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 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; 1-24. PMID: 42525588.

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  • Published 6/26/2026

    Sekula P, Butz E, Schaeffner E, Nolde JM, Schmidt IM, Brackmann LK, Fischer B, Girndt M, Günther K, Hannemann A, Harth V, Heinsohn T, Karch A, Keil T, Krist L, Lange B, Leitzmann M, Meinke-Franze C, Meister J, Mikolajczyk R, Mons U, Nimptsch K, Obi N, Övermöhle C, Pischon T, Schikowski T, Schöttker B, Schulze MB, Schwichtenberg J, Stang A, Teismann H, Völzke H, Endlich K, Nauck M, Scholz M, Heid IM, Lieb W, Köttgen A. Glomerular Filtration Rate, Albuminuria, and Reported Kidney Disease in Comparison: Results From the German National Cohort (NAKO). Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2026 Jun 26; 123(13):345-52. PMID: 42028694.

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  • Published 6/17/2026

    Chrysopoulou M, de la Rosa X, Tan Y, Kovalenko E, Hahn O, Andersen JF, Lassé M, Matchkov V, Wulfmeyer VC, Jaegers J, Billing AM, Colby E, Bleich M, Schermer B, Kostidis S, Giera M, Peti-Peterdi J, Rhee EP, Grams ME, Waikar SS, Waldman M, Tomas NM, Saleem MA, Himmerkus N, Schmidt IM, Berg P, Demir F, Rinschen MM. Diversion of Arginine's dietary metabolic fate in proteinuric kidney disease. Res Sq. 2026 Jun 17. PMID: 42370251.

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  • Published 5/29/2026

    Claudel SE, Waikar SS, Schmidt IM, Verma A. Predictors of Variability in Urine Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio in the General US Adult Population. Am J Nephrol. 2026 May 29; 1-8. PMID: 42213595.

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  • Published 4/1/2026

    Rosan SH, Verma A, Claudel SE, Srivastava A, Palsson R, Stillman IE, Henderson J, Waikar SS, Schmidt IM. Associations of serum uric acid levels with podocyte injury and kidney histopathologic lesions. J Nephrol. 2026 Apr 01. PMID: 41921046.

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Education

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

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