NEXUS and France Exposome pair up for the One Health and Exposome Day in Strasbourg, France.
Gary Miller, PhD (NEXUS MPI) visited Strasbourg, France to pair up with France Exposome for One Health and Exposome Day
Gary Miller, PhD, from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and NEXUS MPI, visited Strasbourg, France to pair up with France Exposome for One Health and Exposome Day. The concept of One Health was first brought about to “describe humanity in delicate balance with nature and all aspects of our global environment.”1 Today, One Health has expanded and aims to “achieve optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.”2 This mission pairs well with the field of exposomics, which studies the wide array of exposures—chemical, social, physical, and more—that we encounter over our lifetimes.
The goals put forth by One Health in the field of exposomics were exemplified during this meeting in Strasbourg, as notable experts in the field gathered at Institut de Science et D’ingénierie Supramoléculaires making for a successful day of discussions.
Claire Villette, PhD, IBMP-CNRS helped orchestrate the meeting after successfully passing her habilitation defense, which allows her to supervise PhD students. Jean Sibilia, MD, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Erik Sauleau, MD, PhD, ICube Laboratory at Université de Strasbourg, and Dimitri Heintz, PhD, IPHC-CNRS opened the conference presenting the work they have done to propel the efforts for “Exposome Alsace.”
Gary Miller, PhD, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, continued with a presentation about the Exposome along with the efforts of NEXUS to understand how our environments or exposome shape human health by integrating environmental data into all types of research, and achieving the genomics scale to identify the balance between genetic and environmental influences on health.
Overall, this conference contributed to the One Health and Exposome conceptual frameworks, which have been successfully utilized worldwide to address local, regional, and national issues that affect the health of all.
Michel Samson, PhD, Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail, and Director France Exposome, followed up to provide an overview of the France Exposome Program, which he currently directs. This program is arguably the best nationwide program on the topic, and there are currently multiple labs across France that have been working to advance the field.
Emma Schymanski, PhD, University of Luxembourg, who is an advisor to NEXUS and contributor to the Exposome Bootcamp, gave a great talk on the state of cheminformatics for exposomics. Additionally, Mathilde Tissier, PhD, IPHC-CNRS, Alain Stintzi, PhD, University of Ottawa, Frédéric Blanc, MD, PhD, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, and Sylvie Massemin, IPHC-CNRS rounded out the program, which was followed by an in-depth roundtable discussion.
Footnotes
CDC. 2024. “About One Health.” One Health. November 21, 2024. https://www.cdc.gov/one-health/about/index.html#cdc_generic_section_3-how-does-the-one-health-approach-work↩︎
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