Your source of literacy to navigate American healthcare.

Empowerment

Knowledge is the most powerful tool for navigating healthcare. We deliver clear, actionable insights that facilitate informed and confident decision-making.

Transparency

Healthcare shouldn't hide behind jargon and red tape. We strip away the complexity, highlight what matters the most, and provide trustworthy information in an easily digestible format.

Equity

Healthcare should work for everyone. We are committed to highlighting disparities and calling attention to resources that make care more accessible to all, regardless of location or circumstance.

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Nitya Thummalachetty

Nitya is a co-founder of Nau. Here, she applies her systems expertise - the ability to see how one variable interacts with and impacts many interwoven variables - to the complexity of healthcare, as experienced on the ground and amidst an everchanging landscape.

Armed with a Master’s in Bioethics and a Doctor of Public Health from Columbia University, Nitya is an expert in how structural constraints impact everyday choices, with a focus on how public and private stakeholders interact and impact the general public. Internationally recognized by the BBC, Nitya has dedicated her life to understanding healthcare from various perspectives - in the private and public sectors, as an academic and researcher, and as a founder. Nitya is a co-founder of Nau. Here, she applies her systems expertise - the ability to understand, analyze, and work with complex, interconnected social systems - to the complexity of healthcare, as experienced on the ground and amidst an everchanging landscape.

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Pramod Pinnamaneni

Pramod co-founded Nau with Nitya to peel away the layers of complexity around healthcare, driven by a strong belief that better information can protect all stakeholders from the prison of fine print and enable opportunities to reach across healthcare silos for meaningful solutions.

With more than a decade of physician experience in underserved areas and an MBA from Columbia Business School, Pramod has a unique background: an urban, big center-trained practicing cancer physician with a keen understanding of healthcare policy and its impact on people with constrained access to resources. Pramod operates the only independent oncology practice in deep East Texas, in a town of roughly 34,000 people, and the largest independent oncology practice in a sixty-mile radius. His geographic isolation solidifies him in the trenches with everyday rural patients fighting cancer, giving him a unique perspective on what is working and where gaps exist.Pramod co-founded Nau with Nitya to peel away the layers of complexity around healthcare, driven by a strong belief that better information can protect stakeholders from the prison of fine print and enable opportunities to reach across healthcare silos for meaningful solutions.

FAQs

How is Nau different from other healthcare platforms?
Most resources are either overly clinical, policy-heavy, or scattered. The Nau bridges those worlds by combining credible research, real-world insights, and actionable information you can actually consume in a single accessible source of truth. You get information you can act on, understand and create change.
How can I trust the information on Nau?
Every insight is sourced from verified studies, frontline clinical expertise, and policy research. We cross-check data, provide context, and present it in plain language, ensuring clarity without losing credibility. Transparency and accuracy are central to everything we publish and that comes from the fact that The Nau is led by academia and clinical experts.
How actionable are your insights for someone without a medical background?
Every piece is designed to be practical and understandable. We translate technical terms into plain language, provide next steps, and show real-world applications so anyone can act confidently.