Record of Merit

In 2008, certain forward-thinking organizations and individuals came forward to support The Medpedia Project. Here we record permanently who they were, for it is important for people to remember that before Medpedia existed, there were many people who did not believe a collaborative, free, open, constantly changing, online information resource for health and medicine was possible. The organizations and individuals below had the vision and courage to do what was needed to make Medpedia happen, for the benefit of all.

Founding Charter Organizations

Medpedia was developed in association with the following organizations:

• Harvard Medical School
• Stanford School of Medicine
• University of California Berkeley School of Public Health
• University of Michigan Medical School

Charter Organizations

• American College of Physicians (ACP)
• European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA)
• Oxford Health Alliance (OxHA)
• Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS)

Founding Advisers

• Joseph B. Martin, M.D., Ph.D.

  Former Dean at Harvard and UCSF Medical Schools, IOM

• Linda Hawes Clever, M.D., M.A.C.P.

  Clinical Professor at UCSF Medical School, IOM

• Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D.

  Professor at University of Michigan Medical School, IOM

• Mitch Kapor

  Open-source software evangelist, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Other Key Advisers

• Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.

  Professor, Harvard Medical School and Editor in Chief of Harvard Health Publications Division of Harvard Medical School

• Philip A. Pizzo, M.D.

  Dean, Stanford School of Medicine

• Henry J. Lowe, M.D.

  Senior Associate Dean for Information Resources and Technology, Stanford University School of Medicine

• Stephen M. Shortell, Ph.D., M.P.H

  Dean, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health

• John E. Swartzberg, M.D.

  Professor, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health, Editor of the Berkeley Wellness Newsletter

• James O. Woolliscroft, M.D.

  Dean, University of Michigan Medical School

• Robert W. Lash, M.D.

  Professor, University of Michigan Medical School

• Davis Masten

  Chairman of the President's Circle, The National Academy of Sciences

• Patrick O. Brown, M.D., Ph.D.

  Professor, Stanford University and co-Founder of the Public Library of Science (PLoS)

• Richard Smith, M.D.

  Former editor of the British Medical Journal and board member of the Public Library of Science (PLoS)