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Sexuality myths and sexual outcomes.</em> Supervisors: Dr. Samantha Dawson and Dr. Katrina Bouchard</li> </ul> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="responsive-media"><iframe title="2023 UBC 3MT: Kiarah O'Kane (First Place finalist)" width="620" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJhkQQd3pI4?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> </div></figure> <h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Second place</strong></h4> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><strong>Jonas Welsch</strong>, PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, <em>Listening to the crack – The art of keeping Hydrogen from escaping.</em> Supervisors: Dr. E. Cretu and Dr. R. 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Supervisor: Dr. Madjid Mohseni</li> </ul> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="responsive-media"><iframe title="2023 UBC 3MT: Fatemeh Asadi Zeidabadi (Third Place finalist)" width="620" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pg76tQgGQ8k?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> </div></figure> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">People’s choice</h4> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><strong>Aria Malhotra</strong>, PhD in Medical Physics, <em>In Your Breast Interest: Skin Reactions in Radiation Therapy</em>. 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