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Environmental exposures, the gut microbiome, and metabolic health
Joe Lim explores how exposure to toxicants during early development can contribute to disease development in adulthood

Many EDGE researchers present at the 2025 ISES/ISEE conference in Atlanta
EDGE research was well-represented at the 2025 Joint Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology in Atlanta.

Better understanding Alzheimer’s disease risk by creating a model of interacting brain vulnerabilities
Shelly Erickson is studying how air pollution exposure and aging interact to affect traumatic brain injury, a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.
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The EDGE Center is committed to conducting and communicating science that reduces the burden of environmentally-related diseases through science translation into policy and practice. We use cutting edge molecular and systems biology to explore how the interactions of genetics, epigenetics and environmental factors contribute to diseases of public health importance. In particular, we are at the forefront of research into molecular signatures (biomarkers) associated with toxicant exposure. Our work to uncover important genetic, epigenetic and environmental contributions to chronic diseases can help improve prevention, early diagnosis, and the development of effective treatments. Such developments will substantially reduce the social burden and health care costs associated with sickness and early death caused by diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, liver disease, kidney disease, metabolic disorders like diabetes, chronic neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's and developmental and reproductive disorders.