Establishing a Community of Practice for Exposomics.
Abstract
Exposomics is an emerging field aimed at capturing the complex exposures humans face throughout life and understanding how those exposures impact health. The burgeoning field is at a crossroads. With a decade of research, it is developing into a full-fledged science with impactful research. We propose the development of a Community of Practice (CoP) in order to realize the full potential of exposomics, as it requires an integrative and collaborative effort to connect the underlying science that spans multiple domains. A landmark workshop series, the Catalytic Workshop Series on the Exposome, sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) identified ten priority topics and five underlying areas of interest as important to operationalize exposomics. The nexus of ideas in these areas provides a solid basis to develop an effective CoP for exposomics. This paper explores the need for a CoP covering priority topics and a framework for establishing the CoP. We also identify activities that can be promoted by the CoP in three broad directions for promoting data stewardship, enabling collaborative analytics, and developing human capital. We believe that an effective CoP will be a catalyst for understanding how our genes and environment work together to sustain life, impact health, and influence disease.
Author List
Members of the Exposomics Consortium*
The Exposomics Consortium consists of participants in the NIEHS Catalytic Workshop Series on the Exposome. Members were required to opt-in to the roster below.
| Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|
| States, J Christopher (Ph.D.) | University of Louisville | United States |
| Soares, Lissa () | State University of New York at Stony Brook | United States |
| Costello, Elizabeth () | University of Southern California | United States |
| Akhtari, Farida (Ph.D.) | NIEHS | United States |
| Adebamowo, Clement (Prof.) | University of Maryland at Baltimore | United States |
| Soliman, Ghada (Ph.D.) | City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center | United States |
| Penning, Trevor (Ph.D.) | University of Pennsylvania | United States |
| Zhang, Kai (Ph.D.) | University at Albany | United States |
| Leang, Amy () | University of Washington | United States |
| Chung, MIng Kei (Ph.D.) | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| Peluso, Alina () | DOE | United States |
| Pierce, Brandon () | University of Chicago | United States |
| Akhtari, Farida (Ph.D.) | NIEHS | United States |
| Gaulke, Christopher (Ph.D.) | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | United States |
| Ruden, Douglas (Ph.D.) | Wayne State University | United States |
| Chao, Mu-Rong (Prof.) | Chung Shan Medical University | Taiwan |
| Luo, Jiajun (Ph.D.) | University of Chicago | United States |
| Liao, Jiawen (Ph.D.) | University of Southern California | United States |
| Engel, Lawrence (Ph.D.) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States |
| Liang, Donghai (Ph.D.) | Emory University | United States |
| Zhao, Neil () | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | United States |
| Lai, Yunjia (Ph.D.) | Columbia University | United States |
| Chatziioannou, Anastasia Chrysovalantou (Ph.D.) | University of Crete | Greece |
| Berger, Kimberly (Ph.D.) | Sequoia Foundation | United States |
| Gullapalli, Rama (M.D.,Ph.D.) | University of New Mexico | United States |
| Shahriar, Mohammad (M.D.) | University of Chicago | United States |
| Cai, Lu (M.D.,Ph.D.) | University of Louisville | United States |
| Clark, Robert (Ph.D.) | RTI International | United States |
| James, Peter (Sc.D.) | Harvard University | United States |
| Rushing, Blake (Ph.D.) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States |
| Dierickx, Erin (Ms.) | University of Connecticut | United States |
| Schüssler-Fiorenza Rose, Sophia Miryam (M.D.,Ph.D.) | Standford University | United States |
| Arunachalam, Saravanan (Prof.) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States |
| Grafanaki, Katerina (M.D.,Ph.D.) | University of Patras | Greece |
| LaSalle, Janine (Ph.D.) | University of California, Davis | United States |
| Vijayakumar , Nisha () | University of South Florida | United States |
| House, John (M.D.,Ph.D.) | NIEHS | United States |
| Pan, Shudi () | University of Southern California | United States |
| Habre, Rima (Sc.D.) | University of Southern California | United States |
| Bisson, William (Ph.D.) | NIEHS | United States |
| Stingone, Jeanette () | Columbia University | United States |
| Wu, Lang (Prof.) | University of Hawaii - Manoa | United States |
| Cui, Yuxia (Ph.D.) | NIEHS | United States |
| Dolinoy, Dana (Ph.D.) | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | United States |
| Du, Xiuxia (Prof.) | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | United States |
| Tong, Ai Phuong () | University of Washington | United States |
| Langston, Mike (Prof.) | University of Tennessee - Knoxville | United States |
| Paul, Kimberly (Ph.D.) | University of California, Los Angeles | United States |
| Ouidir, Marion () | INSERM | France |
| Stanek, Lindsay () | EPA | United States |
| Hart, Jaime (Sc.D.) | Harvard University | United States |
| walker, ryan (Ph.D.) | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | United States |
| Miller, Gary (Ph.D.) | Columbia University | United States |
| Scholl, Elizabeth (Ph.D.) | Sciome LLC | United States |
| Argos, Maria (Ph.D.) | Boston University | United States |
| Cooke, Marcus (Ph.D.) | University of South Florida | United States |
| Cohen Hubal, Elaine () | EPA | United States |
| CHUNG, Ming Kei (Ph.D.) | Harvard University | United States |
| Baumert, Brittney (Ph.D.) | University of Southern California | United States |
| Goodrich, Jesse (Ph.D.) | University of Southern California | United States |
| Bhutani, Jessie () | NIH | United States |
| Gao, Peng (Prof.) | University of Pittsburgh | United States |
| Page, Grier (Ph.D.) | RTI International | United States |
| Wu, K. Lily (Ph.D.) | California Environmental Protection Agency | United States |
| Konstantinou, Corina (Ms.) | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus |
| Motsinger-Reif, Alison (Ph.D.) | NIEHS | United States |
| Zhang, Qiong () | Henry Ford Health System | United States |
| Parker, Graham (Ph.D.) | Wayne State University / School of Medicine | Canada |
| CHUNG, Ming Kei (Ph.D.) | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| Shah, Ruchir (Ph.D.) | Sciome LLC | United States |
| Sun, Yangbo () | University of Tennessee - Memphis | United States |
| Hu, Chiung-Wen (Prof.) | Chung Shan Medical University | Taiwan |
| Cheng, Qiwen () | Arizona State University, Tempe Campus | United States |
| Sturla Irizarry, Savannah (Ms.) | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | United States |
| Hua, Jenna (Ph.D.) | Million Marker | United States |
| Quintana, Penelope J E (Ph.D.) | San Diego State University | United States |
| Hood, Darryl B. (Ph.D.) | Ohio State University | United States |
| Schmitt, Charles (Ph.D.) | NIEHS | United States |
| Yuan, Xin/Jean (Ph.D.) | NIH | United States |
| Harari, Homero (Ph.D.) | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | United States |
| Adar, Sara D. (Sc.D.) | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | United States |
| Ji, Hong (Ph.D.) | University of California, Davis | United States |
| Adamu, Yau () | University of Iowa | United States |
| KANNAN, srimathik@gmail.com (Ph.D.) | CloudAspirers | United States |
| Jankowska, Marta (Ph.D.) | Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope | United States |
| Rajasekar, Arcot (Raja) (Prof.) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States |
| Beglarian, Emily (Ms.) | University of Southern California | United States |
| Giebelhaus, Ryland T. (Mr.) | University of Alberta | Canada |
| Sundseth, Scott (Ph.D.) | International HundredK+ Cohorts Consortium | United States |
| PRAJAPATI, NIRMALA (Ms.) | Universite Paris-Saclay/ INSERM | France |
| Teitelbaum, Susan (Ph.D.) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | United States |
| Hu, Hui (Ph.D.) | Harvard University | United States |
| Manz, Katherine () | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | United States |
| Haidari, Ariana () | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | United States |
| Whyte, Kathryn (Ph.D.) | Columbia University | United States |
| He, Jingxuan () | University of Southern California | United States |
| Makris, Konstantinos C. (Prof.) | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus |
| Zhang, Xinyue (Ph.D.) | Stanford University | United States |
| Holmes, Philip () | NCIT | United States |
| wang, yi (M.D.,Ph.D.) | Canadian Nuclear Laboratories | Canada |