Donald Hedeker's chief expertise is in the development and use of advanced statistical methods for clustered and longitudinal data, with particular emphasis on mixed-effects models. He is the primary author of several freeware computer programs for mixed-effects analysis. With Robert Gibbons, Don is the author of the text “Longitudinal Data Analysis,” published by Wiley in 2006. More recently, he has developed methods and software for analysis of intensive longitudinal data, which are data with many measurements over time, often collected using mobile devices and/or the internet. Such data are increasingly obtained by researchers in many research areas, for example in the areas of mobile health (mHealth) and ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies. He is an associate editor for Statistics in Medicine.
University of Chicago
Chicago
PhD - Quantitative Psychology
1989
University of Chicago
Chicago
BA - Economics
1980
Secular trends in BMI, excess weight and body fat skinfolds in Peruvian children living at high altitude.
Secular trends in BMI, excess weight and body fat skinfolds in Peruvian children living at high altitude. Ann Hum Biol. 2025 Dec; 52(1):2494565.
PMID: 40421916
NUYou: Results from a cluster randomized trial testing a mHealth cardiovascular health intervention in young adults.
NUYou: Results from a cluster randomized trial testing a mHealth cardiovascular health intervention in young adults. J Am Coll Health. 2025 May 27; 1-11.
PMID: 40424115
Does increasing cigarette use stabilize mood? A real-time investigation spanning 6 years of adolescence and young adulthood.
Does increasing cigarette use stabilize mood? A real-time investigation spanning 6 years of adolescence and young adulthood. Addiction. 2025 May 21.
PMID: 40395061
A Note on Ordinal Modeling of Smoking Rate Data.
A Note on Ordinal Modeling of Smoking Rate Data. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Apr 30.
PMID: 40305323
Racial and ethnic differences in topography and subjective effects among young adults in response to smoking their usual brand menthol or nonmenthol cigarette.
Racial and ethnic differences in topography and subjective effects among young adults in response to smoking their usual brand menthol or nonmenthol cigarette. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2025 Apr; 33(2):145-154.
PMID: 39992758
A machine-learned model for predicting weight loss success using weight change features early in treatment.
A machine-learned model for predicting weight loss success using weight change features early in treatment. NPJ Digit Med. 2024 Nov 29; 7(1):344.
PMID: 39613928
"Smoker" and "Vaper" identity in people who use both cigarettes and E-cigarettes: Changes over time and associations with smoking behaviors.
"Smoker" and "Vaper" identity in people who use both cigarettes and E-cigarettes: Changes over time and associations with smoking behaviors. J Addict Dis. 2024 Nov 18; 1-9.
PMID: 39558472
Moving Beyond Mean Levels: Associations Between Subject-Level Variability in Psychological Determinants and Physical Activity in Older Adults.
Moving Beyond Mean Levels: Associations Between Subject-Level Variability in Psychological Determinants and Physical Activity in Older Adults. J Phys Act Health. 2025 Jan 01; 22(1):112-122.
PMID: 39504953
Pleasure and Satisfaction as Predictors of Future Cigarette and E-cigarette Use: A Novel Two-Stage Modeling Approach.
Pleasure and Satisfaction as Predictors of Future Cigarette and E-cigarette Use: A Novel Two-Stage Modeling Approach. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Oct 22; 26(11):1472-1479.
PMID: 38775349
The Relative Reinforcing Value of Menthol Among Young Adult Cigarette Smokers: Results From a Behavioral Choice Task.
The Relative Reinforcing Value of Menthol Among Young Adult Cigarette Smokers: Results From a Behavioral Choice Task. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Sep 18.
PMID: 39290086
Sells Award for Distinguished Multivariate Research
Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology
2022
Elected Member, Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology
Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology
2016
Long-Term Excellence Award, Health Policy Statistics Section ASA
Health Policy Statistics Section ASA
2015
Elected Member, International Statistical Institute
International Statistical Institute
2015
Fellow, American Statistical Association
American Statistical Association
2000