Mitchell Laboratory News & Announcements

Led by Dr. Erica Jansen from the University of Michigan, Dr. Mitchell co-authored this study that investigated associations of sleep duration and timing with BMI in a large pediatric database.

CHOP ranks among the best children’s hospitals in the nation; researchers honored for contributions to automotive and neonatal medicine.

Dr. Chen and Dr. Mitchell co-authored this study that assessed the performance of three sleep algorithms against in-person polysomnography for detecting sleep/wake in children.

Nebiat Gebregiorgis is leaving the Mitchell Lab to attend medical school.

Dr. Misol Kwon presented at the 2025 SLEEP Meeting.

Eva Nicolosi and Morgan McDonald joined the lab in May 2025 as clinical research coordinators. We are excited to welcome them to CHOP and see what they accomplish with the lab!

Giuliana Vellecorsa has been a clinical research coordinator in the lab for two years. She has moved on from the lab and enrolled in La Salle University's Psy.D. Program in Clinical Psychology. Congratulations to Giuliana!

Dr. Jessica Decker has been promoted!

Multiple members of the lab contributed to this project that detailed specific behavior change techniques that have been used in pediatric sleep intervention and documents key behavior change techniques that are most effective.

Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Cielo are named directors of the CHOP Pediatric Sleep and Circadian Research Affinity Group. This RAG provides a home for investigators with expertise in sleep and circadian fields doing a broad array of clinical research at CHOP.