The mission of the Center is first to drive discovery and innovation in exposomics, through the development of new methods and workflows to measure complex exposures in human samples. It is also an intellectual hub for exposomics locally, nationally, and internationally. We connect various stakeholders such as research leaders at Columbia University and in other institutions, industry, and government partners, as well as community members interested in understanding exposomics.

The exposome is defined as the integrated compilation of all physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial influences that impact biology. Exposomics represents the field that studies the comprehensive and cumulative effects of physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial mediators that impact biological systems by integrating data from a variety of interdisciplinary methodologies and data streams. The goal of exposomics is to enable discovery-based analysis of environmental influences on health.

Given the profound impacts of the environment on human health and disease, it is so important that NIEHS continue its work to build the tools and lead the science that will allow researchers across all NIH Institutes and Centers around the country to explore the importance of the exposome and the overall environment to human health,” - NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., during a recent meeting with NIEHS advisors.