Volunteer
As a non-for-profit, we rely on the work of dedicated volunteers to ensure the growth of the Wiki. We are seeking volunteers to support this project, and will acknowledge and express gratitude through introducing them to the Longevity ecosystem, and empower our volunteers with opportunities in this rapidly evolving space.
What is Longevity Wiki?
Longevity Wiki is the world’s first open-access longevity education platform. It is a global non-profit wiki created to democratise information on research efforts in aging biology. The Wiki will be launched in late 2021.
What is the purpose of Longevity Wiki?
Longevity Wiki exists to bridge the knowledge gap between doctors, scientists and the public with aging biology research.
Aging is the largest cause of death and suffering worldwide, accounting for more than 70% of deaths globally. However, there is widespread lack of understanding about biological aging and its critical role in age-related diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and cardiovascular disease. This is a bottleneck towards accelerating the rate of geroscience research - a nascent field of medicine that seeks to understand how the underlying biological mechanisms of aging can be targeted to prevent and treat age-related diseases.
Longevity Wiki provides clear, concise information and empowers readers to contribute to this field. Our goal is to progress the longevity field by providing free educational material in the form of informative articles.
Why a Wiki?
As an open-source Wiki, Longevity Wiki allows easy contribution from up to thousands or millions of users. We use the same platform as Wikipedia to ensure the platform is intuitive and easy to use. The longevity field is vast, and utilising a platform that allows users to easily update content ensures the continuation of the Wiki.
How does Longevity Wiki fit into the Longevity ecosystem?
Although there are several longevity news websites, such as Longevity.technology, Lifespan.io and Fightaging.org there is no comprehensive hub of high quality longevity information. Longevity Wiki serves to fill this gap by consolidating information and presenting it in an accessible way. This allows academics, science students, clinicians and the general public alike to quickly gain insights into this rapidly evolving field of biomedical research.
Who is the target audience?
Longevity Wiki is designed to target both specialists (e.g. biomedical scientists and doctors) and non-specialists. The Wiki caters to both groups through having multiple layers of content.
Who is involved?
Longevity Wiki consists of a dedicated team of writers, engineers and UX specialists. The organisational structure is listed below:
CEO and Co-Founder - Jack Harley
Jack Harley is a neuroscientist trained at the University of Oxford. He is the author of the popular article, Anti-Aging: State of the Art published on the rationality forum, LessWrong. Jack is the former Vice President of the Oxford Society of Ageing and Longevity and has 8+ years’ experience in for-profit roles in Biotech and non-for-profit roles in the Effective Altruism community.
CTO and Co-Founder - Bogdan Dziewierz
Bogdan Dziewierz is software architect and engineer with a specialisation in digital, web and mobile. He has 15+ years experience architecting and building multi-tiered, distributed web and mobile applications.
Head of Content - Benjamin Wu
Benjamin Wu is an Australian healthcare professional working in primary eye care, serving a predominantly geriatric patient base. He is chiefly interested in the biology of aging, translational medicine, and advancing the geroscience hypothesis.
Head of UX - Marc Smeehuijzen
Content Writer - Sophia Moss
Content Writer - Aleksandr Petukhov
Board Advisor - Dr Aubrey de Grey
What roles are available?
We are seeking to fill the following roles:
Content Writer (technical)
We are primarily seeking content writers to expand the scope of the Wiki. The Wiki is very easy to use and intuitive. We are looking for individuals who can summarise information and present it to technical audiences. You will work closely with the Head of Content to create high quality content. Note: a background in biology (e.g. strong high school background, or higher education), is required for this role.
Content Writer (non-technical)
We are looking for individuals who can summarise information and present it to non-technical audiences. You will work closely with the Head of Content to produce high-quality content. Note: a background in biology background is NOT required for this role.
Graphic Designer
We are looking for individuals with graphic design skills to help us create and re-work pictures, scientific diagrams and graphs to communicate information to non-technical audiences. You will work closely with our content writers to produce high-impact, engaging visuals to accompany the written content.
Translator
We are looking for individuals with language skills to translate articles into other languages to reach a broader audience - particularly languages spoken commonly around the world. This will be done with the assistance of tools such as DeepL.
UX Specialist
We are seeking expertise in user experience (UX) to help us design an intuitive and engaging platform. The goal is to create a satisfying experience for our users. You will work with the Head of UX in this role.
Marketing Manager
We are seeking expertise in Marketing to help us manage our social media channels and help promote the Wiki. This would involve posting regularly to social media channels, and forming collaborations.
Communications
We are seeking expertise in Communications to send regular updates on an email list. This role may also involve assisting the Marketing Manager in marketing activities.
Express interest
We would love to hear from you! To express your interest, feel free to email our CEO Jack Harley at jtt.harley@gmail.com, or post us a message on our public Discord Server.
