Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Primary Care Research Fellowship, University of Colorado School of Medicine 2008 - 2010
  • M.P.H., University of Colorado School of Medicine 2010
  • Internal Medicine Residency, University of Colorado School of Medicine 2005 - 2008
  • M.D., Washington University School of Medicine 2005
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Changes in Weight and Physical Function for Older African American Women in National, Peer-Led, Community-Based Weight Loss Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
  • Evaluation of Low Cost National Weight Loss Program in Underserved awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Mitchell, NS, Scialla, JJ, and Yancy, WS. "Are low-carbohydrate diets safe in diabetic and nondiabetic chronic kidney disease?." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (January 15, 2019). (Review)  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, Furniss, AL, Helmkamp, LJ, and Van Pelt, RE. "Factors Associated with Achievement of Clinically Significant Weight Loss by Women in a National Nonprofit Weight Loss Program." Journal of Women'S Health (2002) 26, no. 8 (August 2017): 911-917.  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, Prochazka, AV, and Glasgow, RE. "Time to RE-AIM: Why Community Weight Loss Programs Should Be Included in Academic Obesity Research." Preventing chronic disease 13 (March 17, 2016): E37-.  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, Nassel, AF, and Thomas, D. "Reach of Effective, Nationally-Available, Low-Cost, Nonprofit Weight Loss Program in Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs)." Journal of community health 40, no. 6 (December 2015): 1201-1206.  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, Polsky, S, Catenacci, VA, Furniss, AL, and Prochazka, AV. "Up to 7 Years of Sustained Weight Loss for Weight-Loss Program Completers." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 49, no. 2 (August 2015): 248-258.  Full Text
    • Jensen-Otsu, E, Ward, EK, Mitchell, B, Schoen, JA, Rothchild, K, Mitchell, NS, and Austin, GL. "The effect of Medicaid status on weight loss, hospital length of stay, and 30-day readmission after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery." Obesity surgery 25, no. 2 (February 2015): 295-301.  Full Text
    • Cifuentes, M, Polsky, S, and Mitchell, NS. "Perspectives of older African-American women on a community-based weight loss program: qualitative findings from the Senior Wellness Initiative and Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) Collaboration for Health." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 62, no. 10 (October 2014): 1996-1998. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, Manning, BK, Staton, EW, Emsermann, CD, Dickinson, LM, and Pace, WD. "Outcomes of biomarker feedback on physical activity, eating habits, and emotional health: from the Americans in Motion-Healthy Intervention (AIM-HI) study." Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 27, no. 1 (January 2014): 61-69.  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, and Polsky, S. "Innovative care delivery model to address obesity in older African-American women: Senior Wellness Initiative and Take Off Pounds Sensibly collaboration for health (SWITCH)." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 61, no. 11 (November 2013): 1971-1975.  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, Suh, CA, Stroebele, N, Hill, JO, and Tsai, AG. "Weight change in pediatric TennCare recipients referred to a commercial weight loss program." Academic pediatrics 13, no. 2 (March 2013): 152-158.  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, Ellison, MC, Hill, JO, and Tsai, AG. "Evaluation of the effectiveness of making Weight Watchers available to Tennessee Medicaid (TennCare) recipients." Journal of general internal medicine 28, no. 1 (January 2013): 12-17.  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, Catenacci, VA, Wyatt, HR, and Hill, JO. "Obesity: overview of an epidemic." The Psychiatric Clinics of North America 34, no. 4 (December 2011): 717-732. (Review)  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, Dickinson, LM, Kempe, A, and Tsai, AG. "Determining the effectiveness of Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), a nationally available nonprofit weight loss program." Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 19, no. 3 (March 2011): 568-573.  Full Text
    • Mitchell, NS, Hagel, L, and Fernandez, EJ. "In situ analysis of protein chromatography and column efficiency using magnetic resonance imaging." Journal of chromatography. A 779, no. 1-2 (August 1997): 73-89.  Full Text

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