Metallomics Training

Metals and metalloids are critical environmental exposures with profound implications for human health. Advances in metallomics now allow researchers to generate high-precision trace element measurements across tissues, biospecimens, environmental media, and complex mixtures. Yet many investigators lack hands-on exposure to the analytical methods and principles that underlie metal quantification, as well as the data-analysis skills needed to interpret these measurements in epidemiologic and translational studies, and apply them in risk assessment and health guidelines. 

This two-day intensive SHARP workshop provides an integrated introduction to metallomics—from laboratory fundamentals to advanced statistical analysis and interpretation and policy translation.  A combination of lectures, laboratory demonstrations, guided exercises, and discussion will prepare attendees to use metal data rigorously and creatively in their own research. 

By the end of the training, participants will be familiar with the following topics: 

• How metals are measured
• Understand and manipulate instrument outputs
• Apply modern statistical tools to metal data (including mixtures approaches)
• Tranlate findings back to study participants, communities, and decision-makers

Summer 2026: The Metallomics Training will be a hybrid setup with an in-person training at the Columbia University Irving Medical Campus in NYC and simultaneously livestreamed for remote attendees taking place on July 20-21, 2026 from 9:00am - ~5:30pm EDT. Please note this training is not a self-paced, pre-recorded online training. All training start and end times are in EDT.

More information on travel, lodging, and getting around NYC.

Professionals from any institution and from all career stages are welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage trainees and early-stage investigators to participate. Participants should have experience in using Excel and R. 

Training Co-director: Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, MPH, Leon Hess Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences

Training Co-director: Kathrin Schilling, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor at CUIMC of Environmental Health Sciences

Training scholarships are available for the Metallomics Training.

Registration Fee is based on your category. This is a hybrid training, meaning attendees can choose to attend the live training either 1) in-person in NYC or 2) virtually livestream via Zoom. The in-person registration fee includes course material, breakfast, and lunch on training days. Lodging and transportation are not included. The virtual registration fee includes course material, which will be made available to all participants both during and after the conclusion of the training. 

2026 Registration Category Rates: 

• Student/Postdoc/Trainee: 
  • Early-bird rate: $1,195 (in-person); $995 (virtual)
  • Regular rate: $1,395 (in-person); $1,195 (virtual)
• Faculty/Academic Staff/Non-Profit Organizations/Government Agencies: 
  • Early-bird rate: $1,395 (in-person); $1,195 (virtual)
  • Regular rate: $1,595 (in-person); $1,395 (virtual)
• Corporate/For-Profit Organizations: 
  • Early-bird rate: $1,595 (in-person); $1,395 (virtual)
  • Regular rate: $1,795 (in-person); $1,595 (virtual)

$200 early-bird discount is automatically applied if you register before the May 15 deadline.  

• $200 Early-bird Discount: This is automatically applied if you register before the May 15 early-bird deadline.  
• 10% Columbia Discount: This is valid for any active student, postdoc, staff, or faculty at Columbia University. If paying by credit card, use your Columbia email address during the registration process to automatically have the discount applied. If paying by internal transfer within Columbia, see below.  
• 10% Mailman Alumni Discount: This is valid for any individual who graduated from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. To access the Mailman Alumni discount and receive a registration code, please email sharp_program@cumc.columbia.edu your graduation year and degree.  
• Group discounts are available for organizations sending 5+ participants. Please contact us directly at sharp_program@cumc.columbia.edu for more information

If paying by internal transfer within Columbia, submit this Columbia Internal Transfer Request form (link to form coming soon) to receive further instructions. Please note: filling out this form is not the same as registering for a training and does not guarantee a training seat.

If you would prefer to pay by invoice/check, please submit this Invoice Request form (link to form coming soon) to receive further instructions. Please note: filling out this form is not the same as registering for a training and does not guarantee a training seat.

Cancellation notices must be received via email at least 30 days prior to the training start date in order to receive a full refund, minus a $75 administrative fee. Cancellation notices received via email 14-29 days prior to the training will receive a 75% refund, minus a $75 administrative fee. Please email your cancellation notice to Columbia.metallomics@gmail.com. Due to workshop capacity and preparation, we regret that we are unable to refund registration fees for cancellations less than 14 days prior to the training.

If you are unable to attend the training, we encourage you to send a substitute within the same registration category. Please inform us of the substitute via email at least one week prior to the training so we can include them on attendee communications, gather registration details, and provide materials. Should the substitute fall within a different registration category (e.g., you are a faculty member and they are a postdoc), the credit card on file will be credited/charged respectively. Please email substitute inquiries to Columbia.metallomics@gmail.com. In the event Columbia must cancel the event, your registration fee will be fully refunded.

Coming soon.