Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (34) : Environment and health: Opening an era of environmental discovery with the exposome research paradigm
- Aug 1, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 25, 2025
Description: Variation in health and diseases within the human population is driven by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. With the advances in sequencing technology, significant resources have been devoted to characterizing the genome in large-scale epidemiologic studies. However, it became clear that genetics are not a major contributor to the onset of many non-communicable and chronic diseases, and the importance of environmental exposures is overlooked. The exposome concept was conceived as an effort to draw parallel attention and investment from scientists and policy makers to the systematic study of the environment. In this talk, Prof. Ming Kei (Jake) Chung will introduce the idea of the totality of exposures (the exposome), recent developments in measurement technologies, and key scientific achievements of the field. He will also compare major measurement approaches and highlight key demonstrative studies. It is hoped that ultimately these efforts will accelerate the pace of translating environmental research findings into practices in public health and preventive medicine.
Speaker: Prof. Ming Kei (Jake) ChungAssistant Professor, The JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK
Host: Prof Hon Ming Lam,Professor, School of Life Sciences, and Director of SKLA, AoE and SeedTEC, CUHK
Language: English
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