Recombination: The Great Genetic Bake Off’.

People’s Choice: Euan Doidge (School of Chemistry) with his presentation ‘WEEE are Golden: metal recovery by solvent extraction’.

Watch 3MT Final 2017

Winner: Maddie Long (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences) with her presentation ‘Language and the Brain: The Skye’s the Limit’.

Runner Up: Priya Hari (Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences) with her presentation ‘Senescence: The Emergency Break on Cancer’.

People’s Choice: Edgar Rodríguez Sánchez (School of Health in Social Sciences) with his presentation ‘‘Understanding Gay Men’s Identities.

Watch Three Minute Thesis 2016 final

Winner: Chen Zhao (School of Clinical Sciences) with her presentation ‘Astrocyte: the Star of Motor Neuron Disease’

Runner Up: Donald Slater (School of GeoSciences) with his presentation ‘The Greenland Ice Sheet: cold ice in a hot drink’.

People’s Choice: Matthew Simmonte (School of Chemistry) with his presentation ‘‘Finding a match - polymer microarrays and internet dating’.

Watch Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2015

Winner: Emma Hodcroft (school of Biological Sciences) with her presentation ‘Do some strains of HIV make people sick more quickly than others?’

Runner Up: Andrea Moring (School of Geosciences)with her presentation ‘The silence of the lambs: How do sheep and climate affect air pollution?’

People’s Choice: Emma Hodcroft (school of Biological Sciences) with her presentation ‘Do some strains of HIV make people sick more quickly than others?’

Watch Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2014

Winner: Christopher West (Clinical Surgery, CMVM) with his presentation "Blood, Sweat and Ears."

Runner Up: Lani Watson (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences) with her presentation 'Why Ask."

People’s Choice:  Mara Gotz (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures) with her presentation "How do we know what we know? Tracing knowledge transfer from sociology into translation studies."

Watch Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2013