Fenwick Scholar Isabella Giaquinta ’23, photographed outside of her summer internship location in Boston, Mass., will focus her research on how to improve access to mental health care for refugees. (Photo by Michael Ivins/Holy Cross)
Isabella Giaquinta ’23, one of two Fenwick Scholars for the 2022-2023 academic year at the College of the Holy Cross, will spend her senior year researching refugee mental health. Her project will live at the intersection of health studies and data science, pursuing research that could help healthcare providers screen patients more efficiently. During her research and development process, Giaquinta will work closely with the Immigrant and Refugee Health Center (IRHC) at Boston Medical Center, which provides a single point of care for refugees and asylum seekers in New England. Shannon Stock, Holy Cross associate professor of mathematics and computer science, Sally Bernardina Seraphin, assistant professor of neuroscience at Trinity College, and Sarah L. Kimball, M.D., assistant professor of general internal medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and IRHC co-director, will mentor Giaquinta.