NEWS & EVENTS
We provide an overview of publications, events, video’s and Blogs to which EXPANSE researchers contributed.

1 June 2023 – European Human Exposome Network event
Join us for the 2023 European Human Exposome Network (EHEN) event “Exposome Research: Understanding and Addressing Policy Challenges” on the 1st of June 2023 at 09:00-12:00 CEST.

The Ethical Aspects of Exposome Research: A Systematic Review
Exposome research has emerged as a cutting-edge field for investigating human health and disease using big-data techniques, smart sensors, and multi-omics technologies. However, despite its potential benefits, the ethical considerations surrounding exposome research have not been widely discussed in the literature.

A healthy environment encourages people to adopt healthier behaviours
Our living environment affects our health. The place we live, what we eat, how much we exercise, the kind of work we do and the people we interact with – all these environmental factors play a role. But how important are they in terms of our health and how are they all connected?

Air quality mapped in detail by Project Air View
Google donated two Project Air View cars to Utrecht University a year ago. With these ‘Air View’ cars, the quality of air in cities can be mapped down to street level. Jules Kerckhoffs of Utrecht University coordinates these projects and is responsible for processing the data. He talks about his experiences.

Utrecht researchers map air quality of all stages of La Vuelta
How clean is the air at the locations visited by La Vuelta? Researchers from Utrecht University mapped the air quality of all stages.

Highlights from the Exposome-NL Conference 2022
The first Exposome-NL conference, titled ‘Exposome and Preventive Health: tackling complexity’, took place on Friday 20 May 2022 in Utrecht. With almost 200 participants, several outstanding talks by international exposome researchers, a poster session and a broad set of break-out sessions, we look back on a vibrant and inspiring day.

Second Edition EHEN Newsletter
In the second issue of the European Human Exposome Network (EHEN) newsletter, we look at how the researchers from the nine EHEN projects are applying “external exposome” data to biological research fields such as metabolomics, epigenomics and transcriptomics, also known as the “internal exposome”.

Meet the Professor 2022
On Wednesday March 23, more than 100 professors visited elementary schools in Utrecht. As is tradition, they all got on their bicycles in togas. This year, professor of epidemiology Roel Vermeulen had equipped all bicycles with a sniffer sensor that could measure the air quality on the route to the schools.

30 March 2022 – Researching the Roots of Obesity and the Impact Across the Life-course
The LongITools project is studying the interactions between the environment, lifestyle, and health in determining people’s risks of developing metabolic diseases such as obesity. This forum will include short presentations covering the challenges of obesity and the research being undertaken.

19-22 April 2022 – Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Disease and the Exposome
In 2022 Utrecht University, in collaboration with Imperial College London, will organise the Exposome short course series. The series is divided into three levels: exposome basis (April 2022, Utrecht), exposome advanced (June/July 2022, London) and exposome practice (tba).