Dimitri Alexander Christakis

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

Education

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Christakis received a BA (English Literature) from Yale University, and MD from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MPH from the University of Washington.[4][5]

Career

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Christakis is the George Adkins Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA in the Department of Pediatrics.[6] 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.[7][8] In addition, he is an adjunct professor in the Departments of Health Services and Psychiatry at the University of Washington.[9][10]

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.[11] He is the co-author of The Elephant in the Living Room: Make Television Work for Your Kids ( 2006).[12] 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.[13][14][15] He has appeared frequently in public media to talk about screen exposure and the benefits of manual play (and other topics) in children.[1]

Christakis has been instrumental in the revision of national guidelines on pediatric screen exposure.[16] 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."[17][18]

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.[19][20][21][22][23][24]

Christakis was appointed the editor-in-chief of the leading peer-reviewed journal JAMA Pediatrics in 2018.[25]

In 2023, he was appointed the Chief Health Officer of Special Olympics International.[26]

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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  • 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. PMID 15060216.
  • 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. PMID 11230593.
  • Christakis, D A; Feudtner, C (April 1993). "Ethics in a short white coat: the ethical dilemmas that medical students confront". Academic Medicine. 68 (4): 249–54. doi:10.1097/00001888-199304000-00003. PMID 8466599.
  • Christakis, Dimitri A (January 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. PMID 18793294.
  • Christakis, Dimitri A.; Gilkerson, Jill; Richards, Jeffrey A.; Zimmerman, Frederick J.; Garrison, Michelle M.; Xu, Dongxin; Gray, Sharmistha; Yapanel, Umit (June 2009). "Audible Television and Decreased Adult Words, Infant Vocalizations, and Conversational Turns: A Population-Based Study". Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 163 (6): 554–558. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.61. PMID 19487612.

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. ^ "Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH | Directory | Division of General Pediatrics | Department of Pediatrics | University of Washington". depts.washington.edu. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH". Seattle Children's Hospital. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "Fellows in the News - April 2010". AAP News. 31 (4): 32. April 2010.
  9. ^ "CCHBD Leadership". Seattle Children's Hospital. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  10. ^ "Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH". Seattle Children's Hospital. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  11. ^ Radesky, Jenny S.; Christakis, Dimitri A. (October 2016). "Increased Screen Time". Pediatric Clinics of North America. 63 (5): 827–839. doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2016.06.006. PMID 27565361.[non-primary source needed]
  12. ^ "The Elephant In The Living Room by Dimitri A. Christakis, Federick J. Zimmerman: 9781623361952 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  13. ^ Christakis, Dimitri A.; Lowry, Sarah J.; Goldberg, Georgia; Violette, Heather; Garrison, Michelle M. (June 14, 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.[non-primary source needed]
  14. ^ Christakis, Dimitri A. (October 2011). "The Effects of Fast-Paced Cartoons". Pediatrics. 128 (4): 772–774. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-2071. PMID 21911351.[non-primary source needed]
  15. ^ TEDxRainier - Dimitri Christakis - Media and Children, December 28, 2011, retrieved March 3, 2020
  16. ^ "How Much Screen Time Is Too Much? Ask Seattle's Dimitri Christakis". Seattle Met. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  17. ^ "UW battle over Baby Einstein settled, maybe". The Seattle Times. June 30, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  18. ^ "Baby Einstein Goes to Court". Science. 327 (5965): 507. January 29, 2010. doi:10.1126/science.327.5965.507-c.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ Altmann, Dr Tanya (December 1, 2020). "To open schools safely, mask up and close bars and malls". CNN. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  22. ^ "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.
  23. ^ Phil in the Blanks: ft. Dimitri Christakis - Actionable Strategies To Rebuild and Help Our Children, December 30, 2021, retrieved October 7, 2022
  24. ^ Mixed Messaging During the COVID-19 Pandemic, December 20, 2022, retrieved February 26, 2023
  25. ^ "For Authors | JAMA Pediatrics | JAMA Network". jamanetwork.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  26. ^ "Dimitri A Christakis, MD, MPH". SpecialOlympics.org. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  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.
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