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Nicholas A. Christakis—a sociology professor at Harvard Medical School and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—and his wife Erika L. Christakis ’86 will become Pforzheimer House’s new masters this fall, said Pfoho Resident Dean Lisa Boes, Monday...
Christakis is best known for his work on health and social networks. His current research explores how factors such as health, disability, and death can influence an individual's social network.
Regina George, Serena Van Der Woodsen, and Marissa Cooper may have more to thank for their popularity than just great hair. A group of researchers from Harvard and the University of California, San Diego have suggested that social network structures have a genetic basis—meaning that popularity may...
Display of Health Risk Behaviors on MySpace by Adolescents & Reducing At-Risk Adolescents' Display of Risk Behavior on a Social Networking Web Site Megan A. Moreno, Dimitri A. Christakis, et al. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Vol. 163 No.1 January 2009
But like Christakis, Wood cautions against excessive alarm. "It's an unfortunate situation," says Wood, "if a family with an inaccurate perception of the allergy leads a child to believe that a Snickers bar from 50 feet away is a lethal weapon."