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 […]
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 […]
How personal exposome monitors could change healthcare
A HEAP abstract presented at the EHEN Scientific Meeting 2023 in Leuven, Belgium. By capturing and analysing the bacteria, virus and fungi that surround us on a daily basis, wearable sensors could provide personalised predictions of how likely we are to develop certain diseases, or to provide insights to ways we could safeguard our health. […]
HEAP symposium – Personal exposome profiling
Can we prove that someone has been exposed to certain chemicals that have affected their health? In his contribution to the HEAP symposium highlights series, Michael Snyder, Director of the Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford University, presents his research into individualized environmental exposures. The research compared thousands of chemical and biological components […]
The HEAP interview – Allison Zhang on Personal Exposome Monitors (PEMs)
We talk to Allison Zhang, a postdoctoral scholar who is working on a HEAP project to pilot continuous personal exposome profiling of 100 volunteers during their pregnancies. She is part of a team at Stanford University, led by Michael Snyder, that has been focusing on improving the design of wearable Personal Exposome Monitors (PEMs) and multi-omic profiling. […]