Netha Hussain

Netha Hussain studied at Sahlgrenska Academy, Calicut Medical College and University of Gothenburg. The recorded working language is Malayalam, English and Swedish. The field of work recorded is neuroscience, neurorehabilitation and clinical neuroscience. Places of work recorded in the authority are Gothenburg. Employment is recorded with Sahlgrenska University Hospital and University of Gothenburg. Positions recorded include editor. Distinctions recorded are Wikimedian of the Year – Honorable mention.

• Name — Netha Hussain • Born — 11 June 1990 • Birthplace — Kunnamangalam, Kerala, India • Occupation — * Physician • researcher • Wikipedian • Awards — * Women in Open Source Award (2020) • Wikimedian of the Year – Honourable Mention (2021) • Website — https: nethahussain.com

Hussain was born on 11 June 1990 in Kunnamangalam in the state of Kerala. Hussain embarked in her Wikipedia career in 2010 when she was still at first-year medical student at the Calicut Medical College in Kozhikode, India. She pursued her higher studies in 2016 by joining the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. She also worked as a blogger at Huffington Post until 2018. In 2020, she obtained her PhD in Clinical Neuroscience from the University of Gothenburg. 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 on Wikipedia relating to COVID-19 including List of unproven methods against COVID-19 with the purpose of preventing the spread of misinformation about the pandemic in internet and social media platforms.