The Elephant in the Living Room
Make Television Work For Your Kids
Dimitri Christakis * Frederick Zimmerman
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| Dimitri A. Christakis, MD MPH |  |
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| Dimitri Christakis is a pediatrician at the Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle and Associate Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Washington, where he directs the Child Health Institute with Dr. Zimmerman. Author of more than 100 original research articles and a textbook of pediatrics, he has appeared on CNN, NPR, Today, CBS News, ABC News, and NBC News. He and his wife, Danielle Zerr (also a pediatrician) are kept delightfully busy with their two young children. |
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| Frederick J. Zimmerman, PhD |  |
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| Fred Zimmerman is Associate Professor in the University of Washington's School of Public Health and director, with Dr. Christakis, of the Child Health Institute. Dr. Zimmerman has published widely in the fields of developmental economics and child health. His research has been featured on Good Morning America, NBC News, the BBC, and in The New York Times and USA Today. He lives in Seattle with his two children and wife Sarah, a historian. |
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