Martha Lucía Ospina Martínez

{{Short description|Colombian scientist and epidemiologist}}

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Martha Lucía Ospina Martínez is a Colombian epidemiologist and doctor who specializes in public health management who was the director of the National Institute of Health (INS) until Her last day on October 31, 2022 when she went to work for the Omic Sconces Laboratory.{{cite news |title=Martha Ospina se despidió del Instituto Nacional de Salud: habló de los avances y de su futuro laboral |url=https://www.semana.com/salud/articulo/martha-ospina-se-despidio-del-instituto-nacional-de-salud-hablo-de-los-avances-y-de-su-futuro-laboral/202231/ |access-date=15 February 2023 |publisher=Semana |date=October 31, 2022}} a native of Cali, she had previously served as the Ministry of Health’s National Director of Epidemiology and Demography and director of the High Cost Diseases Account.{{cite news |title=Martha Ospina, la primera mujer directora del Instituto Nacional de Salud |url=https://www.elespectador.com/impacto-mujer/martha-ospina-la-primera-mujer-directora-del-instituto-nacional-de-salud/ |access-date=15 February 2023 |publisher=EL ESPECTADOR}}

Education

She is a graduate of the Pontifical Xavierian University Faculty of Medicine, where she specialized in public health management. Ospina also has a master’s degree in epidemiology from University of Valle and master's degree in economics from Pompeu Fabra University.{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2016 |title=Martha Ospina, primera mujer a la cabeza del INS |url=https://www.minsalud.gov.co/Paginas/Martha-Ospina-posesionada-como-directora-del-INS.aspx |website=Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social |language=spanish}}

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