A life course of exposure. The tools you need to measure them.
The Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC) is an NIA-funded initiative that advances open-science research on environmental exposures over the life course — known as the exposome — that affect health, with a focus on Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) risk and resilience.
Funded by the National Institute on Aging · U24AG088894
Data, tools, and publications to support exposome research for healthy aging.
The fastest way to what the GECC has built: recommended datasets, measurement guidance, and published findings for the field.
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Recent Publications
The GECC team is committed to disseminating guidance and resources on exposome research to the broader scientific community.
From the resource library
A few of the guides, primers, and datasets the GECC has published for the exposome research community.
Measuring Heat
A guide to selecting heat metrics and datasets for health research, with an interactive recommendation tool.
Greenspace Guidance
A guide to selecting and applying urban greenspace exposure measures — NDVI, tree canopy, and park accessibility — tailored to the pathways linking greenspace to AD/ADRD risk.
Exposure Measurement Error
A methodological primer and reading playlist on defining, quantifying, and correcting for measurement error in exposome research.
How the center works
Exposome data lives in scattered formats across disciplines. The GECC's approach turns that fragmentation into a shared, usable foundation for AD/ADRD research.
Collaborate
Building consensus across disciplines to break down the silos that keep exposome research disconnected.
Generate
Producing transportable, science-ready tools that any exposome or AD/ADRD researcher can put to use.
Facilitate
Opening access to better data and measures to advance what we know about exposure and dementia risk.