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From: Christakis, Nicholas c > Sent: ril 23, 2013 3:25 AM To: Barnaby Marsh; Jeffrey Epstein; James Fowler Subject: Re: introduction -- with two links dear all: i just had a really stimulating late-night meeting with barnaby an' -= for which my thanks. I'd welcome the chance to have a conversation with you, Jeff. james and i =ave been collaborators of martin nowak's for some time. our own work is f=cused on the deep mathematical and biological/genetic rules governing how =uman assemble themselves into social networks -- and what our embeddedness=in these networks means for our lives, how it affects everything from our =ropensity to cooperate to our risk of epidemic diseases to our ability to =nnovate. it's hard to communicate how exciting (we think) and relevant this work is =ia email (linda or barnaby could weigh in since they know your interests b=tter than i do), but here is an 18 minute TED talk on one idea james and i=have been pursuing: http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_how_socia=_networks_predict_epidemics.html and here is a link to a recent Nature paper of ours: http://humannaturelab=net/wp-content/themes/human-nature- lab/media/pdf/publications/articles/127=pdf best, nicholas On Apr 21, 2013, at 11:03 AM 4/21/13, James Fowler wrote: > Thanks= And mice to meet you Barnaby and Jeffrey. > I also am in NY frequently if you ever want to chat. > Best, > james > James H. Fowler > Professor of Medical Genetics and Political Science UC San Diego > http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu > CONNECTED > http://connectedthebook.com > On Apr 20, 2013, at 7:22 PM, » Barnaby and Jeffrey wrote: EFTA_R1_00066708 EFTA01761743 » This is a quick introduction to James Fowler (based in San Diego, but in=Boston visiting) and Nicholas Christakis, at Harvard, about to move to Yal=, but gets to NY frequently.... » You'd find their work interesting. Trust me. » xoxox Nicholas A. Christakis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Professor Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University 180 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02115 úx) email: web: http: christakis.med.harvard.edu lab: http://www.humannaturelab.net/ twitte <?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/Propertylist-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1366687496</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8623750145</integer> <key>gmail-label-ids</key> <array> <integer>22</integer> <integer>2</integer> </array> <key>remote-id</key> <string>294057</string> </dict> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_00066709 EFTA01761744