POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jeremy Levin and Chris Matteodo, for so long as each such person is an employee of Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”), and Laura Berezin, Jaime Chase, Francis Cullo and Jason Minio for so long as each such person is a partner or an employee of a law firm representing the Company, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power to act alone for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer, director or beneficial owner of more than 10% of a registered class of securities of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules thereunder and a Form ID, Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to execute such Forms 3, 4 and 5 or Form ID (including any amendments thereto) and timely file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any nature whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company or (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of July 31, 2024.

/s/ Jeffrey Rona

JEFFREY RONA

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