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Sumaiya Shaikh is a neuroscientist. [1] [2] [3]
Shaikh co-founded the Indian fact-checking website Alt News in her role as the science editor. [4] Her work has focused on debunking misinformation related to medicine. [5] [6] She wrote a book titled India Misinformed: The True Story with Pratik Sinha of Alt News. It was published by Harper Collins in 2019. [7] [8]
Shaikh has frequently highlighted misinformation related to Ayurveda, including when treatments have been promoted without scientific data. [9] [10]
Shaikh is the founding director of a Sweden-based organization 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. [3]
