Netha Hussain

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Netha Hussain
Born11 June 1990
Kunnamangalam, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)Medical doctor, researcher, Wikipedian and scientist
SpouseAnver Hisham
AwardsWomen in Open Source Award (2020)
Websitenethahussain.com/author/nethahussain/

Netha Hussain is a doctor and Wikipedian[1] known for her efforts to tackle the spread of misinformation in Wikipedia about the origin of the coronavirus.[2]

Biography

Hussain was born on 11 June 1990 in Kunnamangalam in the state of Kerala.[3]

Career

Hussain embarked her Wikipedia career in 2010 when she was still at first-year medical student at the Calicut Medical College in Kozhikode.[3] She pursued her higher studies in 2016 by joining the University of Gothenburg. She also worked as a blogger at Huffington Post until 2018.[4] In 2020, she obtained her PhD in clinical neuroscience from the University of Gothenburg.[5]

In mid 2020, she began focusing on creating and curating Wikipedia articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic in English, Malayalam and Swedish language editions. She has written nearly 30 articles in Wikipedia relating to COVID-19 including List of unproven methods against COVID-19 with the purpose of preventing the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic in internet and social media platforms.[6]

She also launched WikiProject in order to improve and expand the information regarding the topics about the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines and about the COVID-19 vaccine safety in Wikipedia.[7][8]

She received the 2020 Women in Open Source Academic Award recognising her contributions regarding disseminating and sharing medical knowledge and information in Wikipedia.[9][10] She also received honorable special mention from the United Nations through its official Twitter handle in 2020.[3] She received an honorable mention during the 2021 virtual Wikimania conference.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Netha Hussain". Wikimedia Foundation. 2021-04-11. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  2. ^ Wikimedia (2020-04-13). "Meet some of the women sharing reliable COVID-19 information with the world on Wikipedia". Medium. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. ^ a b c "UN recognises Malayali researcher's fight against COVID-19 misinformation". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  4. ^ "Netha Hussain | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  5. ^ Hussain, Netha; Hansson, Per-Olof; Persson, Carina U. (2021-06-29). "Prediction of fear of falling at 6 months after stroke based on 279 individuals from the Fall Study of Gothenburg". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 13503. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1113503H. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-92546-9. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8241879. PMID 34188105. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  6. ^ Ryan, Jackson. "Wikipedia is at war over the coronavirus lab leak theory". CNET. Archived from the original on 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  7. ^ "Guaranteeing the safety of vaccine information". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  8. ^ Hussain, Netha (2020-07-28). "Strengthening vaccine safety information on Wikipedia". Medium. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  9. ^ "Netha Hussain wins the 2020 Women in Open Source Award". akademiliv.se. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  10. ^ "Women in Open Source Award". www.redhat.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  11. ^ Sharma, Unnati (2021-08-17). "3 Indians win Wikimedia awards for helping provide free, accessible knowledge on the internet". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-17.

External links

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