The Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC) advances research on the various environmental exposures over the life course — known as the “exposome” — that affect Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) risk, resilience, and disparities. Currently, accessing and sharing exposome data among government agencies, researchers, advocacy groups, and businesses is challenging. The GECC aims to address these issues by facilitating collaboration and consensus-building across disciplines, and serving as a hub for collecting, organizing, and sharing exposome data for AD/ADRD research. We concentrate on six main domains: extreme weather, physical environment, social environment, policy environment, community services environment, and life experiences. By creating a collaborative platform across these focuses, we help improve knowledge and understanding of AD/ADRD, which can drive policy changes and provide better data for future research. The GECC is funded by the National Institute on Aging. Our interdisciplinary team is based at the Center for Economic and Social Research, the University of Southern California and the University of Michigan.
Jinkook Lee
University of Southern California
Sara Adar
University of Michigan School of Public Health
David Knapp
University of Southern California
Kathleen Cagney
University of Michigan
Bryan Hubbell
Former EPA National Program Director
Sean Morrison
Mount Sinai New York
Jennifer Manly
Columbia University
Bhramar Mukherjee
Yale University
William Dow
University of California Berkeley
Maya Fransz-Myers
University of Southern California
Center Coordinator
McKayla Wenner
University of Southern California
Policy and Community Services Environment Domain Coordinator
Eden Wetzel
University of Southern California
Life Experiences Domain and Methods Domain Coordinator
Tom Luben
University of Michigan
Extreme Weather, Physical, and Social Environment Domain Coordinator
Gregory Wellenius
Boston University
Extreme Weather Domain Lead
Michael Brauer
University of British Columbia
Physical Environment Domain Co-Lead
Margaret Hicken
University of Michigan
Social Environment Domain Co-Lead
HwaJung Choi
University of Michigan
Community Services Domain Co-Lead
David Van Riper
University of Minnesota
Community Services Domain Co-Lead
Sarah Flood
University of Minnesota
Life Experiences Domain Lead
Shrikanth Narayanan
University of Southern California
Industry Liaison
Emma Nichols
University of Southern California
Methods Lead
Bas Weerman
University of Southern California
IT Director
Lorna Thorpe
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Dissemination Co-Lead
Jeffrey Brook
University of Toronto
Physical Environment Domain Co-Lead
Kevin Lane
Boston University
Extreme Weather Domain Co-Lead
Kayleigh Keller
Colorado State University
Erik Meijer
University of Southern California
Birgit G. Claus Henn
Boston University
Yao-Yi Chiang
University of Minnesota
Lucy Hutyra
Boston University
Emma Gause
Boston University
Chad Milando
Boston University
Kevin Lane
Boston University
Dany Doiron
University of Montreal
Clémence Kieny
University of Lausanne
Ben Spoer
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Mauricio Avendano
University of Lausanne
Allison James
Boston University
Research Fellow
Talia Feldscher
Boston University
Research Fellow
The GECC is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) U24AG088894.