Nithin Venkatramanan

I’m a first-year at Brown studying computational biology and economics. I work on kidney disease at Yale and on drug patent policy at Brown’s School of Public Health. I also like to write, and take photos on my 11-year-old

Research

CAHPR, Brown School of Public Health

Since 2026

Health policy and economics. Measuring how patents and exclusivity delay generics with FDA Orange Book data since 1980. Joint with Harvard Kennedy School.

Ishibe Lab, Yale School of Medicine

Since 2025

Computational nephrology. Built the R and Python pipeline for Xenium spatial transcriptomics of FSGS kidney tissue, from QC to podocyte-level analysis.

Mattoo Lab, Purdue University

2025-26

Computational biology. R pipeline that clusters genes by protein turnover and expression in SILAC time-course data, with pathway enrichment. Code on GitHub.

Fiehn Lab, UC Davis West Coast Metabolomics Center

2025-26

Computational biochemistry. Python backend for MassCube and MassWiki, including probabilistic spectral matching for metabolite annotation. Code on GitHub.

Experience

EconEd

Since 2025

Chief policy and financial officer. Led advocacy for NH’s financial education requirement, passed at the State House. Recognized by Governor Ayotte and the Princeton Prize.

MarvelBiome

2024

Biomedical R&D intern. Western blots, mammalian cell culture, and iPSC-derived 3D neuronal models for an Alzheimer’s therapeutic at a Series C biotech.

Melanie Levesque for NH Executive Council

2024

Campaign intern, District 5. Built canvassing maps from demographic data that cut ignored doors by about 60%. Won primaries.

@ Brown

Policy analyst, Healthcare Investment Group

Policy analysis for healthcare and biotech pitches.

CPSP analyst, Initiative for Policy

Research for Brown’s nonpartisan student think tank.

Events committee, Political Union

Planning and running Union events.

Contact

Check me out on GitHub, peruse my résumé,
or reach me at nithin [und] venkatramanan [at] brown [dot] edu.