
Current Position
Freelance Scientific Writer (2022-present)
Previous Position
Crawford Post-Doctoral Fellow, co-mentored with Dr. Deborah Murdock (2010-2015)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center post-doctoral fellow (2015-2016)
Staff Scientist, Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2017)
Staff Scientist, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2018-2020)
Research Assistant Professor Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2020-2022)
Recent Publications
- Breeyear, JH, Mitchell, SL, Nealon, CL, Hellwege, JN, Charest, B, Khakharia, A, Halladay, CW, Yang, J, Garriga, GA, Wilson, OD et al.. Development of electronic health record based algorithms to identify individuals with diabetic retinopathy. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2024; 31 (11): 2560-2570. PubMed PMID:39158361 PubMed Central PMC11491608.
- Breeyear, JH, Hellwege, JN, Schroeder, PH, House, JS, Poisner, HM, Mitchell, SL, Charest, B, Khakharia, A, Basnet, TB, Halladay, CW et al.. Adaptive selection at G6PD and disparities in diabetes complications. Nat Med 2024; 30 (9): 2480-2488. PubMed PMID:38918629 PubMed Central PMC11555759.
- Obremskey, WT, Tornetta, P 3rd, Luly, J, Morshed, S, O'Toole, RV, Hsu, JR, Mitchell, SL, Mackenzie, EJ, Frey, KP, Castillo, RC et al.. Outcomes of Patients With Large Versus Small Bone Defects in Open Tibia Fractures Treated With an Intramedullary Nail: A Descriptive Analysis of a Multicenter Retrospective Study. J Orthop Trauma 2022; 36 (8): 388-393. PubMed PMID:34962235 .
- Peters, KS, Rivera, E, Warden, C, Harlow, PA, Mitchell, SL, Calcutt, MW, Samuels, DC, Brantley, MA Jr. Plasma Arginine and Citrulline are Elevated in Diabetic Retinopathy. Am J Ophthalmol 2022; 235 : 154-162. PubMed PMID:34587493 .
- McLaughlin, KH, Mitchell, SL, Archer, KR, Master, H, Morshed, S, Gary, JL, Jones, CB, MacKenzie, EJ, Reider, L, METRC et al.. Effect of Severe Distal Tibia, Ankle, and Mid- to Hindfoot Trauma on Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines 18 Months After Injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2022; 103 (3): 409-417.e2. PubMed PMID:34425087 PubMed Central PMC9178527.
- Mitchell, SL, Leon, DAC, Chaugai, S, Kawai, VK, Levinson, RT, Wei, WQ, Stein, CM. Pharmacogenetics of hypoglycemia associated with sulfonylurea therapy in usual clinical care. Pharmacogenomics J 2020; 20 (6): 831-839. PubMed PMID:32504053 PubMed Central PMC8174577.
- Sumarriva, K, Uppal, K, Ma, C, Herren, DJ, Wang, Y, Chocron, IM, Warden, C, Mitchell, SL, Burgess, LG, Goodale, MP et al.. Arginine and Carnitine Metabolites Are Altered in Diabetic Retinopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2019; 60 (8): 3119-3126. PubMed PMID:31323682 PubMed Central PMC6645705.
- Mitchell, SL, Uppal, K, Williamson, SM, Liu, K, Burgess, LG, Tran, V, Umfress, AC, Jarrell, KL, Cooke Bailey, JN, Agarwal, A et al.. The Carnitine Shuttle Pathway is Altered in Patients With Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2018; 59 (12): 4978-4985. PubMed PMID:30326066 PubMed Central PMC6188466.
- Smieszek, S, Mitchell, SL, Farber-Eger, EH, Veatch, OJ, Wheeler, NR, Goodloe, RJ, Wells, QS, Murdock, DG, Crawford, DC. Hi-MC: a novel method for high-throughput mitochondrial haplogroup classification. PeerJ 2018; 6 : e5149. PubMed PMID:29967758 PubMed Central PMC6022720.
- Mitchell, SL, Neininger, AC, Bruce, CN, Chocron, IM, Bregman, JA, Estopinal, CB, Muhammad, A, Umfress, AC, Jarrell, KL, Warden, C et al.. Mitochondrial Haplogroups Modify the Effect of Diabetes Duration and HbA1c on Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2017; 58 (14): 6481-6488. PubMed PMID:29288266 PubMed Central PMC5749245.