Heba Shaheed

Heba Shaheed is a speaker and educator at Duke University who explores questions about human health and bodily functions. She has presented at TED-Ed, where she addressed the common question of whether holding your pee is harmful to your health.

Based at Duke University, Shaheed takes complex medical and biological topics and makes them accessible to broad audiences. Her work demonstrates an ability to tackle everyday health questions that many people wonder about but may not fully understand, bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and public curiosity about how our bodies function.