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 […]
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 […]
Save the date. The First International Consumer Purchase Data Symposium. 27th September 2023
HEAP Consortia partner Statens Serum Institut (SSI) is hosting a Consumer Purchase Data and Health (CPD) Symposium on Wednesday, 27th September 2023, from 12:30-17:00 CEST, to be held in Copenhagen and online. With topics ranging from practical uses of CPD via outbreak investigations to chemical exposures, and nutrition, the symposium will touch upon the vast […]
HEAP symposium – How what we buy affects our health
How do our everyday purchases affect our health? In his contribution to the HEAP symposium highlights series, Frederik Trier Møller, leader of HEAP’s Consumer Cohort, outlines how Consumer Purchase Data (CPD) from loyalty programs and digital receipts can be used to assess the effect of consumer products on our health. He introduces the GDPR-compliant, secure, […]
The HEAP interview – Frederik Trier Møller from the Consumer Cohort Project
We talk to Frederik Trier Møller, MD, PhD, who is Principal Investigator of the HEAP Consumer Cohort Project, based at Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in Copenhagen. The Consumer Cohort Project will recruit volunteers to share their consumer receipts, which will help measure the impact of household consumption on health. The receipts will be linked with […]