Netha Hussain

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Dr.

Netha Hussain
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Born
Kozhikode, Kunnamangalam, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian-Swedish
Alma materUniversity of Gothenburg
Calicut Medical College
Occupationmedical doctor, researcher, Wikipedian and scientist
AwardsWomen in Open Source Award (2020)
Websitenethahussain.com/author/nethahussain/

Netha Hussain is a Indian-Swedish medical doctor, clinical neuroscientist, blogger, Wikipedian, researcher and medical analyst.[1] She also goes by the username Netha Hussain in Wikipedia.[2] She was well known for her efforts to tackle the spread of misinformation in Wikipedia about the origin of the coronavirus.[3]

Biography[edit]

Netha was born in Kozhikode, Kunnamangalam in the state of Kerala.[4] She moved to Sweden and currently lives in Stockholm.

Career[edit]

Netha Hussain embarked her Wikipedia career in 2010 when she was still at first-year medical student at the Calicut Medical College in Kozhikode.[4] She has also organised Wikipedia outreach for women and LGBTQ community in India. She pursued her higher studies in 2016 by joining the University of Gothenburg. She also worked as a blogger at Huffington Post until 2018.[5] In 2020, she obtained her PhD in clinical neuroscience from the University of Gothenburg.[6] She has been in involved with medical research based on clinical neuroscience using the virtual reality technology at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital. She is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation of the University of Gothenburg.[1]

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.[7]

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.[8][9]

She received the prestigious 2020 Women in Open Source Academic Award recognising her contributions regarding disseminating and sharing medical knowledge and information in Wikipedia.[10][11] She also received honorable special mention from the United Nations through its official Twitter handle in 2020.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Netha Hussain Biography". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Dr. Netha Hussain". Wikimedia Foundation. 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. ↑ Wikimedia (2020-04-13). "Meet some of the women sharing reliable COVID-19 information with the world on Wikipedia". Medium. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "UN recognises Malayali researcher's fight against COVID-19 misinformation". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  5. ↑ "Netha Hussain | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  6. ↑ 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). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-92546-9. ISSN 2045-2322.
  7. ↑ Ryan, Jackson. "Wikipedia is at war over the coronavirus lab leak theory". CNET. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  8. ↑ Post, The Jakarta. "Guaranteeing the safety of vaccine information". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  9. ↑ Hussain, Netha (2020-07-28). "Strengthening vaccine safety information on Wikipedia". Medium. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  10. ↑ "Netha Hussain wins the 2020 Women in Open Source Award". akademiliv.se. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  11. ↑ "Women in Open Source Award". www.redhat.com. Retrieved 2021-06-30.

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