Noor Shaik, SKMC ’22

Noor Shaik, SKMC ’22

Noor Shaik graduated from Villanova University in 2014 and embarked on her journey as an MD/PhD student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College a few weeks later. After defending her PhD thesis on the role of platelets in stroke-related injury, for which she has been locally and internationally recognized, she volunteered in Dr. Matthias Schnell's laboratory to help with the development of a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. Throughout her time in medical and graduate school, she has dedicated her free time to serving others, including with JeffREADS, the Social Health and Medical Services (SHAMS) Clinic, Hub of Hope, JeffVOTES, VaxConnect, and Give Kids Sight Day. She also mentored through the Jefferson Physician Scientist Association, Refugee Health Partners, and the American Physician Scientists Association. In response to the spike in COVID-19 cases in India, she and her mother co-founded Breath for Humanity, an international relief effort through which they shipped more than 100,000 N95 masks, thousands of medical supplies, and several oxygen concentrators to hard-hit communities and hospitals. Most recently, she coordinated delivery of more than 5,000 N95 masks to help Afghan refugees in Philadelphia