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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
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Overview

Maria Inês Schmidt is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Their academic work primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant number of publications in subfields including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research topics such as Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins; Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet; Nutritional Studies and Diet; Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology; Gestational Diabetes Research and Management; Diabetes Management and Research; and Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes.

Among recent scholarly articles, some notable publications include:

  • Epidemiology and management of gestational diabetes (2024) - The Lancet
  • Trends in mortality due to non-communicable diseases in the Brazilian adult population: national and subnational estimates and projections for 2030 (2020) - Population Health Metrics
  • Global accessibility of therapeutics for diabetes mellitus (2022) - Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • International Diabetes Federation Position Statement on the 1-hour post-load plasma glucose for the diagnosis of intermediate hyperglycaemia and type 2 diabetes (2024) - Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Burden of diabetes and hyperglycaemia in adults in the Americas, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2022) - The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Their co-authorship network includes collaborations with:

  • Bruce Bartholow Duncan (98 coauthored publications)
  • Sandhi Maria Barreto (55 coauthored publications)
  • Rosane Härter Griep (37 coauthored publications)
  • Paulo A. Lotufo (24 coauthored publications)
  • Isabela M. Benseñor (22 coauthored publications)

Maria Inês Schmidt's research has appeared frequently in several academic venues, such as:

  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública (12 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (10 publications)
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (8 publications)
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (5 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine (5 publications)

The scientist is also the author of a book published by Frontiers Media in 2024 titled Population and Clinical Strategies for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: What's New?

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Valery L Feigin;Benjamin A Stark;Catherine Owens Johnson;Gregory A Roth

  • Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years.

    Ashkan Afshin;Mohammad Forouzanfar;Marissa Reitsma;Patrick Sur

  • Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest

    Michael Holzer;Fritz Sterz;J. M. Darby;S. A. Padosch

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Boris Bikbov;Caroline A. Purcell;Andrew S. Levey;Mari Smith

  • International association of diabetes and pregnancy study groups recommendations on the diagnosis and classification of hyperglycemia in pregnancy.

    Pregnancy Study Groups Consensus Panel;Boyd E Metzger;Steven G Gabbe

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil: burden and current challenges.

    Maria Inês Schmidt;Bruce Bartholow Duncan;Gulnar Azevedo e Silva;Ana Maria Menezes

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Bartholow Duncan
Bruce Bartholow Duncan Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Isabela M. Benseñor
Isabela M. Benseñor Universidade de São Paulo
Paulo A. Lotufo
Paulo A. Lotufo Universidade de São Paulo
Deborah Carvalho Malta
Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Mohsen Naghavi
Mohsen Naghavi Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Dóra Chor
Dóra Chor Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Shafiu Mohammed
Shafiu Mohammed Ahmadu Bello University
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington

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