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]
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- ^ Team, N. L. (2022-01-22). "Hafta 364: Omicron cases in India and the third wave, Tek Fog investigation". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "Fake news, the Indian TV newsroom, and a novel on toxic masculinity". Hindustan Times. 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ Pillai, Ajith (14 May 2019). "Fake news and India's tryst with post-truth politics". Deccan Chronicle.
- ^ "Stop advertising claims of 'Ayurvedic COVID-19 medicine' until verification, Ayush ministry tells Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda". Firstpost. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Kumar, Ruchi (2020-04-27). "Face It: The Indian Government Is Peddling Pseudoscience – The Wire Science". Retrieved 2023-09-26.