Papers

Simple Autonomous Agents Can Enhance Creative Discovery in Human Groups
11 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Bots , Breadboard Software , Contagion Intervention , Experiment , Hybrid Systems , Methodology , NAC Favorite , Online Network , Social Contagion , Social Network

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Ueshima A, Jones MI, Christakis NA. Simple autonomous agents can enhance creative semantic discovery by human groups. Nature Communications. 2024 Jun 18;15(1):5212. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49528-y. PMID: 38890368; PMCID: PMC11189566.

The Structure and Function of Antagonistic Ties in Social Networks
9 | Antagonistic Networks , Honduras , LMIC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , PNAS , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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Ghasemian A, Christakis NA. The structure and function of antagonistic ties in village social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (PNAS). 2024 Jun 25;121(26):e2401257121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2401257121. Epub 2024 Jun 18. PMID: 38889155; PMCID: PMC11214085.

Maternal and Child Health Interventions to Promote Behavior Change: A Population-Level Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Honduras
9 | Experiment , Global Health , Honduras , LMIC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Methodology , RCT , Social Network , Trellis Software

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Oles W, Alexander M, Negron R, et al. Maternal and child health intervention to promote behaviour change: a population-level cluster-randomised controlled trial in Honduras. BMJ Open 2024;14:e060784. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-060784

Induction of Social Contagion Across Diverse Outcomes in Structured Experiments in Isolated Honduras Villages (Science, 2024)
9 | Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Experiment , Network Targeting , Contagion Intervention , Breadboard Software , Global Health , LMIC , Social Contagion , Social Network

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Airoldi EM, Christakis NA. Induction of social contagion for diverse outcomes in structured experiments in isolated villages. Science. 2024 May 3;384(6695):eadi5147. doi: 10.1126/science.adi5147. Epub 2024 May 3. PMID: 38696582.

Status invisibility alleviates the economic gradient in happiness in social network experiments
10 | Experiment , Breadboard Software , Inequality , Economics , Mental Health , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , NAC Favorite , Social Contagion , Contagion Intervention

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Nishi, A., German, C.A., Iwamoto, S.K. et al. Status invisibility alleviates the economic gradient in happiness in social network experiments. Nat. Mental Health 1, 990–1000 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00159-0

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.