Nicholas Christakis is an internist and social scientist who conducts research on social factors that affect health, health care and longevity. His

research on social networks melds together network science and mathematical models to help understand the dynamics of health in longitudinally evolving networks. Dr. Christakis’s research has substantial implications for our understanding of health behavior and policy to the extent that health behaviors such as smoking, drinking, or unhealthy eating spread within networks in intelligible ways. Dr. Christakis is the author of Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives (2009).

The Lyle Lanier LectureHosted by: Department of PsychologyHosted by: Department of Psychology

In conjunction with:  Beckman Institute, College of Applied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Department of Anthropology, Department of Communication, Department of Educational Psychology, Department of Human and Community Development, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Department of Sociology, Institute for Genomic Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of Social Work