During my internship, I worked in the new Center for Teaching and Research, interacting with professors and students, research laboratories, maker labs, and open workspace centers. I also participated in several hospital immersions, through which I met rehabilitation and IC patients, as well as diagnostic technicians, nurses, doctors, and caretakers.My MISTI experience gave me the confidence to connect, interact, and tackle innovation from backstage and under the spotlight. I improved my Portuguese proficiency, and am excited to explore my blossoming medical school interest!
Prathysha's Story
During Prathysha Kothare sophomore year as a chemical engineering major, she worked with the Dr. Welbert Oliveira Pereira, Dean of Biomedical Engineering, and medical students at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Brazil, to "develop a tool to integrate the values of diversity, solidarity, and anti-racism into the prevalent innovation model, Design Thinking."
My MISTI experience bolstered my passion to work in healthcare, whether through R&D in biomedicine or pursuing medical school. Working alongside researchers in labs, physicians in IC units, and interacting with patients and their families gave me a human perspective on modern health and the paradigms we can shift through innovation.Prathysha Kothare '25
Major & Class Year
Chemical Engineering '25
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
MISTI Program
Internship
MISTI Host
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein