Winners:
- First Place: Eduardo Martinez-Montes, School of Medicine, Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
The Lazy Librarian - Second Place: Katie Overbey, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Environmental Health and Engineering
Application of Novel Laboratory Methods to Identify Infectious Norovirus in the Environment - Third Place & Alumni Choice: Benjamin Ackerman, Bloomberg School of Public Health Biostatistics
Clinical Trials: How Do Their Results Translate to the Real World? - People’s Choice: Jarrett Venezia, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Why Do Good Macrophages Go Bad?
Finalists:
- Tyler Ames, School of Education
Measuring the Promise of Career Education - Sarah Kim, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Biophysics
Opening Doors into Cells - Binu Koirala, School of Nursing
The First Step in Preventing Deaths from Heart Failure in Nepal - Claire Konieczny, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, German and Romance Languages and Literatures
Emblems and Reading in the Renaissance - Celia Litovsky, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Cognitive Science
Why Do Some Stroke Patients Recover Better than Others? - Pramuditha Perera, Whiting School of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Teaching Machines to Say “I’m not sure” - Allen Scheie, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Physics
Quasiparticles in Magnetic Crystals - Derek VanDyke, Whiting School of Engineering, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Biasing the Immune System
Judges & Finalists:
The 2019 judges had a diverse background of research and communication experience and represented the university’s top leadership, including:
- Dr. Nancy Kass
Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education and Pheobe R. Berman Professor of Bioethics and Public Health at JHSPH - Dr. Denis Wirtz
Vice Provost for Research and Theophilus Halley Smoot Professor of Engineering Science in the WSE - Dr. Patricia Davidson
Dean of the School of Nursing - Dr. William Egginton
Director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and Decker Professor in the Humanities - Dr. Allyson Handley
President of the JHU Alumni Association - Sarah Attreed
2017 JHU and Maryland State 3MT top finalist, PhD Candidate in JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health