Caroline Mosca ‘26

Caroline Mosca is a junior at the University of Notre Dame majoring in neuroscience and behavior with a minor in global health.  She is interested in how social determinants of health impact child development, and where that relationship intersects with nature and nurture.  Mosca is eager to further investigate the physiological and environmental biopsychosocial factors that impact an individual's capacity to thrive.  She has worked in childhood development focused research at University of Rochester and Notre Dame.  Most recently, she contributed to Dr. Kristin Valentino’s Development and Psychopathology Lab at Notre Dame, which leverages developmental research findings to inform prevention and intervention strategies for at-risk children and their families. She has developed her qualitative coding, data analysis and participant interviewing skills, specifically through the study of mother-child reminiscing dyads. Moving forward, Mosca aims to hone her research skills to better understand the diverse factors affecting individual health and development, with a focus on effective engagement in both research and patient care settings.