Sumaiya Shaikh

Sumaiya Shaikh in 2022

Sumaiya Shaikh is a neuroscientist.

Shaikh co-founded the Indian fact-checking website Alt News in her role as the science editor. Her work has focused on debunking misinformation related to medicine. She wrote a book titled "India Misinformed: The True Story" with Pratik Sinha of Alt News. It was published by Harper Collins in 2019.

Shaikh has frequently highlighted misinformation related to Ayurveda, including when treatments have been promoted without scientific data.

Shaikh is the founding director of a Sweden-based organisation called ViolEND. The organization aims to rehabilitate extremists who per Shaikh have been shown by research to have an urge to be violent and prefer the dopamine-driven high from violence over other types of highs such as from alcohol or drugs.

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