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Social network structure and depression by gender in rural Honduras: a cross-sectional study

8 | Honduras , Mental Health , LMIC , Global Health , Sociocentric Network , Social Network , Emotion , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH)

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Lee ST, Papamichalis M, Raygoza-Cortez K, Christakis NA, Rodriguez de la Rosa AL. Social network structure and depression by gender in rural Honduras: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2026 Jun 12;16(6):e108285. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108285. PMID: 42285574; PMCID: PMC13288701.

Measuring intellectual humility through situated behavior: An alternative to dispositional self‑reports

3 | Honduras , Global Health , Methodology

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Rudnev M, Rodriguez de la Rosa AL, Barrett R, Christakis NA, Grossmann I. Measuring intellectual humility through situated behavior: An alternative to dispositional self-reports. Behav Res Methods. 2026 May 4;58(6):150. doi: 10.3758/s13428-026-03016-x. PMID: 42082861.

Countering the Forgetting of Novel Health Information with ‘Social Boosting’

7 | Global Health , Honduras , LMIC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Social Contagion , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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Krishna V, Christakis NA. Countering the forgetting of novel health information with ‘social boosting.' SSM Popul Health, 33 (2026); 101902

Social Networks and International Migration in Honduran Villages

8 | Geographic Effects , Global Health , Honduras , LMIC , PNAS , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

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Thomas LJ, Christakis NA, Garip F. Social networks and international migration in Honduran villages. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Jan 6;123(1):e2505818122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2505818122. Epub 2026 Jan 2. PMID: 41481447; PMCID: PMC12773785.

Gut Microbiome Strain-sharing within Isolated Village Social Networks (Nature, 2024)

14 | Friendship , Genetics , Global Health , Homophily , Honduras , Indigenous Social Network , Infectious Disease , LMIC , Microbiome , NAC Favorite , Nature , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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Beghini F, Pullman J, Alexander M, Shridhar SV, Prinster D, Singh A, Matute Juárez R, Airoldi EM, Brito IL, Christakis NA. Gut microbiome strain-sharing within isolated village social networks. Nature. 2025 Jan;637(8044):167-175. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08222-1. Epub 2024 Nov 20. PMID: 39567691; PMCID: PMC11666459.

Environmental, socioeconomic, and health factors associated with gut microbiome species and strains in isolated Honduras villages

10 | Biomarker , Cardiovascular Disease , Geographic Effects , Global Health , Honduras , Indigenous Social Network , LMIC , Mental Health , Microbiome , Trellis Software

Citation:

Shridhar SV, Beghini F, Alexander M, Singh A, Juárez RM, Brito IL, Christakis NA. Environmental, socioeconomic, and health factors associated with gut microbiome species and strains in isolated Honduras villages. Cell Reports. 2024 Jul 3;43(7):114442. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114442. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38968070.

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

Citation:

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.

Approaching disease transmission with network science

4 | Global Health , Social Network , Infectious Disease , LMIC

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Vishnempet Shridhar, S., Christakis, N.A. Approaching disease transmission with network science. Nat Rev Bioeng 2, 6–7 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-023-00139-0

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.

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