Jonathan A. Mitchell, PhD

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Jonathan A. Mitchell, PhD, is an investigator in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Education and Training

Fellowship

Postdoctoral Fellow of Epidemiology - Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Undergraduate Degree

BSc (Hons) in Physiology - University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Graduate Degree

PhD in Exercise Science - University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

MsC in Human Nutrition - University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Titles and Academic Titles

Co-Director, Digital Health Innovation Core, Center for Human Phenomic Science

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Selected Publications

Awards and Honors

2017, Rising Star Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
2017, New Investigator Award, American College of Sports Medicine
2016, John Haddad Young Investigator Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
2015, NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award, National Institutes of Health
2012, New Investigator Award: American Society of Preventive Oncology
2011-2014, NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health
2010, Michael L. Pollock Student Scholarship, American College of Sports Medicine

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

Ad Hoc Reviewer

2015-present, New England Journal of Medicine
2014-present, Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
2014-present, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
2013-present, JAMA Pediatrics
2013-present, International Journal of Obesity
2013-present, Lancet
2013-present, Sleep Medicine
2012-present, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
2012-present, Pediatrics

Academic and Institutional Committees

2022-present, Digital and Technology Innovation Working Group
2020-present,Center for Human Phenomic Science Resource Review Committee
2020-present, Center for Human Phenomic Science Digital Health Innovation Core, Co-Director
2014-present, The Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), University of Pennsylvania, Associate Member
Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Trainee Member (2011-2015)

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2020-2021, Healthcare Work Group for the Physical Activity and Health Innovation Collaborative, of the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions at the National Academies
2021, Chair of the “Pediatrics Physical Activity Vital Sign Expert Panel” for the Healthcare Work Group for the Physical Activity and Health Innovation Collaborative, of the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions at the National Academies
2020-present, Society of Behavioral Medicine
2020-present, Sleep Research Society
2020-present, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
2015-present, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
2007-present, American College of Sports Medicine
 - 2018-2021, Chair of the "Exercise is Medicine" Pediatrics Advisory Group
 - 2017-present, Member of the "Exercise is Medicine" Pediatrics Advisory Group