NEXUS (Network for Exposomics in the United States)

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Columbia University to oversee NEXUS: Network for Exposomics in the U.S. NEXUS is a coordinating Center and a movement to how our environments, or the exposome, shape human health, with the goal to transform the entire biomedical enterprise. By operationalizing exposomics, we’re integrating environmental data into all types of research, and achieving the genomics scale to identify the balance between genetic and environmental influences on health.

NEXUS is working to establish a framework and best practices for exposomics analysis of biological and environmental samples, develop a framework for geospatial-based exposomics studies of environmental and social influences on health and disease, and create a comprehensive exposomics digital framework to support precision environmental health.

NEXUS engages with multidisciplinary academic, community, and industry partners, in the U.S. and around the world, and will support bootcamps, conferences, and other learning opportunities to grow exposomics as a field, with attention to overcoming socioeconomic inequities.

The NEXUS Coordinating Center is led by Gary Miller, PhD, Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Innovation and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Chirag Patel, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School; and Rima Habre, ScD, Associate Professor of Population and Health Sciences at the University of Southern California.

Learn more on the NEXUS website:  https://www.nexus-exposomics.org/

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