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Robert Gibbons, PhD

Robert D. Gibbons is the Blum-Riese Professor and a Pritzker Scholar at the University of Chicago. He has appointments in the Departments of Medicine, Public Health Sciences and Comparative Human Development. He also directs the Center for Health Statistics. Professor Gibbons is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the International Statistical Institute, and the Royal Statistical Society, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers and five books. His statistical work spans the areas of longitudinal data analysis, item response theory, environmental statistics and drug safety and has led to thousands of applications in the biological and social sciences. Professor Gibbons has received life-time achievement awards from the American Statistical Association, the American Public Health Association and Harvard University. He is a founder of the Mental Health Statistics section of the American Statistical Association.

University of Chicago
Chicago Illinois
Ph.D. - Statistics/Psychometrics
1981

University of Denver
Denver Colorado
BA - Chemistry/Mathematics
1976

Parental Diseases of Despair and Suicidal Events in Their Children.
Parental Diseases of Despair and Suicidal Events in Their Children. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Sep 02; 8(9):e2531442.
PMID: 40938599

The BAsic NeuroCognitive Continuum (BANCC): Delineation of dimensional and categorical features for etiological and treatment investigations of idiopathic psychosis.
The BAsic NeuroCognitive Continuum (BANCC): Delineation of dimensional and categorical features for etiological and treatment investigations of idiopathic psychosis. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2025 Nov; 79(11):747-756.
PMID: 40855769

Association of the 2018 U.S. Heart Allocation Policy Change and the Survival Benefit of Heart Transplantation.
Association of the 2018 U.S. Heart Allocation Policy Change and the Survival Benefit of Heart Transplantation. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 Jul; 13(7):102480.
PMID: 40472621

Prevalence of Past-Year Mental and Substance Use Disorders, 2021-2022.
Prevalence of Past-Year Mental and Substance Use Disorders, 2021-2022. Psychiatr Serv. 2025 Aug 01; 76(8):720-728.
PMID: 40395079

Impact of insurance type on outpatient mental health treatment of US adults.
Impact of insurance type on outpatient mental health treatment of US adults. PLOS Ment Health. 2025 May; 2(5).
PMID: 40895171

Performance of an Electronic Universal Mental Health Screening Tool in Pediatric Emergency Departments.
Performance of an Electronic Universal Mental Health Screening Tool in Pediatric Emergency Departments. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 Sep 01; 41(9):695-701.
PMID: 40275761

Antidepressant Effects of Nitrous Oxide in Major Depressive Disorder: A Phase 2b Randomized Clinical Trial.
Antidepressant Effects of Nitrous Oxide in Major Depressive Disorder: A Phase 2b Randomized Clinical Trial. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci. 2025 Jul; 5(4):100504.
PMID: 40503328

A National Study Among Diverse US Populations of Exposure to Prescription Medications with Evidence-Based Pharmacogenomic Information.
A National Study Among Diverse US Populations of Exposure to Prescription Medications with Evidence-Based Pharmacogenomic Information. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2025 Jun; 117(6):1793-1802.
PMID: 40033674

Cognitive performance and differentiation of B-SNIP psychosis Biotypes: Algorithmic Diagnostics for Efficient Prescription of Treatments (ADEPT) - 2.
Cognitive performance and differentiation of B-SNIP psychosis Biotypes: Algorithmic Diagnostics for Efficient Prescription of Treatments (ADEPT) - 2. Biomark Neuropsychiatry. 2025 Jun; 12.
PMID: 40353045

Adaptive measurement of cognitive function based on multidimensional item response theory.
Adaptive measurement of cognitive function based on multidimensional item response theory. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2024 Oct-Dec; 10(4):e70018.
PMID: 39748843

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Advisor to the Secretary of the Veterans Administration
Veterans Administration
2017 - 2017

Endowed Chair University of Chicago – The Blum-Riese Professorship
University of Chicago
2016 - pres

Distinguished Achievement Medal for the ASA’s Section on Statistics and the Environment
ASA
2016 - 2016

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
Royal Statistical Society
2016 - 2016

Fellow of the International Statistical Institute
ISI
2015 - pres

Fellow of the Center for Health Administration Studies
University of Chicago
2015 - pres

Long-Term Excellence Award – Health Policy Statistics Section
ASA
2013 - 2013

Rema Lapouse Award for Contributions to Psychiatric Epidemiology
American Public Health Association
2012 - 2012

Pritzker Scholar
University of Chicago
2011 - pres

Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics
University of Illinois
2010 - pres

Distinguished Faculty Award
University of Illinois
2009 - 2009

Outstanding Statistical Applications Award
ASA
2009 - 2009

Youden Prize for Contributions to Inter-laboratory Calibration
ASA
2006 - 2006

Harvard Award in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Harvard University
2003 - 2003

Youden Prize for Contributions to Inter-laboratory Calibration
ASA
2002 - 2002

Member of the Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine) of the National Academy of Sc
National Academy of Sciences
2001 - pres

Fellow of the American Statistical Association
ASA
2001 - pres

Research Scientist Award
NIMH
1995 - 2000