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Dimitri Alexander Christakis is an American pediatrician, researcher, and author from Seattle, Washington.[1][2][3]

Education

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Christakis received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Yale University, a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Public Health Degree from the University of Washington.[4][5][6]

Career

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Christakis is the George Adkins Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA in the Department of Pediatrics.[7] He was appointed Director of Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development at Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute in 2005, and he is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.[8][9] In addition, he is an adjunct professor in the Departments of Health Services and Psychiatry at the University of Washington.[10][11]

Christakis and his colleagues have conducted research on the risk factors of early television exposure, detailing an increased risk for the onset of attention, health, and behavioral issues in adolescents.[12] He is the co-author of The Elephant in the Living Room: Make Television Work for Your Kids ( 2006).[13] His research also focused on how the language acquisition for children can be improved by playing blocks and how children are aggressive while watching violent cartoons at 7–10 years of age. As part of a popular TEDx talk, Christakis spoke regarding the newborn brain and media exposure on children.[14][15][16] Christakis has been instrumental in the revision of national guidelines on pediatric screen exposure.[17] And his research was also instrumental in calling into question the efficacy of "Baby Einstein" (and similar) videos; his group's research, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, found that "for every hour a child 8 to 16 months old watched educational videos, they understood six to eight fewer words than their peers."[18][19]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Christakis appeared frequently on public media to help advance the public understanding of science related to the situation faced by children, particularly with respect to the harms accruing to children from having to be masked or out of school.[20][21][22][23][24][25]

Christakis was appointed the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Pediatrics in 2018.[26] In 2023, he was appointed the Chief Health Officer of Special Olympics International.

His H-index is 100.[27]

Awards and honors

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In 2010, Christakis received the Research Award for Lifetime Contribution by the Academic Pediatric Association, and, in 2018, he was elected as Member of Washington State Academy of Sciences.[28][29]

Selected publications

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  • Dimitri A. Christakis, Frederick J. Zimmerman, David L. DiGiuseppe and Carolyn A. McCarty. "Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children". Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.[30]
  • Dimitri A. Christakis, Loren Mell, Thomas D. Koepsell, Frederick J. Zimmerman and Frederick A. Connell. "Association of Lower Continuity of Care With Greater Risk of Emergency Department Use and Hospitalization in Children". Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.[31]
  • Christakis D A, and Feudtner C. "Ethics in a short white coat: the ethical dilemmas that medical students confront". Journal of Academic Medicine.[32]
  • Dimitri A Christakis. "The effects of infant media usage: what do we know and what should we learn?". Wiley Online Library.[33]
  • Dimitri A. Christakis, Jill Gilkerson, and Jeffrey A. Richards. "Audible Television and Decreased Adult Words, Infant Vocalizations, and Conversational Turns A Population-Based Study". JAMA Network.[34]

References

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  1. ^ "Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH". Seattle Children's Hospital. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH | Directory | Division of General Pediatrics | Department of Pediatrics | University of Washington". depts.washington.edu. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "Dimitri A Christakis's research while affiliated with Seattle Children's Research Institute and other places". April 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH | Directory | Division of General Pediatrics | Department of Pediatrics | University of Washington". depts.washington.edu. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  5. ^ "Christakis Lab". Seattle Children's Hospital. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "Nature, nurture, or network?". yalealumnimagazine.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH | Directory | Division of General Pediatrics | Department of Pediatrics | University of Washington". depts.washington.edu. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH". Seattle Children's Hospital. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  9. ^ "Fellows in the News – April 2010". AAP News. 31 (4): 32. April 1, 2010. doi:10.1542/aapnews.2010314-32 (inactive January 31, 2024). ISSN 1073-0397.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  10. ^ "CCHBD Leadership". Seattle Children's Hospital. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  11. ^ "Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH". Seattle Children's Hospital. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  12. ^ Radesky, J. S.; Christakis, D. A. (October 2016). "sciencedirect". Pediatric Clinics of North America. 63 (5): 827–839. doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2016.06.006. PMID 27565361.
  13. ^ "The Elephant In The Living Room by Dimitri A. Christakis, Federick J. Zimmerman: 9781623361952 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  14. ^ Christakis, Dimitri A.; Lowry, Sarah J.; Goldberg, Georgia; Violette, Heather; Garrison, Michelle M. (June 5, 2019). "Assessment of a Parent-Child Interaction Intervention for Language Development in Children". JAMA Network Open. 2 (6): e195738. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.5738. PMC 6575141. PMID 31199447.
  15. ^ Christakis, Dimitri A. (October 1, 2011). "The Effects of Fast-Paced Cartoons". Pediatrics. 128 (4): 772–774. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-2071. ISSN 0031-4005. PMID 21911351. S2CID 19272229.
  16. ^ TEDxRainier - Dimitri Christakis - Media and Children, retrieved March 3, 2020
  17. ^ "How Much Screen Time Is Too Much? Ask Seattle's Dimitri Christakis". Seattle Met. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  18. ^ "UW battle over Baby Einstein settled, maybe". The Seattle Times. June 30, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  19. ^ Holden, Constance, ed. (January 29, 2010). "Baby Einstein Goes to Court". Science. 327 (5965): 507. doi:10.1126/science.327.5965.507-c. ISSN 0036-8075.
  20. ^ "What would make it safe to reopen Washington's schools with COVID-19 still a threat? In short: It's up to everybody". The Seattle Times. August 21, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  21. ^ Erdman, Shelby Lin (July 15, 2020). "Give teachers 'medical grade PPE' to get schools reopened and students back in class, pediatrician urges". CNN. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  22. ^ Altmann, Dr Tanya (December 1, 2020). "To open schools safely, mask up and close bars and malls". CNN. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  23. ^ "Physician: White House recommendations for school reopening are 'based on a political agenda' | "This isn't a plan," says Dr. Dimitri Christakis about the White House releasing new recommendations for schools as they prepare to reopen amid the... | By Don Lemon CNN | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  24. ^ Phil in the Blanks: ft. Dimitri Christakis - Actionable Strategies To Rebuild and Help Our Children, retrieved October 7, 2022
  25. ^ Mixed Messaging During the COVID-19 Pandemic, retrieved February 26, 2023
  26. ^ "For Authors | JAMA Pediatrics | JAMA Network". jamanetwork.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  27. ^ "Dimitri Christakis".
  28. ^ "Research Award". Academic Pediatric Association. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  29. ^ "14 UW professors elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2018". UW News. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  30. ^ Christakis, Dimitri A.; Zimmerman, Frederick J.; DiGiuseppe, David L.; McCarty, Carolyn A. (April 1, 2004). "Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children". Pediatrics. 113 (4): 708–713. doi:10.1542/peds.113.4.708. ISSN 0031-4005. PMID 15060216.
  31. ^ Christakis, Dimitri A.; Mell, Loren; Koepsell, Thomas D.; Zimmerman, Frederick J.; Connell, Frederick A. (March 1, 2001). "Association of Lower Continuity of Care With Greater Risk of Emergency Department Use and Hospitalization in Children". Pediatrics. 107 (3): 524–529. doi:10.1542/peds.107.3.524. ISSN 0031-4005. PMID 11230593.
  32. ^ Christakis, D.; Feudtner, C. (April 1, 1993). "Ethics in a short white coat: the ethical dilemmas that medical students confront". Academic Medicine. 68 (4): 249–254. doi:10.1097/00001888-199304000-00003. ISSN 1040-2446. PMID 8466599. S2CID 23740225.
  33. ^ Christakis, Dimitri A. (2009). "The effects of infant media usage: what do we know and what should we learn?". Acta Paediatrica. 98 (1): 8–16. doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01027.x. ISSN 1651-2227. PMID 18793294. S2CID 29762729.
  34. ^ Christakis, Dimitri A.; Gilkerson, Jill; Richards, Jeffrey A.; Zimmerman, Frederick J.; Garrison, Michelle M.; Xu, Dongxin; Gray, Sharmistha; Yapanel, Umit (June 1, 2009). "Audible Television and Decreased Adult Words, Infant Vocalizations, and Conversational Turns: A Population-Based Study". Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 163 (6): 554–8. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.61. ISSN 1072-4710. PMID 19487612.
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