Insa Marie Schmidt MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Nephrology
650 Albany St | (617) 638-7323ischmidt@bu.edu
Sections
Nephrology
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.
Education
Medicine, MD, Universitaet Hannover
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
Publications
Kim T, Ju W, Surapaneni A, Li Y, Wen D, Trivin-Avillach C, Rosales IA, Beck LH, Nair V, Fermin D, Zee J, Schmidt IM, Srivastava A, Palsson R, Stillman IE, Kretzler M, Coresh J, Waikar SS, Grams ME, Rhee EP. Circulating Testican-2 and MGT5A are Markers of Membranous Nephropathy. Kidney Int Rep. 2026 Feb; 11(2):103695. PMID: 41502806.
Published on 11/3/2025Schmidt IM, Rhee EP. Interpreting Metabolomics and Proteomics in Kidney Disease: A Practical Guide. Am J Kidney Dis. 2026 Jan; 87(1):129-133. PMID: 41192615.
Published on 10/28/2025Thomas P, Missikpode C, Martinez OG, Verma A, Zhao R, Claudel SE, Schmidt IM, van Raalte DH, Bjornstad P, Layden BT, Lash JP, Waikar SS, Srivastava A. Association of Pancreas Volume With Adverse Clinical Outcomes. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Nov 04; 14(21):e042348. PMID: 41147404.
Published on 10/28/2025Wen D, Zhang Q, van Agthoven J, Weins A, Rosales IA, Zhou W, Kim T, Vela Parada X, Colvin RB, Pollak MR, Grams ME, Schmidt IM, Waikar SS, Arnaout MA, Rhee EP. Testican-2 Interaction with the Extracellular Matrix and Podocyte Protection. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Oct 28. PMID: 41177530.
Published on 10/10/2025Schmidt IM, Verma A, Claudel S, Rosan S, Lu W, Beck LH, Huynh C, Palsson R, Srivastava A, Stillman I, Avillach C, Huber TB, Volpe J, Betanzos CM, Ocana MF, Berasi SP, Fader KA, Hassanein M, Waikar SS. Associations of Podocyte-Derived Protein Biomarkers With Foot Process Effacement and Kidney Histopathologic Lesions in Individuals With Glomerular Disease. Kidney Med. 2025 Dec; 7(12):101144. PMID: 41342046.
Published on 10/9/2025Thomas P, Salud M, Missikpode C, Martinez OG, Verma A, Zhao R, Claudel SE, Schmidt IM, van Raalte DH, Bjornstad P, Layden BT, Lash JP, Waikar SS, Srivastava A. Association of pancreas fat fraction with adverse kidney and cardiovascular outcomes. Clin Kidney J. 2025 Dec; 18(12):sfaf310. PMID: 41404372.
Published on 10/8/2025Pandit K, Coudray N, Quiros AC, Surapaneni A, Upadhyay D, Vanguri RS, Hirohama D, Mohandes S, Schlosser P, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Wen Y, Parikh CR, Rhee EP, Waikar SS, Schmidt I, Rosenberg AZ, Palmer MB, Susztak K, Grams ME, Tsirigos A. Unbiased self supervised learning of kidney histology reveals phenotypic and prognostic insights. Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 08; 15(1):35131. PMID: 41062686.
Published on 9/3/2025Shoushtari SI, Liaw E, Alluri S, Sheikh Z, Kumar S, Huynh C, Schmidt IM, Ness S, Chen X, Siegel NH, Waikar SS, Stein TD, Lu W, Subramanian ML. The association between SLIT2 in human vitreous humor and plasma and neurocognitive test scores. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Oct; 107(4):1555-1566. PMID: 40899951.
Published on 7/29/2025Wittig M, Verma A, Bellavia A, Rosan S, Claudel SE, Surapaneni A, Palsson R, Srivastava A, Stillman IE, Henderson JM, Beck LH, Hodgin JB, Grams ME, Rhee EP, Huber TB, Waikar SS, Schmidt IM. The Associations of Foot Process Effacement with Kidney Histopathologic Lesions and Disease Progression. Kidney360. 2026 Jan 01; 7(1):72-80. PMID: 40728890.
Published on 7/2/2025Shoushtari SI, Liaw E, Alluri S, Sheikh Z, Kumar S, Huynh C, Schmidt IM, Ness S, Chen X, Siegel NH, Waikar SS, Stein TD, Lu W, Subramanian ML. The Association Between SLIT2 in Human Vitreous Humor and Plasma and Neurocognitive Test Scores. bioRxiv. 2025 Jul 02. PMID: 40631316.
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