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January 29, 2013
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Social Network Concordance in Food Choice Among Spouses, Friends, and Siblings
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
People are highly influenced by what the people in their social network eat.
Doctor, I’m not comfortable with that order
December 5, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Michael Painter discusses human error in health care.
Do Facebook and Other Social Networks Influence Health and Behavior?
August 9, 2011 | Program Result Report
A team at Harvard led by Nicholas Christakis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H, built several health-related social network data sets and used them to analyze the role social networks play in health and health care. Some findings achieved national media coverage.
Gaming for Weight Loss
October 30, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
The Children’s Digital Media Center at Georgetown University received a grant from Health Games Research to investigate the game design principles that might make exergames effective physical activity and weight loss tools.
Final Agenda Featuring Keynote Speakers Michael Graves and Stephen Wolfram Announced for the First-ever WIRED Health Conference: Living by Numbers presented in Partnership with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
October 3, 2012 | News Release
The agenda for the first-ever WIRED Health Conference: Living by Numbers was announced today by partners WIRED and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Contributions of Prevention and Treatment to the Decline in Cardiovascular Mortality
October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease may be attributed to both improved lifestyles and medical interventions.
Cure Violence
September 26, 2012 | Grantee
Cure Violence, formerly known as CeaseFire, is a national public health strategy that reduces gun shootings and killings.
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
September 18, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas examines the ways that the gambling industry has designed gambling machines that encourage addiction.