Worked on a qualitative analysis of how patients with rheumatoid arthritis talk about sleep and pain on Reddit, through BERTopic topic modeling.
Rheumatoid arthritis · Sleep and pain · Qualitative analysis · BERTopic · Topic modeling
Venkata ShashishVasireddi
A high school researcher working on where quantum computing, machine learning, and computational biology meet, currently at Yale.
Highlights
Yale and Stanford
Researching at Yale Chemistry and the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, after Stanford Medicine’s Pain Intelligence Lab.
Harvard OpenBio
Selected for a cohort with a roughly 5% acceptance rate.
3rd in the nation
Business Professionals of America, Virtual Interview and Digital Portfolio Design.
USACO Silver
Algorithmic problem solving at the national level.
Code4Everyone
Co-founded a nonprofit that introduces middle schoolers to computer science for free.
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Research
Quantum computing, machine learning, and computational biology, at Yale, Stanford, and Harvard.
In progress
Building a hybrid quantum-classical pipeline that predicts hERG cardiotoxicity from molecular structure, my own take on CardioGenAI, in collaboration with Nvidia, Quantinuum, and QuantumCT.
Quantum machine learning · Quantum kernels · hERG cardiotoxicity · Drug discovery · CardioGenAI
In progress
Competing in the Virtual Cell Challenge with Qydra, a hybrid quantum-classical model, ranked in the top 300 as of November 2, 2026.
Hybrid quantum-classical · Virtual Cell Challenge · Perturbation prediction · Parameterized quantum circuits · PyTorch
Built a hybrid quantum-classical pipeline that personalizes chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) treatment, in a cohort with a roughly 5% acceptance rate.
Chronic myeloid leukemia · QAOA · Molecular docking · ADMET · AlphaFold2
Gate applied here: Ry(−π/4)
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Projects
Platforms and tools I have built.
FlowState
Builds calibrated digital twins of real highway corridors to test ways of smoothing out phantom stop-and-go traffic.
Traffic simulation · Digital twins · GIS
Neurobiome
Explores the intersection of neuroscience and microbiome research through interactive visualization and data analysis.
Neuroscience · Data visualization · Research
YouthBudget
A financial literacy platform that helps young people learn budgeting and money management through interactive tools.
Finance · Education · Youth
Gate applied here: Rz(π/2)
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Experience
Teaching, building, and competing, from a computer science nonprofit to software work to national awards.
Introduces middle schoolers to computer science for free, through a beginner-friendly curriculum.
Education · Nonprofit · Leadership
Built intelligent chatbots and automation for enterprise clients, from GenAI bot development and OpenAI and Elevenlabs streaming to cutting text-to-speech latency for Maruti Suzuki’s frontend bot.
Chatbots · Automation · OpenAI API · Elevenlabs · TTS
Awards
3rd Place Nationally, Virtual Interview and Digital Portfolio Design
National Qualifier
Conrad Innovator Award
Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award
USACO Silver Division
LeetCode Top 15%
Certifications
Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP)
Python Certification
Problem Solving Certification
Skills
Education
Heritage High School
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Let’s Connect
I’m always open to talking about research opportunities, collaborative projects, or just connecting with other developers and researchers.