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January 24 & 25, 2008 The NIH Genes, Environment, and Health Initiative (GEI) (http://www.gei.nih.gov/index.asp) The Exposure Biology Program focuses on the development of innovative technologies to measure environmental exposures, diet, physical activity, psychosocial stress, and addictive substances that contribute to the development of disease. The program funds 32 cooperative agreements and an SBIR program to: develop environmental sensors for measurement of chemicals, dietary intake, physical activity, and psychosocial stressors and addictive substances; and develop and verify markers of biological response that are indicative of activation of common pathogenic mechanisms. The long range goal is to apply these tools to genome-wide association (GWA) studies of gene-environment interaction. This meeting represents the First Annual Grantees Meeting; an opportunity for the Exposure Biology Program Investigators to meet and discuss on-going and future activities for this program. |
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