A professor at Columbia University, Gary W. Miller is recognized worldwide as a pioneer and leader in the field of exposomics. His work focuses primarily on the systematic analysis of non-genetic environmental factors that influence human health and the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease. This event is organized as part of the International Fancqui Chair 2026, led by Ghent University.

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1:30 -1:45 pm | Welcome by Prof. Gauthier Eppe and the Dean of the Faculty of Sciences Prof. Gentiane Haesbroeck 

1:45 -2:45 pm | Introduction and keynote lecture  by Prof. Gary W. Miller :  Mass Spectrometry and Measurements : are the methods ready to sequence the exposome ?  

2:45- 3:05 pm | Exposure assessment of the Walloon population to multiple environmental pollutants: the BMH-WAL study - Catherine Pirard, Department of Clinical, Forensic and Environmental Toxicology, University Hospital of Liege (CHU Liège) 

3:05- 3:25 pm | Analytical and toxicological integration for genotoxicity characterization of MOSH/MOAH: approaches and challenges -Aleksandra Gorska, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry Gembloux AgrioBioTech

3:25- 3:45 pm | Breathe In, Breathe Out: Modeling and Evaluating the Impact of Air Pollution Exposure. - Pierre-Hughes Stefanuto, Obiachem group 

3:45 -4:05 pm | LC-MS aldehyde quantification in various oils: Insights into dietary contributions to the exposome - Caroline Douny, Laboratrory of Food Analysis

4 :05-4:30 : Break

4:30:- 4:50 pm | Innovative untargeted mass spectrometry approaches for PFAS detection and imaging in biological samples - Bastien Cabrera-Tejera, Mass spectrometry laboratory (MSLab)

4:50- 5:10 pm | Tracing the Ocean’s Fingerprints: Why Measuring Trace Elements Matters? - Krishna Das, Laboratory of Biological Oceanography

5 :10 -5 :30 pm | Associations between exposure to multiple environmental pollutants and thyroid cancer. - Pascale Dufour Department of Clinical, Forensic and Environmental Toxicology, University Hospital of Liege (CHU Liège) 

5 :30 -5:50  Characterizing the consequences of the plant exposome: development of LC-MS/MS strategies for complex oxylipin analysis

5:50- 6:10 pm | Concluding remarks by Prof M. Moutschen Vice Rector of Research : One health initiative at ULiège and Exposome

About Prof Gary W. Miller

Professor Gary W. Miller, PhD, holds the Adrienne Block Professorship in Environmental Health Sciences and serves as Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Innovation at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. A leading expert in exposomics - the study of the comprehensive and cumulative effects of physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial factors on biological systems - he has helped develop high-resolution mass spectrometry methods to enable omic-scale analysis of the human exposome. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Exposome, directs the Center for Innovative Exposomics, and serves on advisory bodies including the NIH All of Us Research Program Advisory Panel and the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council.

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