Nicholas A. Christakis practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Nicholas A. Christakis as American physician and sociologist.
Nicholas A. Christakis was born at United States in 1962. His recorded nationality is United States. He trained at Harvard Medical School and Yale University.
Modern medicine is specialised, expensive and evidence-governed, with genetics and imaging reshaping what can be diagnosed.
His posts were held at Harvard University, Yale University and Harvard Medical School.
Among his principal contributions are Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks and Nicholas Christakis: How social networks predict epidemics. Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
That the work was done from United States matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Nicholas A. Christakis is still working, and the assessment of the contribution is not yet complete.
Achievements
- Notable work: Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks
- Notable work: Nicholas Christakis: How social networks predict epidemics
- Held posts at Harvard University, Yale University and Harvard Medical School
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