SELECTED INTERVIEWS
2010 "Our Modern Connected Lives" (TED)
2008 "Social Networks Are Like the Eye" (Edge Foundation)
SELECTED TALKS
2011 "Applying Social Network Interventions in the Developing World," Plenary Address, Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA
2011 "Human Social Networks in Real and Evolutionary Time," 22nd Annual Lyle Lanier Lecture, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2011 "The Evolutionary Significance of Human Social Networks," MIT Media Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA
2011 "The Evolutionary Significance of Human Social Networks," Plenary Address, Workshop on Information in Networks, New York University, New York, NY
2011 "The Biological Bases and Consequences of Social Networks: Are We Wired to Share Risks?" Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 "Social Networks and Evolution," Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2011 "Genetic Antecedents and Genetic Consequences of Human Social Networks," Plenary Address, Interdisciplinary Workshop on Information and Decision in Social Networks, MIT, Cambridge, MA
2011 "Connected: The Hidden Influence of Social Networks," Keynote Address, International Conference of Innovative Cities, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
2011 "New Topics in Social Network Science," Engineering Systems Division, MIT, Cambridge, MA
2011 "Two New Topics in Network Science: The Genetic Antecedents of Social Networks, and Using Social Networks as Sensors for Epidemics," Department of Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2011 "Genetic Antecedents and Genetic Consequences of Human Social Networks," Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2011 "Connected: Understanding and Using Social Networks in Health," R.C. Fox Lecture, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2011 "Social Networks Offline," Distinguished Lecture Series, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2010 "Social Networks Offline," IBM Research, Cambridge, MA
2010 "Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives," Hrvatski Telekom Annual Meeting, Zagreb, Croatia
2010 "The Relevance of Social Networks to Smoking Behavior," Keynote Address, American Legacy Foundation, Washington, DC
2010 "Using Social Networks to Improve Health," TEDx, Nashville, TN
2010 "Connected: How Relationships Shape Our Health," The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA
2010 "The Role of Social Networks in Changing Human Behavior," Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA
2010 "Predicting Contagions," TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), Cannes, France
2010 "New Insights into the Role of Social Networks in Human Behavior," National Academy of Science, Washington, DC
2010 "Social Networks as Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks," Program in Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2010 "Why Social Networks Are Like Carbon," Cambridge Science Festival, Cambridge, MA
2010 "The Genetic Basis for Social Networks," Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2010 "Social Networks and Health," Eighth Annual CHB Lecture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2010 "Human Social Networks as a Foundation for Public Health," Grand Rounds on the Future of Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY
2010 "Connected: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," Russell Sage Foundation, New York City, NY
2010 "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," National Conference on Public Health, Athens, Greece
2010 "Connected," The Oxford Union, Oxford, UK
2010 "Connected," The Hellenic-American Union, Athens Greece
2010 "Connected: The Amazing Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives," RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers, and Commerce), London, UK
2010 "The Human Superorganism," TED, Long Beach, CA
2010 "Connected: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2010 "The Spread of Health Phenomena in Longitudinally Resolved Social Networks," National Institute of Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD
2009 "Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives," Nuffield College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
2009 "Genetic Basis for Social Network Structure and Social Aspects of Social Network Function," Said Business School, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
2009 "Genetic Basis for Social Network Structure and Social Aspects of Social Network Function," Department of Epidemiology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
2009 "The Spread of Happiness in Social Networks," Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2009 "The Spread of Health Phenomena Across Complex, Longitudinally Evolving Social Networks," Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2009 "Genetic Basis for Social Network Structure and Social Aspects of Social Network Function," Department of Economics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, and Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
2009 "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Complex, Longitudinally Resolved Social Networks," Keynote Address, German Physical Society Annual Meeting, Dresden, Germany
2008 "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
2008 "The Spread of Health Phenomena in Complex, Longitudinally Resolved Social Networks," Carolina Population Center Annual Distinguished Lecture, University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
2008 "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," 37th Annual Merrimon Lecture, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Raleigh, NC
2008 "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Obesity, Substance Use, and Happiness in Longitudinally Resolved Social Networks," Opening Keynote Address, NetSci08 Conference, Norwich, UK
2008 "The Interpersonal Spread of Health Behaviors in Social Networks," Keynote Address, Health in Aging Conference, Dublin, Ireland
2008 "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," Keynote Address, Conference on the Empirical Analysis of Networks, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
2008 "Examining New, Evolving Social Networks," Meeting on Methodology for Empirical Research on Social Interactions, Social Networks, and Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2008 "The Spread of Health Phenomena in Complex, Longitudinally Resolved Social Networks," Systems Biology Department, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2008 "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," Applied Statistics Workshop, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2008 "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," Department of Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2008 "Person-to-Person Spread of Health Behaviors in a Large Social Network," Behavioral and Social Science Research Annual Lecture Series, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2008 "The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," Fourth Annual Poretsky Lecture, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
2008 "The Spread of Health Phenomena in Complex, Longitudinally Resolved Social Networks," Program in Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2008 "Social Contagion and Individual Health," Office of the Provost, Boston College, Boston, MA
2008 "The Spread of Obesity, Substance Use, and Happiness in Longitudinally Resolved Social Networks," Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and Social Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2008 "The Spread of Health Phenomena in Complex Social Networks," Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI
2008 "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University, New York, NY
2008 "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks," Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
2007 "Some Thoughts on the Rise of Social Science Data Complexity," Meeting on Computational Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2007 "The Spread of Health Phenomena Within Complex Social Networks," Center for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 "The Spread of Obesity and Health Behaviors in a Complex, Longitudinally Resolved Social Network," Plenary Address, International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS 2007), Boston, MA
2007 "The Spread of Health Behaviors in Social Networks," National Advisory Council on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, MD
2007 "Reflections on the Media Coverage of 'The Spread of Obesity,'" College of Communication, Boston University, Boston, MA
2007 "Inter-Personal Health Effects and Social Inequality," Harvard Program on Asian and International Relations Annual Meeting, Beijing, China
2007 "Inter-Personal Health Effects: The Spread of Health Behaviors in Social Networks," Harvard Program on Asian and International Relations Annual Meeting, Beijing, China
2007 "The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years," Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, Boston, MA
2007 "The Epidemic Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years," Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2007 "The Epidemic Spread of Health Behavior in a Complex, Longitudinally Resolved Social Network," Condensed Matter Seminar, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
2006 "How Illness and Health Care in One Spouse Affect the Survival of the Other," Internationally Distinguished Speaker Series, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
2006 "Inter-Personal Health Effects in Dyadic and Hyper-Dyadic Social Networks," Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
2006 "The Role of Prognosis in Clinical Care," Zuckerman Lecture, Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
2006 "The Possible Effects of Pain and Pain Relief on Family Members," University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
2005 "Health Externalities: How Illness and Health Care in One Spouse Affect the Survival of the Other," Davis Lecture, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2005 "The Science and Art of Prognosis Near the End of Life: Implications for Patients, Doctors, and Society," Annual Opening Lecture of the Academic Year, Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
2005 "The Health Effects of End-of-Life Care on Spouses: Revisiting the Widower Effect and Caregiver Burden," Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
2005 "Prognostication and Palliative Care," Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
2005 "The Epidemiological Study of Intra-Familial Health Effects: Spousal Hospitalization and Partner Mortality," University of Athens, Athens, Greece
2005 "Health Externalities: How Illness and Health Care in One Spouse Affect the Survival of the Other," Duke University, Durham, NC
2005 "Health Externalities: How Illness and Health Care in One Spouse Affect the Survival of the Other," RAND Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
2005 "Staying Healthy for Your Partner's Sake," Keynote Address, Hellenic-American Medical Society and the Harvard Club of Greece, Athens, Greece
2005 "The Health Impact of Health Care on Family Members of Seriously Ill Patients," Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
2005 "Uncertainty and Dread Regarding Prognosis Among Physicians," Luso-American Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
2004 "Social Aspects of Dignity at the End of Life," University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
2004 "'How Long Do I Have to Live?' — Why Prognostic Questions Trouble Doctors," Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) Annual Meeting, Canberra, Australia
2004 "Health Impact of Health Care on Surviving Family of Cancer Patients," Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) Annual Meeting, Canberra, Australia
2004 "Inter-Spousal Health Effects of Illness and Medical Care in the Elderly Near the End of Life," New South Wales Society for Palliative Medicine and Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine, Sydney, Australia
2004 "Inter-Spousal Mortality Effects: Caregiver Burden Across the Spectrum of Disabling Disease," Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2004 "Inter-Spousal Mortality Effects: Caregiver Burden Across the Spectrum of Disabling Disease," NBER Conference on Disability in the U.S., Jackson Hole, WY
2004 "Using CMS Data to Examine the Determinants and Outcomes of End-of-Life Care," Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
2004 "Health Externalities of Illness and Medical Care Near the End of Life," The Institute for Fiscal Studies, University College, London, UK
2004 "Hospice Care, The Widower Effect, and Social Networks at the End of Life," National Advisory Council on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, MD
2004 "'How Long Do I Have to Live?' — Why Prognostic Questions Trouble Doctors," Grand Rounds, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
2004 "'Cascade' Effects with Respect to Health and Health Care in Social Networks," University of Maryland Population Research Center, College Park, MD
2004 "The Effect of Disabling Illness or Death in One Spouse on the Mortality of the Other," NBER Conference on Disability in the U.S., Charleston, SC
2004 "Physicians' Responses to Prognostic Error," European Association of Palliative Care, Conference held in Milan, Italy
2004 "'How Long Do I Have to Live?' — Why Prognostic Questions Trouble Doctors," Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
2004 "The Health Impact on Families of Health Care: A Matched Cohort Study of Hospice Use by Decedents and Mortality Outcomes in Surviving, Widowed Spouses," Grand Rounds, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece
2003 "The Health of Migrants," Conference on African Migration and Urbanization in Comparative Perspective, Johannesburg, South Africa
2003 "'How Long Do I Have to Live?' — Why Prognostic Questions Trouble Doctors," Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
2003 "Death Foretold: Epidemiological and Sociological Studies of Whether and How Physicians Prognosticate," McGill University, Montreal, Canada
2002 "Foreseeing and Foretelling a Good Death," Public Lecture, King's College, London, England
2002 "Some Comments on Inter-ethnic Variation in Schizophrenia and Suicide Rates," Jacobs Foundation Conference, Marbach Castle, Germany
2002 "'How Long Do I Have to Live?' — Why Prognostic Questions Trouble Doctors," Grand Rounds, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
2002 "Nice Help if You Can Get It: Inter-Spousal Support, Gender, Medicine, and Death," Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
2001 "'How Long Do I Have to Live?' — Why Prognostic Questions Trouble Doctors," Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, MD
2001 "Nice Help If You Can Get It: Inter-Spousal Support, Gender, Medicine, and Death" The Frances H. Schiltz Lecture, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, KS
2001 "The Practical Predicament of Prognostication at the End of Life," Plenary Keynote Address, 7th International Meeting of the European Association for Palliative Care, Palermo, Italy
2001 "Nice Help If You Can Get It: Inter-Spousal Support, Gender, Medicine, and Death," Notestein Seminar, Population Research Center, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2000 "The Transition to Hospice Care in Seriously Ill Elderly Patients," Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2000 "'How Long Do I Have to Live?' — Why Prognostic Questions Trouble Doctors," The Medical Center Hour, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2000 "'How Long Do I Have to Live?' — Why Prognostic Questions Trouble Doctors," Keynote Address, Midwest Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
2000 "Barriers to the Use of Hospice Care at the End of Life," testimony before the United States Senate, Special Committee on Aging, Washington, DC
2000 "Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care," Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2000 "The Extent and Determinants of Error in Physicians' Prognoses in Terminally Ill Patients," Grand Rounds, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL
2000 "Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care," Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2000 "Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care," Western Australia Council for Palliative Care, Perth, Australia
2000 "The Extent and Determinants of Error in Doctors' Prognoses for Terminally Ill Patients: A Prospective Study," Grand Rounds, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia
2000 "The Accuracy of Physicians' Prognoses in Cancer Care," Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2000 "Death Foretold: Prognosis in Cancer Care," Department of Epidemiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
2000 "Death Foretold: Some Aspects of Prognostication in Clinical End-of-Life Care," Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
2000 "A Series of Projects on the Determinants of the Timing of Hospice Enrollment," "An Introduction to Survey Methods for Health Services Research in Palliative Medicine," and "An Introduction to Case/Control and Cohort Methods for Health Services Research in Palliative Medicine," Workshop on The Care of Patients with Advanced and Progressive Disease: Research and Research Methodology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia