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Overview

Eric B. Hekler is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans several main fields, including Psychology, Medicine, and Health Professions. Within these broad areas, subfields of focus include General Health Professions, Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Physiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Behavioral Health and Interventions, Mental Health Research Topics, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Physical Activity and Health, Health Policy Implementation Science, and Social Media in Health Education.

Eric B. Hekler has authored papers published in various academic venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Precision Health: The Role of the Social and Behavioral Sciences in Advancing the Vision (2020, Annals of Behavioral Medicine)
  • Technology-mediated just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) to reduce harmful substance use: a systematic review (2021, Addiction)
  • Innovative methods for observing and changing complex health behaviors: four propositions (2020, Translational Behavioral Medicine)
  • Accuracy and Precision of Energy Expenditure, Heart Rate, and Steps Measured by Combined-Sensing Fitbits Against Reference Measures: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2022, JMIR mhealth and uhealth)
  • Thinking Health-related Behaviors in a Climate Change Context: A Narrative Review (2022, Annals of Behavioral Medicine)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric B. Hekler include:

  • Daniel E. Rivera
  • Predrag Klasnja
  • Mohamed El Mistiri
  • Guillaume Chevance
  • Job Godino

The scientist's research is often published in venues such as Translational Behavioral Medicine, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2022 American Control Conference (ACC), and Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Evaluating Digital Health Interventions: Key Questions and Approaches.

    Elizabeth Murray;Eric B. Hekler;Gerhard Andersson;Linda M. Collins

  • Current theoretical models of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): Conceptual review and treatment implications

    Evelyn Behar;Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco;Eric B. Hekler;Jan Mohlman

  • Objective light-intensity physical activity associations with rated health in older adults.

    Matthew P. Buman;Eric B. Hekler;William L. Haskell;Leslie Pruitt

  • Microrandomized trials: An experimental design for developing just-in-time adaptive interventions.

    Predrag Klasnja;Eric B. Hekler;Saul Shiffman;Audrey Boruvka

  • Building health behavior models to guide the development of just-in-time adaptive interventions: A pragmatic framework

    Inbal Nahum-Shani;Eric B. Hekler;Donna Spruijt-Metz

  • Reallocating Time to Sleep, Sedentary Behaviors, or Active Behaviors: Associations With Cardiovascular Disease Risk Biomarkers, NHANES 2005–2006

    Matthew P Buman;Elisabeth A H Winkler;Jonathan M Kurka;Eric B Hekler

  • Harnessing Different Motivational Frames via Mobile Phones to Promote Daily Physical Activity and Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Aging Adults

    Abby C. King;Eric B. Hekler;Lauren A. Grieco;Sandra J. Winter

  • Mind the theoretical gap: interpreting, using, and developing behavioral theory in HCI research

    Eric B. Hekler;Predrag Klasnja;Jon E. Froehlich;Matthew P. Buman

  • Why we need a small data paradigm

    Eric B. Hekler;Predrag Klasnja;Guillaume Chevance;Natalie M. Golaszewski

  • Agile science: creating useful products for behavior change in the real world.

    Eric B. Hekler;Predrag Klasnja;William T. Riley;Matthew P. Buman

  • Efficacy of Contextually Tailored Suggestions for Physical Activity: A Micro-randomized Optimization Trial of HeartSteps.

    Predrag Klasnja;Predrag Klasnja;Shawna Smith;Nicholas J Seewald;Andy Lee

  • The Pace of Technologic Change: Implications for Digital Health Behavior Intervention Research

    Kevin Patrick;Eric B. Hekler;Deborah Estrin;David C. Mohr

  • Advancing Models and Theories for Digital Behavior Change Interventions

    Eric B. Hekler;Susan Michie;Misha Pavel;Daniel E. Rivera

  • The history and future of digital health in the field of behavioral medicine.

    Danielle Arigo;Danielle E. Jake-Schoffman;Kathleen Wolin;Ellen Beckjord

  • Reliability and validity of CHAMPS self-reported sedentary-to-vigorous intensity physical activity in older adults.

    Eric B. Hekler;Matthew P. Buman;William L. Haskell;Terry L. Conway

  • Applying and advancing behavior change theories and techniques in the context of a digital health revolution: proposals for more effectively realizing untapped potential.

    Arlen C Moller;Arlen C Moller;Gina Merchant;David E Conroy;Robert West

  • Building new computational models to support health behavior change and maintenance: new opportunities in behavioral research.

    Donna Spruijt-Metz;Eric Hekler;Niilo Saranummi;Stephen Intille

  • An Adaptive Physical Activity Intervention for Overweight Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Marc A. Adams;Marc A. Adams;James F. Sallis;James F. Sallis;Gregory J. Norman;Melbourne F. Hovell

  • Psychosocial factors in heart surgery: presurgical vulnerability and postsurgical recovery.

    Richard J. Contrada;David A. Boulifard;Eric B. Hekler;Ellen L. Idler

  • Commonsense illness beliefs, adherence behaviors, and hypertension control among African Americans

    Eric B. Hekler;Jennifer Lambert;Elaine Leventhal;Howard Leventhal

  • Behavior change interventions: the potential of ontologies for advancing science and practice

    Kai R. Larsen;Susan Michie;Eric B. Hekler;Bryan Gibson

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew P. Buman
Matthew P. Buman Arizona State University
Abby C. King
Abby C. King Stanford University
Marc A. Adams
Marc A. Adams Arizona State University
Donna Spruijt-Metz
Donna Spruijt-Metz University of Southern California
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Rebecca B. Price
Rebecca B. Price University of Pittsburgh
Richard J. Contrada
Richard J. Contrada Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Barbara E. Ainsworth
Barbara E. Ainsworth Arizona State University
David E. Conroy
David E. Conroy Pennsylvania State University
Elaine A. Leventhal
Elaine A. Leventhal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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