Laura Heyns Mariani, MD, MSCE

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Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Assistant Clerkship Director and Associate Fellowship Director - Nephrology, Medical School
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Laura Heyns Mariani, MD, MSCE
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Associate Professor
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    • Journal Article
      Air pollution and disease progression among patients with primary glomerular disease: an expanded study with extended follow-up
      Troost JP, Kshirsagar AV, Smoyer WE, Klein J, Merchant ML, Helmuth M, Mariani LH, Kretzler M, Smith AR, Lacey F, Engel LS, Trachtman H, O’Lenick CR. Environmental Health A Global Access Science Source, 2026 Dec 1; 25 (1): DOI:10.1186/s12940-026-01312-9
      PMID: 42243965
    • Journal Article
      Corrigendum to “Precision nephrology identified tumor necrosis factor activation variability in minimal change disease and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.” Kidney International 2023;103,565–579 (Kidney International (2023) 103(3) (565–579), (S0085253822009668), (10.1016/j.kint.2022.10.023))
      Mariani LH, Eddy S, AlAkwaa FM, McCown PJ, Harder JL, Nair V, Eichinger F, Martini S, Ademola AD, Boima V, Reich HN, El Saghir J, Godfrey B, Ju W, Tanner EC, Vega-Warner V, Wys NL, Adler SG, Appel GB, Athavale A, Atkinson MA, Bagnasco SM, Barisoni L, Brown E, Cattran DC, Coppock GM, Dell KM, Derebail VK, Fervenza FC, Fornoni A, Gadegbeku CA, Gibson KL, Greenbaum LA, Hingorani SR, Hladunewich MA, Hodgin JB, Hogan MC, Holzman LB, Jefferson JA, Kaskel FJ, Kopp JB, Lafayette RA, Lemley KV, Lieske JC, Lin JJ, Menon R, Meyers KE, Nachman PH, Nast CC, O'Shaughnessy MM, Otto EA, Reidy KJ, Sambandam KK, Sedor JR, Sethna CB, Singer P, Srivastava T, Tran CL, Tuttle KR, Vento SM, Wang CS, Ojo AO, Adu D, Gipson DS, Trachtman H, Kretzler M. Kidney International, 2026 Nov 1; 110 (5): 1325 - 1326. DOI:10.1016/j.kint.2026.08.001
    • Journal Article
      The landscape of allele-specific expression in human kidneys
      Onuchic-Whitford AC, Sung J, Sakkas ED, McNulty MT, Mezger V, O’Connor CL, Greenberg A, Yoon JG, Badina S, Mariani LH, Bitzer M, Sampson MG, Lee D. Science Advances, 2026 Oct 2; 12 (40): DOI:10.1126/sciadv.aeg3462
      PMID: 42826188
    • Presentation
      The PARASOL Initiative – A global collaboration to define clinical trial endpoints in glomerular disease
      Mariani L. 2026 Sep 30;
    • Journal Article
      Length of Follow-Up Time Needed for Stable eGFR Slope Estimation in Glomerular Disease
      Liu Q, Chen A, Mariani LH, Janowczyk A, Lafata K, Hodgin J, Barisoni L, Holzman LB, Zee J. Kidney360, 2026 Sep 1; 7 (9): 2056 - 2065. DOI:10.34067/KID.0000001235
      PMID: 42189610
    • Journal Article
      IgA nephropathy: an overview of the disease, its pathophysiology, and involvement of the gut-kidney axis
      Cheung CK, Mariani LH. Kidney International Supplements, 2026 Aug 1; 15 (1): 3 - 13. DOI:10.1016/j.kisu.2026.01.003
    • Journal Article
      Individualised treatment effects of corticosteroids in IgA nephropathy
      Hölscher DL, Schmitz NEJ, Niggemeier L, Pilva P, Strauch M, Tesar V, Barratt J, Roberts ISD, Coppo R, Barisoni L, Yanagita M, Alabalik U, Rule AD, Jagtap JM, Abreu ES, Seikrit C, von Stillfried S, Taal MW, Kalra PA, Floege J, Kramann R, Boor P. Ebiomedicine, 2026 Aug 1; 130: DOI:10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106396
      PMID: 42447753
    • Preprint
      Atlas of glomerular disease-specific genetic effects on blood transcriptome.
      Liu L, Wang C, Kravets O, Fermin D, Eichinger F, Zanoni F, Khan A, Zhang JY, Ouyang Y, Li Q, Hamilton P, Kalra PA, Chinnadurai R, Reidy K, Kopp J, Mucha K, Smith C, Smith AR, Mcnulty M, Eddy S, Nair V, Helmuth ME, Vasylyeva TL, Smoyer WE, Berthier C, Parekh R, Wenderfer SE, Onugha E, Martin T, Sokolova K, Sealfon RSG, Theesfeld CL, Parsa A, Gbadegesin R, Sampson M, Sanna-Cherchi S, Troyanskaya OG, Paul DS, Petrovski S, Goldstein D, Mariani LH, Gharavi A, Columbia Genomics Consortium, NEPTUNE Consortium, CureGN Consortium , Kretzler M, Kiryluk K. 2026 Jul 20; DOI:10.64898/2026.06.22.26356281
      PMID: 42396300

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