Luz H. Ospina, PhD

Research Scientist

About


I am currently the program manager for the Women's Mental Health Program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. My duties include providing administrative, financial, and operational oversight for various funded research studies; preparation of NIH and private grant funding submissions; maintenance of regulatory materials for all research studies; coordination of day-to-day research activities, including management of junior research personnel; providing scientific and statistical assistance to Principal Investigators on grants and manuscripts.

I completed similar work in previous roles such as the Manager of Epidemiological Support at the World Trade Center Health Registry unit at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Additional duties included: assisting in scientific management such as project proposal review, data analysis, and manuscript preparation; participating in the design and implementation of registry surveys; and providing consultation and staff mentoring on statistical and epidemiological research methods. Also, as Project Manager in the Experimental Psychopathology Laboratory at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, I managed various multi-site clinical trials that aim to assess the effects of aerobic exercise and sleep quality on neurocognition and functioning in people with schizophrenia. 

I completed my Psychiatry Postdoctoral Fellowship in the PRISM Psychosis Research Program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where projects included studying the cognitive heterogeneity of bipolar and psychosis disorders, and implementing pharmacological interventions aimed at improving cognitive and functional outcome in these same disorders. 

In addition to my work in neuropsychiatric research, I have worked as a college adjunct lecturer and taught courses such as Introduction to Psychology, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Experimental Psychology, and Physiological Psychology. Other research interests and expertise include affective science, psychophysiological methods, and data analytics.

Publications


Telehealth-Based vs In-Person Aerobic Exercise in Individuals With Schizophrenia: Comparative Analysis of Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy


David Kimhy, Luz H Ospina, Melanie Wall, Daniel M Alschuler, Lars F Jarskog, Jacob S Ballon, Joseph McEvoy, Matthew N Bartels, Richard Buchsbaum, Marianne Goodman, others

JMIR Mental Health, vol. 12, JMIR Publications Inc., Toronto, Canada, 2025, pp. e68251


Childhood trauma in people with psychosis: implications for emotion awareness and regulation


SA Miller, LH Ospina, B Ozomaro, JS Ballon, JP McEvoy, LF Jarskog, TS Stroup, D Kimhy

Psychosis, Taylor \& Francis, 2025, pp. 1--16


Emotional Granularity in Health and Psychopathology: A Scoping Review


Bella Ozomaro, Perel Y Wein, Sloane Miller, Luz H Ospina, Marianne Goodman, John Torous, David Kimhy

Journal of Psychiatric Research, Elsevier, 2025


Maternal infection--but not inflammation--is associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms during childhood: a population-based cohort study


Milan Zarchev, Frederieke AJ Gigase, Lot de Witte, Charlotte AM Cecil, Manon HJ Hillegers, Luz H Ospina, Anna Suleri, Anna-Sophie Rommel, Ryan L Muetzel, Veerle Bergink

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Elsevier, 2025, p. 106134


Clinical, Neurocognitive, Neurobiological and Functional Correlates of Sleep Difficulties in Individuals At-Risk for Psychosis and Mania: A Scoping Review


Loriann Cioffi, Perel Y Wein, Sloane A Miller, Samantha Fagan, Bella Ozomaro, Richard Glisker, Luz H Ospina, David Kimhy

Psychiatry Research, Elsevier, 2024, p. 116235


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Luz H. Ospina, PhD



Women's Mental Health Program

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY 10028


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