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 4/1/2025

    Claudel SE, Schmidt IM, Waikar SS, Verma A. Albuminuria: A Marker of Adverse Kidney Outcomes in Heart Failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Apr 01; 85(12):1372-1375. PMID: 40139894.

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  • Published 3/17/2025

    Schmidt IM, Verma A, Claudel SE, Palsson R, Srivastava A, Stillman IE, Beck LH, Waikar SS. Genetic Testing in Biopsy-Confirmed Kidney Disease. Kidney Med. 2025 May; 7(5):100994. PMID: 40321977.

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  • Published 2/28/2025

    Heinze M, Schell M, Mayer C, Nägele FL, Petersen M, Alba Schmidt E, Schmidt IM, Cheng B, Huber TB, Thomalla G, Schmidt-Lauber C. Kidney Function and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Am J Kidney Dis. 2025 Feb 28. PMID: 40024469.

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  • Published 2/11/2025

    Claudel SE, Schmidt IM, Waikar SS, Verma A. Cumulative Incidence of Mortality Associated with Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Feb 11. PMID: 39932805.

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  • Published 1/21/2025

    Kim T, Surapaneni AL, Leo H, Fino NF, Inker LA, Levey AS, Schmidt IM, Waikar SS, Coresh J, Grams ME, Rhee EP. Renal Arteriovenous Gradients for Greater Than 10,000 Circulating Proteins. Am J Kidney Dis. 2025 May; 85(5):659-662. PMID: 39848531.

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Education

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

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