She is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, as well as a founding member of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation's scientific council.
[1][2] She is known for her research on the treatment of schizophrenia,[3][4] as well as tardive dyskinesia[5] and first-episode psychosis.
Her most recent work in "The COMPASS scale for the assessment of individuals with first episode psychotic disorders"[6] reviews the COMPASS assessment for symptoms of early-phase psychosis.
[2] She previously worked at the National Institute of Mental Health and the University of Pittsburgh.
[1] The American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology established the Nina Schooler Early Career Research Award in her honor.