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about="/faculty-research/maria-ospina" class="node node-detail node--type-team node--promoted node--view-mode-full clearfix"> <div class="team-single-page"> <div class="team-name clearfix"> <div class="name"> Dr. Maria Ospina <span class="heading"> PhD</span> </div> <!--<div class="line"><span class="one"></span><span class="second"></span><span class="three"></span></div>--> </div> <div class="team-description"></div> <div class="team-info"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="team-image"> <img src="/sites/phs/files/team/MOspina2-300pix.jpg" alt="Dr. Maria Ospina"> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="team-contact"> <div class="heading">Position(s)</div> <div class="job"> <div class="field field--name-field-team-position field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences</div> <div class="field__item">Canada Research Chair in Life Course, Health Development</div> <div class="field__item">Cross Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology</div> </div> </div> <div class="heading">Contact Info</div> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="field field--name-field-team-email field--type-email field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="mailto:maria.ospina@queensu.ca">maria.ospina@queensu.ca</a></div> </div> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="field field--name-field-team-contact field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">613-533-6000, ext. 78152</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <hr> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>About</h3> <p>Dr. Maria Ospina is a perinatal and social epidemiologist, associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, and Canada Research Chair in Life Course, Health Development at Queen’s University. She also holds a cross-appointment in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Previously, Dr. Ospina was an assistant professor at the University of Alberta, where she held the CRC in Life Course, Social Environments, and Health. In 2020, she received the Martha Cook Piper Research Prize, honoring her reputation for innovative research and exceptional promise as an emerging academic leader.</p> <p>Originally a registered psychologist in her native Colombia, Dr. Ospina earned her PhD in Public Health Sciences with specialization in Epidemiology (2013) and an MSc in Clinical Epidemiology (2004) from the University of Alberta. With over 110 peer-reviewed publications, an h-index of 46, and over $5 million in research funding as a principal investigator throughout her academic career, Dr. Ospina is a highly regarded expert in her field. </p> <h3>Research</h3> <p>Dr. Ospina’s multidisciplinary research program called <a href="https://dmetre.ca/">DMETRE </a>(Developmental, Maternal, and Perinatal Epidemiology and Translational Research Evidence), centers on the social and environmental determinants of health in pregnancy and early childhood, framed within the DOHaD model. Using mixed-methods, life-course epidemiology, geographic information systems, and knowledge synthesis methods, the DMETRE lab investigates how the exposome—including social, geographic, and environmental disparities—impacts health trajectories and contributes to inequalities in long-term health outcomes.</p> <p>Dr. Ospina’’s research has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canada Research Chairs Program, the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, the Lung Association, Alberta Women’s Health Foundation, PolicyWise for Children and Families, and Alberta Health Services, among others.</p> <p>There are opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students (MSc and PhD) as well as postdoctoral fellows to join her research group, gaining expertise in perinatal and early childhood health through an epidemiological and population health lens.</p> <h3>Teaching:</h3> <p>EPID 839 - Systematic Reviews<br><br> EPID 902 - Advanced Public Health<br><br> </p> <h3><span><span><span lang="EN-CA">Publications</span></span></span></h3> <p><span><span><span lang="EN-CA">Dr. Ospina’s publications are available on </span><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=ospina+m"><span>PubMed</span></a><span lang="EN-CA"> and </span><a href="https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=yw3SragAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao"><span>Google Scholar</span></a></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <!-- End Display article for detail page --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- Sidebar Left --> <!-- End Sidebar Left --> <!-- Sidebar Right --> <!-- End Sidebar Right --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer id="footer" class="footer"> <div class="footer-inner"> <div class="footer-center"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="footer-first col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 column"> <div class="region region-footer-first"> <div id="block-queensfooterlogo-2" class="block block-block-content 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