Standing Committee on the Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions
Since 2008, the Emerging Science committee has convened several workshops per year to explore new sciences, technologies, and research methodologies that could deepen our understandings about the effects of the environment on human health. Previous workshop topics span examining the role of the microbiome in modulating environmental exposures to elucidating the exposome to use of artificial intelligence. These workshops bring together experts in science and public policy for transdisciplinary discussion about scientific advances and how they can be used to inform personal, public health, and regulatory environmental health decisions.
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"We bring together experts in science and public policy to discuss transdisciplinary scientific advances and how they can be used to inform environmental health decisions."
Integrative methodologies and interdisciplinary approaches across cross-sectional fields for solutions-based science.
Examples:
• Modeling the Health Risks of Climate Change: Workshop Summary
Emerging approaches, technologies, and infrastructures that may help integrate environmental, biological, and other health data to enhance analysis of cumulative health impacts from environmental and innate factors.
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Emerging scientific tools, data, and approaches that may assess and/or address issues at the intersection of environmental health, biomedical science, and public health.
Our mission
Scientific and technological advances offer tremendous opportunities for innovation. The Standing Committee’s convening activities help leaders in environmental health research and policy to leverage those opportunities and explore the potential for emerging areas of science to advance environmental health research.
At its core, the Standing Committee focuses on the premise that environmental health decisions should be based on the best available science—and that science is constantly advancing. The Standing Committee is leading innovative approaches to address the challenges of translating emerging scientific information to policy decisions that improve public health. View our brochure (PDF, 6.73 MB).
The Standing Committee includes leaders from government, academia, industry, and non-profits representing areas within science and public policy. Committee members and the Government Liaisons Group work together to explore new science, tools, and research methodologies that could deepen our understanding about the effects of the environment on human health and inform decision-making.
Much of the Standing Committee’s work helps guide the environmental health science enterprise itself. Working with expert committees and the scientific community, our workshops anticipate new research pathways and set strategic directions for future work. The Standing Committee has been a leader in bringing new research areas and technological capabilities to the environmental health community and increasing the visibility and use of environmental health research among decision-makers. Such visibility prompts further studies, research efforts, and policy outcomes within the scientific field.
Our workshops explore some of the most pressing issues in environmental health science research and policy, including strategic thinking about future directions for environmental health research.
Contact Oshane Orr to learn more about how to engage with the standing committee:
Description
The Standing Committee on the Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions (ESEHD) will examine, explore, and consider issues on the use of new and emerging science for environmental health decisions. The ESEHD standing committee will provide a public venue for communication among government, industry, environmental groups, and the academic community about scientific advances in methods and approaches that can be used in the identification, quantification, and control of environmental impacts on human health. The topics covered will include data, tools, and approaches that are both relevant to environmental health decision-making and broadly applicable to biomedical science and public health. Specifically, the ESEHD standing committee will consider topics that fall within the following four themes:
1) emerging scientific tools, data, and approaches that may assess and/or address issues at the intersection of environmental health, biomedical science, and public health;
2) emerging approaches, technologies, and infrastructures that may help integrate environmental, biological, and other health data to enhance analysis of cumulative health impacts from environmental and innate factors;
3) integrative methodologies and interdisciplinary approaches for solutions-based science; and
4) models for capacity building in integrating environmental and biomedical research to enhance precision population health and medicine.
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Sponsors
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Staff
Natalie Armstrong
Oshane Orr
Elizabeth Boyle
Clifford Duke
Jessica De Mouy
Kavita Berger
Lyly Luhachack