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Social Environment Shapes the Speed of Cooperation

4 | Breadboard Software , Cooperation , Social Network , Public Goods

Citation:

A. Nishi, N.A. Christakis, T. Evans, A.J. O’Malley, and D. G. Rand, "Social Environment Shapes the Speed of Cooperation" Scientific Reports, 6: 29622 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep29622

Desire for Weight Loss, Weight-Related Social Contact, and Body Mass Outcomes

3 | Egocentric Network , Obesity , Social Contagion

Citation:

M.A. Andersson and N.A. Christakis, "Desire for Weight Loss, Weight-Related Social Contact, and Body Mass Outcomes" Obesity, 24(7): 1434-1437 (July 2016) doi: 10.1002/oby.21512

Intimate partner violence norms cluster within households: an observational social network study in rural Honduras

6 | Honduras , Social Network , Global Health , LIMC , Trellis Software , Violence

Citation:

H.B. Shakya, D. Hughes, D. Stafford, N.A. Christakis, J. Fowler, J. Silverman, "Intimate partner violence norms cluster within households: an observational social network study in rural Honduras" BMC Public Health, 2016, 16:233 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2893-4

Polio vaccine hesitancy in the networks and neighborhoods of Malegaon, India

8 | India , Vaccination , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Social Contagion , LIMC , Geographic Effects , Global Health

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J.P. Onnela, B.E. Landon, A.L. Kahn, D. Ahmed, H. Verma, A.J. O'Malley, S. Bahl, R.W. Sutter, N.A. Christakis, "Polio vaccine hesitancy in the networks and neighborhoods of Malegaon, India" Social Science & Medicine, 153: 99-106 (February 2016) doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.024

Modeling the Role of Networks and Individual Differences in Inter-Group Violence

2 | Antagonistic Networks , Violence

Citation:

A. Isakov, A. Holcomb, L. Glowacki, and N.A. Christakis, "Modeling the Role of Networks and Individual Differences in Inter-Group Violence" PLoS One, 11(2): e0148314 (February 2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148314

Self Comparisons as Motivators for Healthy Behavior

1 | Obesity

Citation:

H.B. Shakya, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Self Comparisons as Motivators for Healthy Behavior" Obesity, 23: 2477–2484 (December 2015). doi:10.1002/oby.21201

Intermediate Levels of Social Fluidity Amplify Economic Growth and Mitigate Economic Inequality in Experimental Social Networks

7 | Breadboard Software , Economics , Experiment , Inequality , Connection Intervention , Social Network , Public Goods

Citation:

A. Nishi, H. Shirado, and N.A. Christakis, "Intermediate Levels of Social Fluidity Amplify Economic Growth and Mitigate Economic Inequality in Experimental Social Networks" Sociological Science, 2: 544-557 (Nov 30, 2015) doi: 10.15195/v2.a26

Inequality and Visibility of Wealth in Experimental Social Networks (Nature, 2015)

11 | Cooperation , Inequality , NAC Favorite , Nature , Economics , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Breadboard Software , Experiment , Public Goods

Citation:

A. Nishi, H. Shirado, D.G. Rand, and N.A. Christakis, "Inequality and Visibility of Wealth in Experimental Social Networks" Nature, Published online 09 September 2015. doi:10.1038/nature15392

Social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change: a cluster randomised controlled trial

11 | RCT , NAC Favorite , Contagion Intervention , Honduras , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Experiment , Global Health , Trellis Software , Network Targeting

Citation:

D.A. Kim, A.R. Hwong, D. Stafford, D.A. Hughes, A.J. O’Malley, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change: a cluster randomised controlled trial" The Lancet, Published online May 5, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60095-2

Cohort of birth modifies the association between FTO genotype and BMI

6 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Genetics , Behavior Genetics , Health Services Research

Citation:

J.N. Rosenquist, S.F. Lehrer, A.J. O’Malley, A.M. Zaslavsky, J.W. Smoller, and N.A. Christakis, "Cohort of birth modifies the association between FTO genotype and BMI" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(2): 354–359 (January 2015) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1411893111