Insa M. Schmidt, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Insa M. Schmidt, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine in the Section of Nephrology. Her research focuses on the epidemiology of kidney disease and the development of non-invasive biomarkers to improve the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Her work has been supported by the American Philosophical Society, the American Society of Nephrology’s Carl W. Gottschalk Research Scholar Grant, and the Boston University Department of Medicine Research Accelerator Program. Committed to patient-oriented research, she is currently funded by an NIDDK K01 award to study advanced disease phenotyping and outcome prediction in CKD using multi-source data, including proteomics, digital pathology, and clinical information.

Publications

  • Published 10/8/2026

    Claudel SE, Zhao R, Schmidt IM, Bjornstad P, Srivastava A, Waikar SS, Verma A. Phenotypes of diabetic kidney disease and cardiovascular outcomes. Eur J Intern Med. 2026 Oct 08; 107232. PMID: 42850142.

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  • Published 9/23/2026

    Verma A, Schmidt IM, Claudel SE, Waikar SS. Prediction Utility of Urinary Albumin-Creatinine vs Protein-Creatinine Ratios in Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA. 2026 Sep 23. PMID: 42776523.

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  • Published 8/21/2026

    Han SS, Surapaneni AL, Schmidt IM, Yun D, Ma X, Moon KC, Srivastava A, Palsson R, Stillman IE, Waikar SS, Grams ME, Rhee EP. Circulating Ephrin-Eph Signaling Reflects Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Aug 21. PMID: 42627699.

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  • Published 8/10/2026

    Schaub JA, Menon R, Melo Ferreira R, Kiernan E, Schmidt IM, Limonte CP, Yennapureddy S, Cheng YH, Herlitz L, Rosenberg AZ, Henderson JM, Smith KD, Hodgin JB, Otto E, Moeckel GW, Cantley LG, Setty S, Balis UG, Demeke D, Fogo AB, Bomback AS, D'Agati VD, Stillman IE, Torrealba JR, Hendricks AR, Bracamonte E, Moreno V, Bhatraju P, Mottl AK, Brosius FC, Thajudeen B, Coca SG, Palevsky PM, Randhawa PS, Murugan R, Barisoni L, Alpers CE, Menez S, Wilson FP, Moledina DG, Eadon MT, Kretzler M, Himmelfarb J, Parikh CR. Acute tubular injury versus acute interstitial nephritis in the kidney precision medicine project. JCI Insight. 2026 Aug 10; 11(15). PMID: 42579799.

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  • Published 7/29/2026

    Tsai MT, Li SY, Kim D, Park J, Schmidt IM, Zhao R, Waikar SS, Hsieh TH, Yang H, Chen TH, Ou SM, Yang RB. Galectin-9 as a Circulating Marker of Mesangial Injury and Prognosis in Biopsy-Proven Kidney Disease. Am J Nephrol. 2026 Jul 29; 1-13. PMID: 42525588.

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Education

  • Universitaet Hannover, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH

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