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Derek Hevel, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate (previously held)

Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Health Policy & Health Svcs Research

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Dr. Derek J. Hevel is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Center for Behavioral Science Research at Boston University, in the Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Hevel received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Kinesiology and his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from Illinois State University in Kinesiology.

Dr. Hevel's research focuses on the antecedents and consequences of health behaviors including physical activity, sedentary behaviors, diet, sleep, and oral health behaviors. His work leverages digital technologies to both capture and intervene on health behavior intensively across time. The focus on digital health initiatives has allowed him to identify health inequalities across socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, gender, and age.

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Maher JP, Behler MH, Hevel DJ, Hudgins BL, Kennedy-Malone L, Khan IF, Murray E, Postlethwait EM, Seo Y, Williams K, Labban JD. Determinants of physical activity adoption and maintenance in older adults: A dual process approach. Psychol Sport Exerc. 2025 Mar; 77:102800. PMID: 39722313; PMCID: PMC11781950; DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102800;

Maher JP, Labban JD, Hudgins BL, Hevel DJ, Bittel KM, Kennedy-Malone L, Hedeker D. 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

Hudgins BL, Seo Y, Bittel KM, Williams K, Hevel DJ, Labban JD, Maher JP. Does Attraction Toward Physical Activity Predict Physical Activity Behavior in Older Adults? J Aging Phys Act. 2025 Feb 01; 33(1):63-70. PMID: 39159928

Hevel DJ, Maher JP. Affective responses during physical activity predicting same day and next day physical activity in emerging adulthood: an Ecological Momentary Assessment study. Psychol Health. 2025 May; 40(5):765-782. PMID: 37688301

Maher JP, Hevel DJ, Bittel KM, Hudgins BL, Labban JD, Kennedy-Malone L. Studying Movement-Related Behavioral Maintenance and Adoption in Real Time: Protocol for an Intensive Ecological Momentary Assessment Study Among Older Adults. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jul 28; 12:e47320. PMID: 37505805; PMCID: PMC10422169; DOI: 10.2196/47320;

Hevel DJ, Henshaw M, Endrighi R, Adams WG, Heeren T, Jankowski A, Borrelli B. The differential predictive utility of two caregiver-targeted self-efficacy measures to promote oral health of underserved children. Health Psychol. 2023 Oct; 42(10):735-745.View Related Profiles.

Borrelli, Belinda
Hevel, Derek
Henshaw, Michelle
Endrighi, Romano
Heeren, Timothy
Adams, William

PMID: 37307330; PMCID: PMC10524688; DOI: 10.1037/hea0001308;

Reifsteck EJ, Hevel DJ, Anderson SN, Rebar AL, Maher JP. Investigating Intraindividual Variability of Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Relations With Subsequent Physical Activity. J Sport Exerc Psychol. 2023 Jun 01; 45(3):166-170. PMID: 37160291

Bittel KM, O'Briant KY, Ragaglia RM, Buseth L, Murtha C, Yu J, Stanely JM, Hudgins BL, Hevel DJ, Maher JP. Associations Between Social Cognitive Determinants and Movement-Related Behaviors in Studies Using Ecological Momentary Assessment Methods: Systematic Review. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2023 Apr 07; 11:e44104. PMID: 37027185; PMCID: PMC10131703; DOI: 10.2196/44104;

Hudgins BL, Hevel DJ, Maher JP. Screen-based and non-screen-based sedentary behaviors are differentially associated with affective states in older adults. Psychol Sport Exerc. 2023 Jul; 67:102433. PMID: 37665886

Maher JP, Batts M, Rebar AL, Mead MP, Zaplatosch ME, Hevel DJ, Adams WM, McGuirt JT. Bidirectional Relations Between Daily Stress and Sleep Among Black Emerging Adults. Ann Behav Med. 2022 Nov 05; 56(11):1089-1100. PMID: 35986720; DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaac015;

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Davis TJ, Hevel DJ, Dunton GF, Maher JP. Bidirectional Associations Between Physical Activity and Pain Among Older Adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. J Aging Phys Act. 2023 Apr 01; 31(2):240-248. PMID: 35995422; DOI: 10.1123/japa.2022-0014;

Arigo D, Hevel D, Bittel K, Maher JP . Within-person examination of the exercise intention-behavior gap among women in midlife with elevated cardiovascular disease risk. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 2022. View Publication
Johnson MN, Maher JP, Meadows CC, Bittel KM, Hevel DJ, Drollette ES. Exercise for the Unhappy Mind: Positive Affect Moderates Cognition and Affect Following a Single Bout of Aerobic Physical Activity. Psychology of Sport & Exercise. 2022. View Publication

Arigo D, Hevel D, Bittel K, Maher JP. Within-person examination of the exercise intention-behavior gap among women in midlife with elevated cardiovascular disease risk. Psychol Sport Exerc. 2022 May; 60. PMID: 35531355; PMCID: PMC9075694; DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102138;

Kennedy-Malone L, Hevel DJ, Sappenfield KB, Scheer H, Zecca CF, Maher JP. Low-Income, Older African Americans' Engagement in and Perceptions of a Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior. Innovation in Aging. 2021. View Publication

Kennedy-Malone L, Hevel DJ, Sappenfield KB, Scheer H, Zecca C, Maher JP. Low-Income, Older African Americans' Engagement in and Perceptions of a Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior. Innov Aging. 2022; 6(1):igab056. PMID: 35146131; PMCID: PMC8824513; DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igab056;

Hevel DJ, Drollette ES, Dunton GF, Maher JP. Social and Physical Context Moderates Older Adults' Affective Responses to Sedentary Behavior: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2021 Nov 15; 76(10):1983-1992. PMID: 33656523; DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbab036;

Maher JP, Sappenfield K, Scheer H, Zecca CF, Hevel DJ, Kennedy-Malone L. Feasibility and Validity of Assessing Low-Income, African American Older Adults’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Through Ecological Momentary Assessment. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behavior. 2021. View Publication
Hevel DJ, Drollette ES, Dunton GF, Maher JP. Social and Physical Context Moderates Older Adults’ Affective Responses to Sedentary Behavior: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 2021. View Publication

Hevel DJ, Dunton GF, Maher JP. Acute Bidirectional Relations Between Affect, Physical Feeling States, and Activity-Related Behaviors Among Older Adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Ann Behav Med. 2021 Feb 12; 55(1):41-54. PMID: 32441738; DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaaa027;

Maher JP, Hevel DJ, Reifsteck EJ, Drollette ES. Physical activity is positively associated with college students' positive affect regardless of stressful life events during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology of sport and exercise. 2021. View Publication

Maher JP, Hevel DJ, Reifsteck EJ, Drollette ES. Physical activity is positively associated with college students' positive affect regardless of stressful life events during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychol Sport Exerc. 2021 Jan; 52:101826. PMID: 33100905; PMCID: PMC7568511; DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101826;

Adams WM, Wininger M, Zaplatosch ME, Hevel DJ, Maher JP, McGuirt JT. Influence of Nutrient Intake on 24 Hour Urinary Hydration Biomarkers Using a Clustering-Based Approach. Nutrients. 2020. View Publication

Adams WM, Wininger M, Zaplatosch ME, Hevel DJ, Maher JP, McGuirt JT. Influence of Nutrient Intake on 24 Hour Urinary Hydration Biomarkers Using a Clustering-Based Approach. Nutrients. 2020 Sep 25; 12(10). PMID: 32992692; PMCID: PMC7600929; DOI: 10.3390/nu12102933;

Hevel DJ, Dunton GF, Maher JP. Acute Bidirectional Relations Between Affect, Physical Feeling States, and Activity-Related Behaviors Among Older Adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2020. View Publication
Maher JP, Harduk M, Hevel DJ, Adams WM, McGuirt JT. Momentary Physical Activity Co-Occurs with Healthy and Unhealthy Dietary Intake in African American College Freshmen. Nutrients. 2020. View Publication

Maher JP, Harduk M, Hevel DJ, Adams WM, McGuirt JT. Momentary Physical Activity Co-Occurs with Healthy and Unhealthy Dietary Intake in African American College Freshmen. Nutrients. 2020 May 09; 12(5). PMID: 32397433; PMCID: PMC7285035; DOI: 10.3390/nu12051360;

Adams WM, Hevel DJ, Maher JP, McGuirt JT; Racial and Sex Differences in 24 Hour Urinary Hydration Markers among Male and Female Emerging Adults: A Pilot Study.; 2020 Apr 12;12(4). Racial and Sex Differences in 24 Hour Urinary Hydration Markers among Male and Female Emerging Adults: A Pilot Study. Nutrients. 2020. View Publication

Adams WM, Hevel DJ, Maher JP, McGuirt JT. Racial and Sex Differences in 24 Hour Urinary Hydration Markers among Male and Female Emerging Adults: A Pilot Study. Nutrients. 2020 Apr 12; 12(4). PMID: 32290616; PMCID: PMC7230723; DOI: 10.3390/nu12041068;

Hevel DJ, Amorose AJ, Lagally KM, Rinaldi-Miles A, Pierce S. Testing the effects of messaging on physical activity motivation in active and non-active adults. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 2019. View Publication

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 30 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020

Bar chart showing 30 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020

Year	Publications
2019	1
2020	8
2021	7
2022	5
2023	6
2024	3

2022 American Kinesiology Association & University of North Carolina at Greensboro: American Kinesiology Assocation Doctoral Scholar

2021 University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Graduate School Showcase of Scholarship Health Sciences Award Winner

2021 Univeristy of North Carolina at Greensboro: School of Health and Human Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant Department of Kinesiology Nominee

2020 University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Summer Research Assistantship from the School of Health and Human Sciences

2019 Illinois State University: College of Applied Science & Technology James L. Fisher Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award:

2019 Univeristy of North Carolina at Greensboro: Stout Graduate Research Fellowship from the Department of Kinesiology

2019 University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Summer Research Assistantship from the School of Health and Human Sciences

2018 University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Irene Beverly Moore Fellowship

2018 Illinois State University: L. Marlene Mawson Graduate Research Potential Award

2016 Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology: Dean's List

2016 Illinois State Campus Recreation: Outstanding Guest Service Award

2015 Illinois State University Campus Recreation: Peer Leadership Award

2014 Illinois State University Campus Recreation: Outstanding Guest Service Award

2014 Illinois State University Campus Recreation: Outstanding Team Member

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