By bluerasberry on 2013-09-17
The Preventing Overdiagnosis was held at Dartmouth from 10-12 September. Consumer Reports was a sponsor of the event, as was Australia’s Bond University and BMJ. I was scheduled to speak about Wikipedia and health. There is a concept in medical literature called “overutilization” which refers to overuse of medical resources. This includes overtreatment, which is […]
Posted in clinical research, health, research, rights, Wikipedia, work | Tagged Choosing Wisely, public health
By bluerasberry on 2013-07-24
On Sunday 21 July I went to a conference called “reRoute” hosted by the New Economics School and held at New York University. The conference was for what I would call young leaders in the consumer movement, although the attendees would not call themselves that. I am not sure what they call what they are […]
Posted in New York City, non-profit, Open access, presentation, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged conference, consumer rights
By bluerasberry on 2013-06-29
A Lilly person was visiting Wikipedia and I wrote this post for their blog. See the original publication on the Clinical Open Innovation site. A Unique View on Improving Communication With Clinical Trial Participants Lane has participated in more than 40 clinical trials as a healthy volunteer, as well as worked on the research team […]
Posted in clinical research, research, rights | Tagged bioethics, clinical trial, informed consent
By bluerasberry on 2013-06-23
On 17 July I toured the United Nations Office at Geneva and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum. They are across the street from each other in a district which also hosts the Musée Ariana, the Botanical Garden of Geneva, and seemingly many international organizations set up by people from all countries. The […]
Posted in Geneva, museum, rights | Tagged museum, United Nations
By bluerasberry on 2013-06-10
I live in the United States and I was born in a rural area. Rural areas of the United States have a higher percentage of gun owners, and from growing up there I have native appreciation for the culture of gun rights. There was a passionate minority among the gun-owning culture who had what I […]
Posted in computer, New York City, rights | Tagged privacy
By bluerasberry on 2013-04-22
Saturday and Sunday April 20-21 I attended the annual conference of Students for Free Culture held at the New York Law School. At the end of the conference there was an organizational meeting in which the board proposed and got approval to change the name of the organization from “Students for Free Culture” to “Free […]
Posted in computer, legal, New York City, non-profit, Open access, research, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged conference
By bluerasberry on 2013-03-19
From March 14-15 the Cato Institute hosted a Wikipedia meetup. The major outcome of this event was the creation of a WikiProject to develop Wikipedia articles on US Federal Government legislation. At the same time I was attending the conference of the Consumer Federation of America, so I was only able to attend this after […]
Posted in DC, education, legal, non-profit, Open access, rights | Tagged Jake Orlowitz, meetup, Pete Forsyth
By bluerasberry on 2013-03-18
I attended Consumer Assembly, which is the Consumer Federation of America annual conference. Their program gives the agenda of what happened over March 14-15. Elizabeth Warren, friend of the Consumer Movement, was opening speaker and encouraging of all the work we did. I went to sessions on mobile privacy and warning labels and attended the […]
Posted in Consumer Reports, DC, non-profit, presentation, rights, work | Tagged conference, consumer rights
By bluerasberry on 2013-02-25
Wikipedia Day 2013 in New York City was held on Saturday 23 February at the Tisch School of the Performing Arts. So many people I wanted to see were there, including most of Wikimedia NYC, Mike Christie and Jami Mathewson from the Wikipedia education program, Adam Hyland user:Protonk who has helped me in the education […]
Posted in New York City, non-profit, presentation, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged conference, Eric Hellman, Jake Orlowitz, Jami Mathewson, Jennifer Baek, Mike Christie, Tom Sulcer, videography
By bluerasberry on 2012-11-05
The 2012 Seattle HVTN conference was from Monday 29 – Wednesday 31 October. I went to Seattle for that and to see friends. I flew to Portland on Friday 26 October to attend the Wiki Loves Libraries event organized by Jason Moore, user:Another Believer, on Saturday 27 October. We went out for breakfast, did the […]
Posted in clinical research, HIV, legal, non-profit, Open access, research, rights, Seattle, Wikipedia, work | Tagged Adbusters, Brian Glanz, Christopher Sheats, coffee, conference, HVTN, Jacob Caggiano, Lisa White, Open Knowledge Foundation, Patrick, Patrick Earley, Victoria Chinnell