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Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis
Dr Aisling Bonner, Ulster University Business School
Dr Emma Campbell, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr Luigi D’Arco, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment
Dr Bethany Duffy, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences
Dr Jane Fulton, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences
Dr Kris Reid, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr Peter Schrade, Ulster University Business School
Dr Cameron Scott, Faculty of Computer Engineering and Built Environment
Dr Sreehari Sreekumar, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment
3MT® Final 2025
(Winner & Peoples Choice) Caitlín Campbell, Centre for Optometry and Vision Science
(Runners-up) Niamh Magee and Berienis Muki, both from NICHE (Pictured with guest judge Emer Maguire)
Best Poster
The Best Posters were chosen by panels of judges made up of academic colleagues from across the University. There was a Best Poster award in each of the interdisciplinary research themes in the Festival of PhD Research: Accelerating Data Futures, Building the Sustainable World, Challenging Inequality and Division, Inspiring Creativity and Innovation, and Transforming Health. Prizes were presented by the Heads of Doctoral College, Dr Patrick Dunlop and Professor Alison Gallagher.
Challenging Inequality and Division - Mary Dunnion, Nursing and Health and Naomi Smyth-Patterson, Business and Management Studies
Accelerating Data Futures - Niamh Murphy, Centre for Genomic Medicine and Prostate Cancer Centre of Excellence (ProEx)
Building the Sustainable World - Amanda Calderwood, Business and Management Studies, and James McAllister, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems
Inspiring Creativity and Innovation - Jodie Mills, CHART
Transforming Health - Mobashir Fatimah, Centre for Optometry and Vision Sciences, Gillian McNaugher, Personalised Medicine Centre, Steven Mitchell, Centre for Genomic Medicine, and Aimee Russell, NICHE
Best Practice Based Research Poster
Gail Mahon, Belfast School of Art, pictured with Tim Brundle
Bake Your PhD
(Winner) Piece of Mind - Jamie McNulty, School of Psychology, pictured with Alison Gallagher and Liam Maguire
(Runners-up) What is Aquaponics? - Rachael Wilson, School of Psychology, and Have you ever heard of stabilised cake? - Rachel Woodward, Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment, pictured with Lisa Thompson
