Dr. Donald Hedeker

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Biography

Donald Hedeker is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago. His primary expertise lies in the development and application of advanced statistical methods for clustered longitudinal data, with a particular emphasis on mixed-effects models. He is a co-author of the authoritative text "Longitudinal Data Analysis," published by Wiley in 2006, which has contributed significantly to the field. He has developed software for analyzing intensive longitudinal data, especially where measurements are collected over time using mobile devices or the internet. His research interests include mobile health (mHealth) and ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies. Hedeker has served as an associate editor for the journal Statistics in Medicine and has received numerous accolades including being elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and receiving a Long-Term Excellence Award from the Health Policy Statistics Section of the ASA.

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Experience

Professor

2000-01-01 — Present

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Teaching and researching advanced statistical methods in public health.

Awards

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Fellow

2000-01-01
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Long-Term Excellence Award

2015-01-01
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Elected Member

2016-01-01
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Sells Award for Distinguished Multivariate Research

2022-01-01

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Department of Philosophy