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Insights into bridging disciplines and building measures from the Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center workshop

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This Meeting Report summarizes the 2025 Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center workshop, which brought together over 80 experts to shape a research agenda that bridges exposome science with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias.

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Fig. 1: The GECC exposome domains.
Fig. 2: Attendees at the GECC workshop.

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Acknowledgements

We thank all workshop participants for sharing their knowledge and insights. Attendees and speakers included: A. Gross, A. James, A. DeJohn, A. Kapteyn, A.B., B. Weerman, B. Ritz, B. Claus Henn, B. Park, B. Levy, C. Cardenas-Iniguez, C. Brayne, C. Crane, C. Kieny, D. Doiron, D.K., D. Rehkopf, D. Rigby, D. Carr, D. Umberson, D. Lauderdale, E. Wetzel, E. Crimmins, E. Hayes-Larson, E. Platt, E. Nguyen, E. Nichols, E. Meijer, G. Livingston, G. Maestre, G. Wellenius, H. Chang, H. Choi, I. Papanicolas, I. Kloog, J. Pinto, J. Brook, J. Candipan, J. Schrack, J. Weuve, J. Berman, J. Finlay, J. Kelley, J.L., J. Volckens, J. Cohen, J. Weiss, J. Zissimopoulos, K. Francois, K. Keller, K. Peters, K. Lane, L. Nielsen, L. Barnes, L. Thorpe, M. Hicken, M. Glymour, M. Stafoggia, M. Avendano, M. Fransz-Myers, M. Wenner, M. Brauer, M. Mahmud, N. Bose, O. Ismail, P. Hystad, R. DeAngelis, R. Habre, R. Sadana, S. Atshan, S. Chien, S.A., S. Burgard, S. Gao, S. Morrison, S. Narayanan, S. Mani, S. Alladi, S. (S.) V. Subramanian, T. (TC) Chakraborty, T. Reynolds, W. Dow, Y. Kamiya, Y. Cui and Z. Jovanovic Andersen. All of the authors of this Meeting Report, the Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center, and the GECC March Workshop are funded by a grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) U24AG088894.

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  3. School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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J.L. and A.B. led the conceptualization and drafting of the report. D.K. and S.A. contributed to the synthesis of workshop discussions and provided valuable insights. All authors participated in organizing and conducting the workshop and contributed to revising and finalizing the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript for submission.

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Lee, J., Bindas, A., Knapp, D. et al. Insights into bridging disciplines and building measures from the Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center workshop. Nat Aging 5, 1659–1662 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-025-00923-0

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