Exposome-NL

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Exposome-NL
Established2020
PurposeResearch
Headquarters Utrecht, Netherlands
Budget
€ 26 million
Website Website Exposome-NL

Exposome-NL is a 10-year Dutch research program of multiple Dutch universities collaborating in the field of exposome research. Researchers from fields such as exposure science, environmental science, cardiovascular and metabolic health, clinical epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology, geosciences, agent-based modelling, molecular biology, chemistry and bioinformatics, ⁣ and biostatistics work together within the Exposome-NL research program. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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In 2019, the program was awarded funding of 17.4 million euros through a Gravitation program of the Dutch Research Council. The participating institutes contributed an additional 8 million euros to the program. [5] The national Exposome-NL research program, led by Prof. Roel Vermeulen, [6] started in January 2020.

Research Lines

The scientific research of Exposome-NL is organised in three research lines:

Education

In February 2021, Exposome-NL organised a publicly accessible Massive open online course (MOOC) about the exposome. [7]

Partners

Executive Board

The board consists of the six Principal Investigators of Exposome-NL

Scientific Advisory Board

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References

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