The committee leading this effort is composed of a diverse group of researchers, industry leaders, and representatives spanning national health agencies, academic institutions, NGOs, and the private sector. Together, this dynamic cohort brings a wealth of expertise spanning scientific research, technological innovation, regulatory policy, and real-world implementation.
By combining their unique perspectives, research specialities, and practical experience, they are able to strategize around exposomics from multiple angles, combining fundamental research and applied solutions. Their collaborative approach benefits this effort by bringing a diversity of research specialties and priorities to GEF’s organizing, outreach, and research standardization initiatives.
Members
Fenna Sillé, PhD
Fenna Sillé is an Assistant Professor at JHU and Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing. There she leads the exposome program and studies how environmental exposures change the immune system.
Thomas Hartung, MD, PhD
Thomas Hartung is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing. In this capacity, he steers the revolution in toxicology to move away from 50+ year-old animal tests to organoid cultures and the use of artificial intelligence.
Gary Miller, PhD
Gary Miller, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University, is a leader in the field of exposomics, which studies the comprehensive and cumulative effects of physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial mediators that impact biological systems.
Member Emeritus: Danilo Tagle, PhD
Dan Tagle is the director of NCATS’ Office of Special Initiatives. He also recently served as the Center’s acting deputy director, as well as the acting director of NCATS’ Office of Grants Management and Scientific Review, now the Division of Extramural Activities.
David Balshaw, PhD
David Balshaw is the Director of the Division of Extramural Research and Training. David is a biophysicist by training with a Ph.D. from the Department of Pharmacology and Cellular Biophysics at the University of Cincinnati.
Rima Habre, ScD, MSc
Rima Habre is an Associate Professor in Environmental Health and Spatial Sciences at USC, jointly appointed in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, and the Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute.
Chirag Patel, PhD
Chirag Patel is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard University. Patel’s group aims to dissect inter-individual differences in human phenomes through strategies that integrate data sources that capture the comprehensive clinical experience.
Sophie Thuault-Restituito, PhD
Sophie Thuault-Restituito serves as the Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives at NEXUS: Network for Exposomics in the U.S, directly reporting to the funding Director, Gary Miller. In this capacity, she works closely with Gary to establish and implement the Center’s strategic vision.
Jana Klánová, PhD
Jana Klanova is Professor of Environmental Chemistry at Masaryk University. She serves as director of RECETOX (the European Centre of Excellence in Environmental Health Science) and European coordinator of EIRENE (the ESFRI infrastructure for Human Exposome research).
Geetha Senthil, PhD
Geetha Senthil serves as Deputy Director of the Office of Special Initiatives at the National Center for Advancing translational Sciences (NCATS) of the NIH.
Roel Vermeulen, PhD
Roel Vermeulen is Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Exposome Science at Utrecht University, with appointments at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences and the Julius Center at the University Medical Center Utrecht.
Denis Sarigiannis, PhD
Denis Sarigiannis, Professor of Environmental Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, serves as director and president of the board for the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
Martine Vrijheid, PhD
Martine Vrijheid joined CREAL (now ISGlobal Campus Mar) in 2008 where she specialises in the effects of environmental (chemical, physical, and social) exposures on child health and development. She is PI of the INMA Sabadell birth cohort study, PI of various national grants, and WP leader of many European collaborative projects in the area of child health
Srikanth Nadadur, PhD
Srikanth (Sri) Nadadur, is the branch chief for the Exposure, Response, and Technology Branch (ERTB) at the NIEHS. He joined the NIEHS Division of Extramural Research and Training in 2007.
Clayton Bingham, PhD
Clayton Bingham serves as Program Director at the National Institutes of Health where he supports operations of the newly established Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI). His work as Program Director focuses of clinical research, program monitoring and planning, as well as health and clinical informatics.
L. Michelle Bennett, PhD
L. Michelle Bennett started her career as a molecular oncologist working at the interface of the environment. During her 20 years at the NIH Michelle held many leadership roles and gained extensive practical experience promoting collaborative-based approaches to strategic planning. She started L.M.Bennett Consulting to support teams and organizations in collaborating more effectively.
Camila Sgrignoli Januario, MPA
Camila Sgrignoli Januario is the Senior Program Manager at the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Camila has developed socio and educational programs, managed advisory boards, and organized major events. She has a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Baltimore.
