17 July 2024
Prof. dr. Roel Vermeulen has been appointed Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University as of 15 July. His focus in this role will be on the theme of planetary and preventive health.
How do the environment and climate affect our health and can the negative effects they have on our health be prevented? These are key questions of the planetary and preventive health theme. This topic draws together several areas of expertise: the relationship between human and animal health, the effect of air and chemical pollution on both human and planetary health and the development of sustainable and healthy food systems for the future.
The environment we live in has a dominant impact on our health. It explains an estimated seventy percent of the chronic disease burden. Where we live, what we eat, how much we exercise, the air we breathe and whom we associate with; all of these environmental factors play a role. The combination of these factors over the life course is called the exposome. There is general (scientific) consensus that understanding more about the exposome will help explain the current burden of disease and that it provides entry points for prevention and ...
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