Honors Student Completes Her Summer Internship with the Jack Cary Eichenbaum Summer Scholars Program in NYU Langone’s Division of Neonatology

Isabelle Bautista (Class of 2025) successfully completed her summer internship with the Jack Cary Eichenbaum Summer Scholars Program in NYU Langone’s Division of Neonatology. In addition to extensive research opportunities, the program provides an introduction to patient care and ethical issues in neonatal medicine and offers various events for networking and professional growth. Isabelle worked with fellow students from across the nation under the direction of Dr. Erin Cicalese on research titled “Continuous Positive Airway Pressure versus High Velocity Nasal Cannula for Weaning of Premature Infants,” which compared the two non-invasive respiratory methods to help premature babies. Isabelle’s team won the award for the best research presentation at the NYU Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital this August. She is the first undergraduate student from the state of New Jersey to participate in the program. 

Isabelle was provided a stipend for her internship through the Frank J. Murphy, Jr. ’69 STEM Internship Program, which seeks to propel Honors students majoring in STEM disciplines to prepare for compelling STEM careers through engagement in internships. The Fund provides annual stipends to selected students for their participation in external internship experiences in STEM disciplines (including but not limited to Biology/Health Careers, Chemistry, Physics, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Science, Mathematics, and Psychology).

The Honors Program and Biology Department advisor Dr. Kathy Wydner are extremely proud of Isabelle!