Eva Feldman: The Exposome, Brain Health, and Neurological Disorders

The ‘exposome’ is a term used to describe all of the environmental exposures encountered by an individual throughout their life and how these exposures affect their health and contribute to (or protect against) aging and disease. The exposures may be physical (e.g., temperature), chemical (e.g., toxic chemicals), biological (e.g., viruses), or social (psychological trauma).  In this episode I talk with University of Michigan professor of neurology Eva Feldman, about research aimed at identifying environmental factors that promote, cause, or protect against  neurological disorders. Exposome research is of vital practical importance because environmental factors and aging are responsible for the most common neurological disorders.  

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Dr. Feldman’s webpage

https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/mneuronet/about/eva-l-feldman-md-phd

Exposome review articles

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ana.26897

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10643494/pdf/11357_2023_Article_913.pdf

https://www.annualreviews.org/docserver/fulltext/pharmtox/63/1/annurev-pharmtox-051922-113350.pdf?expires=1722005819&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=97B61448008EE60ABAA4CA80EFF3D878