First NIH-wide exposome research coordinating center launched
DBMI's Chirag Patel will co-lead the the $7.7 million project.
The Network for Exposomics in the U.S. (NEXUS) will be jointly led by (from left) Gary Miller, PhD, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Rima Habre, ScD, University of Southern California; and Chirag Patel, PhD, HMS DBMI.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funded a new coordinating center to transform how environmental drivers of health and disease are studied, so the knowledge can be used to personalize prevention and treatment strategies. By promoting innovation in new tools and methods, and investigator research networks, the NIEHS-led effort aims to establish exposomics as a core part of scientific and biomedical research across the U.S.
Exposomics is the study of the exposome, which is the integrated compilation of physical, chemical, biological, and social influences and their impact on biology and health.
A nexus for exposomics research
NIH announced the $7.7 million center award to Columbia University, Harvard University, and the University of Southern California Sept. 9 following a rigorous application review process.
Named NEXUS, the Network for Exposomics in the U.S. will build a global community of practice for cooperation and collaboration in coordination with the International Human Exposome Network.
NEXUS will be jointly led by Gary Miller, Ph.D., Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Chirag Patel, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; and Rima Habre, Sc.D., University of Southern California.
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