2018/medical meetup

The WikiConference 2018 medical meetup was breakout session including presentations, discussion, and a workshop for persons interested in medical content to collaborate to develop Wikipedia and Wikimedia content. This session was open to anyone. Discussion was be non-technical and accessible to beginners. Experienced Wikipedia editors and professionals in the field of health and medicine were in attendance.

Attendees

group photo (left to right for each row)

1. Anne Nelson
   • School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
   • en:Wikipedia:Offline Internet Resources for Latin America, meta:Internet in a Box
2. Sam Smith
   • showcasing en:Gene Wiki
3. Sydney Poore
   • formerly of meta:Cochrane-Wikipedia Initiative/Welcome
4. John Sadowski
   • en:Wikipedia:NIOSH
5. Abhishek Suryawanshi
   • Indian Mission to the United Nations
   • en:WP:Translation Task Force
6. Jeremy Baron
   • Wiki NYC
   • advocating for police safety for public health
7. Nour Geres, EditingDentist
   • Cochrane, University of Dundee
   • presented Submissions:2018/Wikipedia_Collaboration_of_Dental_Schools
8. Shira Weiner
   • Touro College, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
9. ???
   • developing medical research information in Wikimedia projects
10. Bill Beutler, User:WWB
11. Eileen Sheil
    • Cleveland Clinic
12. Lane Rasberry
    • Data Science Institute at the University of Virginia
13. TJ Smith
    • working in health field, in Wikipedia to do non-health
14. Jill Horbacewicz
    • Touro College, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program

Projects shared

• Ongoing Cochrane projects
• research project
• publications