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Clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes are linked to a limited set of taxa within gut microbiome worldwide

5 | Methodology , Microbiome , Honduras , Infectious Disease , Global Health

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Diebold PJ, Rhee MW, Shi Q, Trung NV, Umrani F, Ahmed S, Kulkarni V, Deshpande P, Alexander M, Thi Hoa N, Christakis NA, Iqbal NT, Ali SA, Mathad JS, Brito IL. Clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes are linked to a limited set of taxa within gut microbiome worldwide. Nature Communications. 2023 Nov 14;14(1):7366. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42998-6. PMID: 37963868; PMCID: PMC10645880.

Emergency communications after earthquake reveal social network backbone of important ties

4 | Phone Network , China , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

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Jayson S Jia, Yiwei Li, Sheng Liu, Nicholas A Christakis, Jianmin Jia, Emergency communications after earthquake reveal social network backbone of important ties, PNAS Nexus, Volume 2, Issue 11, November 2023, pgad358, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad358

A Prospective Sociocentric Study of 2 Entire Traditional Korean Villages: The Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP)

Citation:

Baek J, Baldina E, Sung K, Lee SH, Christakis NA, Bearman P, Kim HC, Chu SH, Lee E, Park YR, Chey J, Choi YH, Lee D, Youm Y. A Prospective Sociocentric Study of 2 Entire Traditional Korean Villages: The Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP). Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 5;193(2):241-255. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwad190. PMID: 37759338.

Mass Gatherings for Political Expression Had No Discernable Association with the Local Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA in 2020 and 2021

3 | Epidemic Disease , Infectious Disease , Political Science

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Feltham, E., Forastiere, L., Alexander, M. et al. Mass gatherings for political expression had no discernible association with the local course of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA in 2020 and 2021. Nat Hum Behav 7, 1708–1728 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01654-1

AI and the transformation of social science research

3 | Methodology , Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Science

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Grossmann I, Feinberg M, Parker DC, Christakis NA, Tetlock PE, Cunningham WA. AI and the transformation of social science research. Science. 2023 Jun 16;380(6650):1108-1109. doi: 10.1126/science.adi1778. Epub 2023 Jun 15. PMID: 37319216.

Social network correlates of free and purchased insecticide-treated bed nets in rural Uganda

6 | Social Determinants , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Uganda , Infectious Disease , Global Health

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S. Takada, P. Krezanoski, V. N. Nyakato, A.J. O'Malley, J. M. Perkins, A. C. Tsai, D. R. Bangsberg, N. A. Christakis, and A. Nishi, “Social network correlates of free and purchased insecticide-treated bed nets in rural Uganda,” Malar J, 21, 350 (2022) (Nov 2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04347-8

Polarized Citizen Preferences for the Ethical Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in 20 Countries

2 | Ethics , LIMC

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J.F. Bonnefon, N. A. Christakis, I. Rahwan, A. Shariff, E. Awad, and B. Bago, “Polarized Citizen Preferences for the Ethical Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in 20 Countries,” MDM Policy & Practice, Volume 7, Issue 2, July 2022 (Jul 2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/23814683221113573

Algorithms for seeding social networks can enhance the adoption of a public health intervention in urban India (PNAS, 2022)

15 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , PNAS , India , Contagion Intervention , Experiment , Global Health , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , LIMC , RCT , Trellis Software , Network Targeting

Citation:

M. Alexander, L. Forastiere, N. A. Christakis, and S. Gupta, “Algorithms for seeding social networks can enhance the adoption of a public health intervention in urban India,” PNAS, 119(30) e2120742119 (May 2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120742119

Testing for Balance in Social Networks

6 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Honduras , Friendship

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D. Feng, Altmeyer R., D. Stafford, N. A. Christakis, and Zhou H., “Testing for Balance in Social Networks,” Journal of the American Statistical Association, 06/2020: 1-19 (May 2020) DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2020.1764850

Characterizing super-spreaders using population-level weighted social networks in rural communities

8 | Methodology , Honduras , Epidemic Disease , Infectious Disease , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software , Network Targeting

Citation:

S. Vishnempet Shridhar, M. Alexander, and N. A. Christakis, “Characterizing super-spreaders using population-level weighted social networks in rural communities,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 380(2214) (Nov 2021) DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0123