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 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.[3]