Sumaiya Shaikh Explained

Sumaiya Shaikh is a neuroscientist.^{[1] [2]}

Shaikh co-founded the Indian fact-checking website Alt News in her role as the science editor.^[3] Her work has focused on debunking misinformation related to medicine.^{[4] [5]} She wrote a book titled "India Misinformed: The True Story" with Pratik Sinha of Alt News. It was published by Harper Collins in 2019.^{[6] [7]}

Shaikh has frequently highlighted misinformation related to Ayurveda, including when treatments have been promoted without scientific data.^{[8] [9]}

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.^[10]

Notes and References

1. 2020-03-12 . How Prepared Is India for the Coronavirus Outbreak? . 2023-09-25 . Time . en.
2. Web site: IANS /Kochi . 2019-06-05 . Kerala braces to fight Nipah and fake news . 2023-09-25 . Gulf Times . en.
3. Web site: Pundir . Pallavi . 2020-06-26 . An Indian Yoga Guru's 'COVID-19 Cure' Invited Controversy, a Criminal Complaint and State Bans . 2023-09-26 . Vice . en.
4. News: 2021-05-04 . The rise of India's 'Covid quack' . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-09-26.
5. Web site: Team . N. L. . 2022-01-22 . Hafta 364: Omicron cases in India and the third wave, Tek Fog investigation . 2023-09-26 . Newslaundry.
6. Web site: 2019-04-26 . Fake news, the Indian TV newsroom, and a novel on toxic masculinity . 2023-09-25 . Hindustan Times . en.
7. Web site: Pillai . Ajith . Fake news and India's tryst with post-truth politics . Deccan Chronicle. 14 May 2019 .
8. Web site: 2020-06-23 . Stop advertising claims of 'Ayurvedic COVID-19 medicine' until verification, Ayush ministry tells Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda-India News, Firstpost . 2023-09-26 . Firstpost . en.
9. Web site: Kumar . Ruchi . 2020-04-27 . Face It: The Indian Government Is Peddling Pseudoscience – The Wire Science . 2023-09-26 . en-GB.
10. Web site: Chishti . Seema . A radical shift in the infosphere is changing the Indian common sense . 2023-09-25 . The Caravan . en.