“From Information to Action” – The HEAP Symposium 2024
IARC hosted international exposome researchers for the final HEAP project Symposium – from Information to Action,
EHEN calls for policy action on environmental and health risks
The European Human Exposome Network (EHEN) has released a policy brief urging EU policymakers to take action to address the rising public health crisis caused by pollution, chemicals and environmental degradation. The policy brief highlights key research findings emphasising that environmental factors, from air pollution to chemical exposure, significantly contribute to the burden of non-communicable diseases. It […]
The fourth HEAP Bring Your Own Data workshop
The fourth HEAP Bring Your Own Data (BYOD#4) workshop, held in Helsinki from 20th to 22nd November 2024, enabled hands-on collaboration between HEAP exposome researchers, software developers, IT infrastructure specialists and legal experts to test and demonstrate the HEAP platform in practical exposome research. During the workshop, researchers uploaded and analysed datasets from the Swedish […]
“From Information to Action” – announcing the final HEAP Symposium
Talks and insights on exposome research infrastructures and data, public health ethics, governance of research projects, and engagement with research participants. \”Humanity and the Environment: Moving Exposome Research from Information to Action\” The final HEAP Symposium, hosted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on-line and at the IARC Nouveau Centre building in […]
Results from the first ever public survey on the exposome
The first 100 responses from the “Your Exposome” citizen science quiz are in! Launched in December 2023, this 5-minute, on-line quiz aimed to understand ordinary people’s concerns about the effect of the environment on their health, and to gather feedback on exposome research topics. Click to download the results so far . Air pollution and […]
Your Exposome – a quick quiz for citizen scientists
Test your knowledge of the exposome! Exposome research needs the support and participation of members of the public. But has the average person in the street heard of the exposome? And when it comes to the environment and its impact on health, what are the things that matter most to people? How concerned are they […]
Holding up a mirror to everyday chemicals
Can researchers measure harmful effects from consumer chemicals by tracking the products we buy? Is it possible to trace a link from someone’s purchase history to their health? This is the question that the HEAP team from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) have set out to explore, using data from the Mypurchases cohort. In this study, […]
The “Consumer purchase data” exposome
Consumer Purchase Data (CPD) from Loyalty programs and digital receipts are emerging as a promising route to assessing the effect of everyday products on our health. Could this “consumer purchase data exposome” lead to novel insights into our lifestyle’s impact on health and disease, and provide a basis for future prevention? In September 2023, HEAP […]
New insights into the HPV virus
A scientific study from HEAP researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the University of Oulu reveals that gender-neutral HPV vaccination is the best way to achieve community-level immune protection and to eradicate vaccine-targeted oncogenic HPVs. The study, published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, analysed cohort data from the community-randomised Finnish vaccination trial, and found that […]
The latest publications from the HEAP project
The first half of 2023 has seen HEAP publications on a wide range of topics, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), tools to help researchers ensure their data is FAIR, some surprising insights into epigenetic changes caused by the HPV virus in cervical cancer patients, and an original approach to understanding how to communicate the exposome concept, […]