UU - The exposome: cracking the science about what makes us sick
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The exposome: cracking the science about what makes us sick at Coursera Overview
Duration | 15 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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- Intermediate Level Bachelor degree
- Approx. 15 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
The exposome: cracking the science about what makes us sick at Coursera Course details
- What are the causes of disease? We know that most diseases result from a combination of genes and environment (nature and nurture). Our genes alone do not determine our fate. For most complex diseases, externalities - environmental factors in the broad sense - are more important. This includes our living and working environments, diet, social support and stress, pollution, and exposure to infectious agents. Exposome research is about discovering the non-genetic drivers of health and disease.
- Derived from the term exposure, the Exposome represents the totality of exposures we face throughout our lifetime. It also represents the biological responses that arise from external exposures.
- In this course, 7 researchers from Utrecht University and/or the NWO Gravitation programme Exposome-NL will offer their expertise. We will introduce you to the Exposome concept; why it?s important; how we measure the exposome; and the data sciences steps needed to establish associations with health outcomes. This course will conclude with reflections on what is needed to advance this nascent and transformative field of research.
- Exposome research requires transdisciplinary approaches. Therefore, this MOOC will be of interest to current and prospective students and researchers in the fields of public health, environmental health, life sciences, clinical medicine, geosciences, humanities, and social and behavioural sciences.
The exposome: cracking the science about what makes us sick at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to the Exposome concept
What is the Exposome and how has it evolved to its current conception?
Welcome to the course
About the course
Short survey
The exposome: a wild idea
Test your knowledge
The transformative power of Exposome approaches: using the example of cardiovascular disease reasearch
Harnessing big data to prevent CVD
Introduction week 2
The transformative power of Exposome approaches
Test your knowledge
The external Exposome: methodological approaches
What's in the air: how to measure the invisible
Geospatical access to food: how it influences our dietary choices and the risk of developing chronic diseases
Introduction week 3
Measuring the external exposome
The internal Exposome: methodological approaches
The world of chemicals within us
Introduction week 4
A comprehensive model for the analysis of drug interactions
Test your knowledge
Data science steps for analysing Exposome data
Making big data manageable data
Introduction week 5
Data science and the exposome
Test your knowledge
Future perspectives & the next generation of studies
The exposome: a new paradigm
Introduction week 6
Moving forward: new contributions from exposome research
Final survey
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