Jessica Keenan Smith named judge of Web Health Awards and Twitter Elite

Named 2011 Web Health Awards Judge
As founder of Living Well With Epilepsy, Jessica Keenan Smith was invited to judge the Web Health Awards℠, which is now in its 13th year of recognizing high-quality electronic health information. The process was both exciting and informative.

The Web Health Awards℠ is organized by the Health Information Resource Center℠ (HIRC), a national clearinghouse for professionals who work in consumer health fields. This award program is an extension of the HIRC’s 18-year old National Health Information Awards℠, the largest program of its kind in the United States.

Projects
The projects submitted include: Blog, E-Newsletter, Extranet, Interactive Content, Intranet, Microblog, Microsite, Mobile Application, Portal or Gateway Site, RSS Feed, Social Network, Web-based Ad, Web-based Resource/Tool, Webcast Audio or Video, Website.

Previous winners include
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
The Kaiser Family Foundation
Texas Cancer Info
The Mayo Clinic
WebMD

The 2011 Winter Web Health Award Winners will soon be announced at http://healthawards.com/wha/index.html. You can watch http://twitter.com/#!/search/webhealthawards for the latest update.

Jessica Keenan Smith named Twitter Elite
I discovered recently that Twitter Grader has devised a who’s who on Twitter by major cities. Now, I’m not sure that I qualify as elite, twitter or not. Nor am I sure that Philly qualifies as a major city. But, I will take the recognition regardless. Especially, if it amplifies the message that epilepsy is a big deal.

If you want to see where you rank, check out twittergrader.com. And follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/jessicaksmith.

Jessica K. Smith Founder and CEO; Executive Director

Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.

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