Dimitri A. Christakis

Aug 12, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Dimitri A. Christakis |Aaron M. Milstone |Alison Galbraith |Susan L. Rosenthal

On Scientific Publication and Politics Science is an iterative and imperfect process that arcs toward truth. Increasingly, the process itself is being criticized because findings are sometimes contradictory. The COVID-19 epidemic put this into sharp relief as we learned more about the effectiveness of preventive and treatment actions and recommendations accordingly evolved. Findings were filtered, amplified, interpreted, and disseminated through political channels.

May 6, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Dimitri A. Christakis

JAMA Pediatrics Peer Reviewers in 2023 We sincerely thank the 895 peer reviewers who completed manuscript reviews for JAMA Pediatrics in 2023.

Mar 18, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Dimitri A. Christakis

For a solid 3 years, COVID-19 commandeered academic publishing. Academic submissions, however, at least for now, seem to be a lagging indicator of the pandemic. While society has lurched back toward normalcy, we are still receiving papers trying to make sense of what we have been through retrospectively. In some ways, more recent papers include studies that are more salient. They have longer follow-up, have larger sample sizes, and have evaluated the effects of more recent strains of the virus.

Sep 25, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Dimitri A. Christakis |Lisa I. Iezzoni

The mission of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is to make evidence-based recommendations about effective interventions to prevent disease, improve health, and extend life of people nationwide.1 Established in 1984, this independent, volunteer panel of national experts—convened by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality since 1998—rigorously examines evidence from peer-reviewed preventive medicine and primary care research.

Jul 17, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Aaron E. Carroll |Dimitri A. Christakis

Call for Papers on Artificial Intelligence Applied to Pediatric Care Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been discussed as a transformative tool in health care, promising to revolutionize all aspects of patient care and even our broader health care systems. Nowhere is this potential more profound than in the realm of pediatrics, where early detection and intervention can significantly impact life trajectories.