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Zarya Shaikh

Majors: biochemistry / Women's, Gender and Sexuality studies
senior

Zarya Shaikh PhotoZarya is a fourth-year student double-majoring in Biochemistry and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies. Her primary interests lie at the intersection of queer advocacy, equity and access to healthcare, and reproductive health. Zarya founded Queer Diagnosis: The LGBTQ+ Health Podcast in January 2021. She strives to sustain visibility and a sense of community in healthcare across the spectrum that is gender and sexuality. In addition to the podcast, Zarya is also a University Scholar, an EMT, an Applied Mathematics & Statistics teaching assistant, and a shadowing student at the Stony Brook Heart Institute.