Author: mikepsinn

Journal of Citizen Science

We publish our anonymously aggregated analyses at the Journal of Citizen Science. So far, we’ve collected over 10 million data points on symptom severity and influencing factors from over 10,000 people. This data has been used to freely publish 90,000 studies on the effects of various treatments and food ingredients on symptom severity. Mega Studies Mega […]

Building Non-Profit Networks

Build and nurture nonprofit networks, treating other groups as allies Ways We Build Non-Profit Networks Open Source Software We do this by creating open-source software that can be used by other research organizations to collect data and create studies. Affiliate Organizations We also sponsor local affiliate Crowdsourcing Cures Meetup groups. This involved bringing patients, physicians, […]

Inspiring Evangelists

Convert individual supporters into evangelists for the cause Great nonprofits see volunteers as much more than a source of free labor or membership dues. They create meaningful ways to engage individuals in emotional experiences. Ways We Inspire Evangelists We reward citizen scientists for their data donations and researchers for publishing studies using this data.

Serve Individuals and Advocate to Government on their Behalf

Work with government and advocate for policy change High-impact organizations don’t just focus on doing one thing well. They may start out providing great programs, but eventually, they realize that they cannot achieve systemic change through service delivery alone. So they add policy advocacy to access government resources or to change legislation, thus expanding their […]

National Priorities Initiative

6 million Jews died in the holocaust. Every decade, 8 million people commit suicide. So, we are experiencing the equivalent of an endless succession of holocausts occurring every decade. In 2020, the US spent $1.6 billion on research to solve this problem through the National Institute of Mental Health. In 2020, the US created $4000 […]