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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

Citation:

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

Citation:

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.

Network-cycle motif participation is associated with individual and collective wealth in Honduran villages

8 | Economics , Honduras , Inequality , LMIC , Methodology , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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Shridhar, S.V., Lee, S.T., Charette, Y. et al. Network-cycle motif participation is associated with individual and collective wealth in Honduran villages. Sci Rep 15, 27680 (2025).

Cognitive representations of social networks in isolated villages

11 | Friendship , Honduras , Indigenous Social Network , Genetics , LMIC , Methodology , Multiplex Network , NAC Favorite , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

Citation:

Feltham, E., Forastiere, L. & Christakis, N.A. Cognitive representations of social networks in isolated villages. Nat Hum Behav (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02221-6

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

Citation:

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.

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

Citation:

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.

The Enmity Paradox

8 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , Antagonistic Networks , Honduras , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software , Violence

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Ghasemian A, Christakis NA. The enmity paradox. Sci Rep. 2023 Nov 16;13(1):20040. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47167-9. PMID: 37973933; PMCID: PMC10654772.

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

Citation:

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

Emergency communications after earthquake reveal social network backbone of important ties

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

Citation:

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

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

Citation:

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

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