Papers

Time to CARE: A Collaborative Engine for Practical Disease Prediction

2 | Methodology , Prognostication

Citation:

D.A. Davis, N.V. Chawla, N.A. Christakis, and A.L. Barabasi, "Time to CARE: A Collaborative Engine for Practical Disease Prediction" Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 20(3): 388- 415 (May 2010)

The Spread of Alcohol Consumption Behavior in a Large Social Network

4 | Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Substance Use

Citation:

J.N. Rosenquist, J. Murabito, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "The Spread of Alcohol Consumption Behavior in a Large Social Network" Annals of Internal Medicine, 152(7): 426-433 (April 2010)

The Spread of Sleep Behavior Influences Drug Use in Adolescent Social Networks

4 | Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Substance Use

Citation:

S.C. Mednick, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "The Spread of Sleep Behavior Influences Drug Use in Adolescent Social Networks" PLoS One, 5(3): e9775 (March 2010)

Cooperative Behavior Cascades in Human Social Networks (PNAS, 2010)

8 | Cooperation , Experiment , Contagion Intervention , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Social Contagion , Social Network , Marriage

Citation:

James H. Fowler and Nicholas A. Christakis, "Cooperative Behavior Cascades in Human Social Networks" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(12): 5334-5338 (March 2010)

Association of Environmental Factors with Elderly Health and Mortality in China

3 | China , Global Health , Social Determinants

Citation:

Y. Zeng, D. Gu, J. Purser, H. Hoenig, and N.A. Christakis, "Association of Environmental Factors with Elderly Health and Mortality in China" American Journal of Public Health, 100(2): 298- 305 (February 2010)

Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network

5 | Emotion , Mental Health , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

Citation:

97(6): 977-991 (December 2009), "Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(6): 977-991 (December 2009)

Association Between Widowhood and Risk of Diagnosis with Sexually Transmitted Infection in Older Adults

4 | Infectious Disease , Widowhood Effect , Marriage , Sexuality

Citation:

K.P. Smith and N.A. Christakis, "Association Between Widowhood and Risk of Diagnosis with Sexually Transmitted Infection in Older Adults" American Journal of Public Health, 99(11): 2055-2062 (November 2009)

On the Prospects for a Blame-Free Medical Culture

1 | Ethics

Citation:

M. Collins, S. Block, R. Arnold, and N.A. Christakis, "On the Prospects for a Blame-Free Medical Culture" Social Science and Medicine, 69(9): 1287-1290 (November 2009)

Cancer Metastasis Networks and the Prediction of Progression Patterns

3 | Biological Network , Cancer , Prognostication

Citation:

L.L. Chen, N. Blumm, N.A. Christakis, A.L. Barabasi, T.S. Deisboeck, "Cancer Metastasis Networks and the Prediction of Progression Patterns" British Journal of Cancer, 101(5): 749- 758 (August 2009)

Investigating the Mechanism of Marital Mortality Reduction: The Transition to Widowhood and Quality of Health Care

3 | Health Services Research , Widowhood Effect , Marriage

Citation:

L. Jin and N.A. Christakis, "Investigating the Mechanism of Marital Mortality Reduction: The Transition to Widowhood and Quality of Health Care" Demography, 46(3): 605-625 (August 2009)