Nicole L. Mihalopoulos,
MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine

Languages Spoken: English, Modern Greek (1453-)
Dr. Mihalopoulos graduated medical school from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. She completed residency training in Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine, and received her MPH in Health Systems Management at Tulane, then moved to Rochester, NY to complete dual post-doctoral clinical and research fellowships in adolescent medicine and preventive cardiology at the University of Rochester.
Nicole Mihalopoulos, MD, MPH is Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Mihalopoulos sees adolescents and young adults, 8 – 25 years of age, with a variety of adolescent health problems. She has special interest in obesity and heart disease risk factors, menstrual management, transgender healthcare, and eating disorders.
Clinical Locations
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Associate Professor Internal Medicine - Adjunct Associate Professor Nutrition and Integrative Physiology - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Academic Divisions | Adolescent Medicine General Internal Medicine |
Dr. Mihalopoulos graduated medical school from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. She completed residency training in Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine, and received her MPH in Health Systems Management at Tulane, then moved to Rochester, NY to complete dual post-doctoral clinical and research fellowships in adolescent medicine and preventive cardiology at the University of Rochester.
Nicole Mihalopoulos, MD, MPH is Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Mihalopoulos sees adolescents and young adults, 8 – 25 years of age, with a variety of adolescent health problems. She has special interest in obesity and heart disease risk factors, menstrual management, transgender healthcare, and eating disorders.
Academic Locations
Williams Building
801-213-4128
(801) 581-3899
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Associate Professor Internal Medicine - Adjunct Associate Professor Nutrition and Integrative Physiology - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Academic Divisions | Adolescent Medicine General Internal Medicine |
Education History
Fellowship | University of Rochester Adolescent Medicine Fellow, 2005 |
Fellowship | University of Rochester Preventive Cardiology Fellow, 2005 |
Graduate Training | Tulane University School of Public Health Public Health M.P.H., 2003 |
Residency | Tulane University Health Sciences Center Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine Resident, 2003 |
Internship | Tulane University Health Sciences Center Internal Medicine Intern, 2000 |
Professional Medical | Tulane University M.D., 1999 |
Undergraduate | University of Utah Exercise Physiology B.A., 1995 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Aris IM, Perng W, Dabelea D, Ganiban JM, Liu C, Marceau K, Robertson OC, Hockett CW, Mihalopoulos NL, Kong X, Herting MM, OShea TM, Jensen ET, Hivert MF, Oken E, Program Collaborators for Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (2022). Analysis of Early-Life Growth and Age at Pubertal Onset in US Children. JAMA Netw Open, 5(2), e2146873.
- Geist C, Greenburg K co-first authors, Luikenaar R, Mihalopoulos NL (2021). Pediatric Research and Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents and Young Adults: Improving (Biopsychosocial) Health Outcomes. Acad Pediatr, 21(1), 32-42.
- Mihalopoulos NL, Yap JT, Beardmore B, Holubkov R, Nanjee MN, Hoffman JM (2020). Cold-Activated Brown Adipose Tissue is Associated with Less Cardiometabolic Dysfunction in Young Adults with Obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring), 28(5), 916-923.
- Tylavsky FA, Ferrara A, Catellier DJ, Oken E, Li X, Law A, Dabelea D, Rundle A, Gilbert-Diamond D, Hivert MF, Breton CV, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Mueller NT, Hunt KJ, Arteaga SS, Lombo T, Mahabir S, Ruden D, Sauder K, Hedderson MM, Zhu Y, Polk S, Mihalopoulos NL, Vos M, Pyles L, Roary M, Aschner J, Karagas MR, Trasande L (2019). Understanding childhood obesity in the US: the NIH environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO) program. Int J Obes (Lond), 44, 617-627.
- Mihalopoulos NL, Stipelman C, Hemond J, Brown LL, Young PC (2019). Universal Lipid Screening in 9- to 11-Year-Olds Before and After 2011 Guidelines. Acad Pediatr, 18(2), 196-199.
- Taylor S, Borzutzky C, Jasik CB, Mihalopoulos NL, Smith-Barron K, Woolford S, Garber A, McPherson M, AlBuhairan FS, Kohn M, Garland BH, Dixon A (2016). Preventing and Treating Adolescent Obesity: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. J Adolesc Health, 59(5), 602.
- Tak CR, Yu T, Sherwin CM, Mihalopoulos NL (2016). Optimizing enrollment in pediatric obese patients: reflections on recruitment characteristics.LID - 10.1515/ijamh-2016-0029 [doi]LID - /j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2016-0029/ijamh-2016-0029.xml [pii]. Int J Adolesc Med Health, 29(6).
- Eissa MA, Mihalopoulos NL, Holubkov R, Dai S, Labarthe DR (2016). Changes in Fasting Lipids during Puberty. J Pediatr, 170, 199-205.
- King MA, Nkoy FL, Maloney CG, Mihalopoulos NL (2015). Physicians and Physician Trainees Rarely Identify or Address Overweight/Obesity in Hospitalized Children. J Pediatr, 167(4), 816-820.e1.
- Mihalopoulos NL, Spigarelli MG (2015). Comanagement of Pediatric Depression and Obesity: A Clear Need for Evidence. Clin Ther, 37(9), 1933-7.
Review
Book Chapter
- Mihalopoulos NL, Kepka D, Reddy D, Woodruff K, Digre KB (2016). The 7 Domains of Physical Health. In Frost CJ, Digre KB (Eds.), Multidisciplinary Considerations of Women's Health in the 21st Century (pp. 124-146). Dubuque: Kendal Hunt Publishers.
Other
- Pearson K, Jordan KC, Metos J, Holubkov R, Nanjee MN, Mihalopoulos NL (2020). Association of Prepregnancy BMI, Gestational Weight Gain, and Child Birth Weight with Metabolic Dysfunction in Children and Adolescents with Obesity. South Med J (113(10), pp. 482-487). United States.
- Mihalopoulos NL, Yap JT, Beardmore B, Holubkov R, Nanjee MN, Hoffman JM (2020). Cold-Activated Brown Adipose Tissue is Associated with Less Cardiometabolic Dysfunction in Young Adults with Obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring) (28(5), pp. 916-923). United States.