Nicholas Christakis, MD, MPH, PhD
Sterling Professor of Social and Natural ScienceCards
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2026
Social network structure and depression by gender in rural Honduras: a cross-sectional study
Lee S, Papamichalis M, Raygoza-Cortez K, Christakis N, de la Rosa A. Social network structure and depression by gender in rural Honduras: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2026, 16: e108285. PMID: 42285574, PMCID: PMC13288701, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Influence “Paradox”: When More Network Ties Lead to Less Change
Hsiao Y, Christakis N. The Influence “Paradox”: When More Network Ties Lead to Less Change. American Sociological Review 2026, 91: 464-489. DOI: 10.1177/00031224261438845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetagenomic polymorphic toxin effector and immunity profiling predicts microbiome development and disease-related dysbiosis
Schroer H, Beghini F, Garay J, Christakis N, Bosch D. Metagenomic polymorphic toxin effector and immunity profiling predicts microbiome development and disease-related dysbiosis. MSystems 2026, 11: e00305-26. PMID: 42171373, PMCID: PMC13288982, DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00305-26.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeasuring intellectual humility through situated behavior: An alternative to dispositional self-reports
Rudnev M, Rodriguez de la Rosa A, Barrett R, Christakis N, Grossmann I. Measuring intellectual humility through situated behavior: An alternative to dispositional self-reports. Behavior Research Methods 2026, 58: 150. PMID: 42082861, DOI: 10.3758/s13428-026-03016-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOn the optimal integration of intelligent agents into network systems to steer cooperation
Fu F, Chen X, Christakis N. On the optimal integration of intelligent agents into network systems to steer cooperation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2026, 123: e2537939123. PMID: 41838917, PMCID: PMC13011929, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2537939123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchModeling roles and trade-offs in multiplex networks
Nakis N, Lehmann S, Christakis N, Mørup M. Modeling roles and trade-offs in multiplex networks. Nature Communications 2026, 17: 3622. PMID: 41794882, PMCID: PMC13096192, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-68896-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCountering the forgetting of novel health information with ‘social boosting’
Krishna V, Christakis N. Countering the forgetting of novel health information with ‘social boosting’. SSM - Population Health 2026, 33: 101902. PMID: 41737907, PMCID: PMC12927082, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2026.101902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHow malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy
Schroeder D, Cha M, Baronchelli A, Bostrom N, Christakis N, Garcia D, Goldenberg A, Kyrychenko Y, Leyton-Brown K, Lutz N, Marcus G, Menczer F, Pennycook G, Rand D, Ressa M, Schweitzer F, Song D, Summerfield C, Tang A, Van Bavel J, van der Linden S, Kunst J. How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy. Science 2026, 391: 354-357. PMID: 41570131, DOI: 10.1126/science.adz1697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial networks and international migration in Honduran villages
Thomas L, Christakis N, Garip F. Social networks and international migration in Honduran villages. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2026, 123: e2505818122. PMID: 41481447, PMCID: PMC12773785, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2505818122.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Characterization of gut microbiomes in rural Honduras reveals uncharacterized species and associations with human genetic variation
Beghini F, Brito I, Gerstein M, Christakis N. Characterization of gut microbiomes in rural Honduras reveals uncharacterized species and associations with human genetic variation. Cell Reports 2025, 45: 116724. PMID: 41420859, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116724.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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- May 06, 2024
Christakis Is Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
- March 24, 2021
Teaching medicine to machines using AI to improve care today
- June 06, 2020
Fourth Virtual Dean's Workshop Highlights Mathematical Modeling as a Valuable COVID-19 Tool
- June 05, 2020Source: Yale News
Yale App Hunala Aims to Be ‘Waze for Coronavirus’
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