Inventory of European Environment and Health Centres
In several centres within Europe, different possibilities and programs for research, education and training in the area of environmental health and environmental epidemiology are being offered. These possibilities range from unstructured informal internships, one- or two-week summer schools to full master programs and postdoctoral positions and fellowships. In order to promote education and training in this field and encourage mobility of young researchers, the ISEE Europe Education Sub-committee has created this inventory of European environment and health centres/institutions where people can gain expertise in certain fields of environmental epidemiology.
Detailed information for each centre is available in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.
ISEE Members are invited to submit information about their Centre by clicking here. PLEASE FIRST CHECK IF INFORMATION DETAILS FOR YOUR CENTRE HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED.
Please contact us if you wish to make any changes to the information provided about your centre/institute. The inventory will be updated on a monthly basis.
Detailed information for each centre is available in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.
ISEE Members are invited to submit information about their Centre by clicking here. PLEASE FIRST CHECK IF INFORMATION DETAILS FOR YOUR CENTRE HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED.
Please contact us if you wish to make any changes to the information provided about your centre/institute. The inventory will be updated on a monthly basis.
Summary Information:
Belgium
Hainaut Vigilance Sanitaire - Hygiène Publique en hainaut; link
Topics: Environment and health; laboratory services; health risks analysis and surveillance; human biomonitoring, indoor pollution and housing salubrity
VITO; link
Topics: Human biomonitoring, Environmental Epidemiology, Air quality and health, Chemicals and health and safety, Environmental exposure assessment, Exposure modelling, Toxicology, Proteomics, Bio-nano interactions, Mobile health monitoring
Cyprus
Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health; link
Topics: Air pollution and health; genetic epidemiology; exposome; metabolomics; perinatal epidemiology; meta analyses; metabolic disorders; water and health; urban health; cardiovascular disease epidemiology
Denmark
Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Diet, Genes and Environment; link
Topics: Epidemiology; diet; air pollution; noise; chemical substances, magnetic fields and radiation; lifestyle; occupation; genes; cohort studies; register-based linkage studies
University of Copenhagen, Centre for Epidemiology and Screening, Environmental Epidemiology Group; link
Topics: Epidemiology; Cancer screening; Air pollution; Noise; Cohort studies; Register and clinical data-based linkage studies; Research and teaching
England
Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London; link
Topics: Pollution control (air, water, wastewater, mining). Health impacts caused by the environment in urban, rural and natural areas. Benefits of active travel
European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School; link
Topics: Health and wellbeing from natural environments; Climate change and health; Coastal pathogens; Antimicrobial resistance in the environment; Ecosystem services; Oceans and human health; Life course wellbeing
MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London; link
Topics: Air pollution, noise, exposome, biostatistics, small area studies, systems toxicology, cohort studies, risk assessment and policy translation
Finland
Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research (CERH); link
Topics: Air pollution; indoor environment; climate change; extreme temperatures; environment and asthma; cold temperatures and cardiovascular disaese; heat, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
National Institute for Health and Welfare, Units of Living Environment and Health, Water and Health, and Chemicals and Health; link
Topics: moisture damage and indoor microbes, air pollution, noise, household water microbes, environmental pollutants
France
Epidemiology of allergic diseases department (EPAR), Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health (UMR-S 1136, UPMC, INSERM); link
Topics: Environmental epidemiology; Respiratory epidemiology; Exposome approach; Indoor air pollution; Outdoor air pollution; Climate change; Aerobiology; Public health
INSERM - Team of Environmental Epidemiology (Grenoble); link
Topics: Air pollution; Cohorts; DOHaD (Developmental origins of health and disease); Endocrine disruptors (phenols, phthalates); Exposome; Meteorological conditions; Reproductive function; Respiratory Health
INSERM - Team Exposure Assessment and Epidemiological Research on Environment, Reproduction and Development, IRSET (Brittany); link
Topics: Environmental exposures early in life, fertility, developmental and child health; mother-child cohort; exposure and effect biomarkers
INSERM - UMRS 1168, VIMA : Aging and chronic diseases. Epidemiological and public health approaches; link
Topics: Aging, Frailty in elderly, health services in the elderly, respiratory health, obesity, air pollution, occupational exposure
Germany
Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health; link
Topics: Public health; Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Diseases; Lung Diseases; Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Infectious Diseases and Immunology; Environmental and lifestyle factors; Gene-environment interactions
IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine; link
Topics: Environmental Medicine, including immunology, toxicology and epidemiology
University of Düsseldorf, Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine, Team Environmental Epidemiology; link
Topics: Air pollution health effects; Climate change with focus on temperature effects; Noise related health effects; Development of LUR models; Development of statistical methodology in environmental epidemiology
Greece
Medical School University of Athens; link
Topics: Air pollution health effects; Climate change with focus on temperature effects; Noise related health effects; Development of LUR models; Development of statistical methodology in environmental epidemiology
Italy
Dipartimento di bioscienze, medicina metabolica e neuroscienze; link
Topics: Drinking water, Swimming pool attendance, Heavy metals, Waste incinerator, Endocrine disruptors in water/food, Post Traumatic Stress Desorders, Physical activity, Legionella pneumophila
Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service; link
Topics: Air Pollution; Climate Change; Noise; Urban green; Waste disposal; Contaminated sites and industrial areas; Environmental Justice; Arsenic and water quality; Biomonitoring; Birth cohorts and childhood health; Occupational epidemiology
Department of Public Health and Pediatrics; link
Topics: Molecular epidemiology, Environmental & Occupational Health; Oxidative stress; Environmental and biological monitoring of workers; Exposure; Risk Assessment; Health impact assessment of airborne pollutants; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity
Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center (CREAGEN); link
Topics: Excess or deficiency of selenium, Childhood leukemia, Exposure to trace elements, Nutritional epidemiology of melanoma, Health impact assessment of urban solid waste incineration, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Regional Reference Centre “Environment & Health” of Arpa (Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention in Emilia-Romagna); link
Topics: Environmental-Health Assessment in indoor pollution, outdoor air pollution, Waste, Bioclimatic discomfort; Environmental and Public Health Tracking; Environmental Health Surveillance; Risk Communication
Israel
Hebrew University Center of Excellence in Agriculture and Environmental Health; link
Topics: Interface between modern agricultural activity, environmental quality and human health through multidisciplinary research. Irrigation with reclaimed wastewater, OP pesticide exposure, Effect of OPs and phthalates on fertility and embryonic development.
Technion Center of Excellence in Exposure Science and Environmental Health (TCEEH); link
Topics: Exposure to airborne pollutants, air quality modeling, statistics of air quality data, Big Data
Netherlands
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences; link
Topics: Air pollution; Infectious and biological exposures; Electromagnetic fields; Healthy Urban Living; Health impacts rural areas; Exposure assessment and modeling; Epidemiology; Bio-statistics/informatics; Exposome; Risk Assessment
Norway
Norwegian Institute of Public Health; link
Topics: Indoor and outdoor pollution; Noise; Green areas; Socio-economic factors; Climate change; Food and water contaminants; Microbiome; Radiation; All ages; Biomarkers
Spain
CREAL - Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology; link
Topics: Air pollution, Water, Radiations, Cancer, Child health, Respiratory health
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research; link
Topics: Organic pollutants; Metals; Studies of newborns; Studies in cord and venous serum; Studies on breastmilk and urine; Water; Studies on exhaled breath disinfectants; Atmospheric pollutants; Volatile organic pollutants; Mercury; Studies on exhaled breath
Sweden
Lund University Unit of Environmental Epidemiology; link
Topics: Reproductive epidemiology, Air Pollution, Endocrine Disruptors, Green Environment
Switzerland
Dept of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH); link
Topics: Human biomonitoring, exposome, biobanking, air pollution, community/traffic noise, electromagnetic fields, radiation/radon, environmental tobacco smoke, climate change, UV radiation
Physical Activity and Health Unit, University of Zurich; link
Topics: Cycling, walking, transport, health impact modeling, policy, urban planning
Hainaut Vigilance Sanitaire - Hygiène Publique en hainaut; link
Topics: Environment and health; laboratory services; health risks analysis and surveillance; human biomonitoring, indoor pollution and housing salubrity
VITO; link
Topics: Human biomonitoring, Environmental Epidemiology, Air quality and health, Chemicals and health and safety, Environmental exposure assessment, Exposure modelling, Toxicology, Proteomics, Bio-nano interactions, Mobile health monitoring
Cyprus
Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health; link
Topics: Air pollution and health; genetic epidemiology; exposome; metabolomics; perinatal epidemiology; meta analyses; metabolic disorders; water and health; urban health; cardiovascular disease epidemiology
Denmark
Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Diet, Genes and Environment; link
Topics: Epidemiology; diet; air pollution; noise; chemical substances, magnetic fields and radiation; lifestyle; occupation; genes; cohort studies; register-based linkage studies
University of Copenhagen, Centre for Epidemiology and Screening, Environmental Epidemiology Group; link
Topics: Epidemiology; Cancer screening; Air pollution; Noise; Cohort studies; Register and clinical data-based linkage studies; Research and teaching
England
Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London; link
Topics: Pollution control (air, water, wastewater, mining). Health impacts caused by the environment in urban, rural and natural areas. Benefits of active travel
European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School; link
Topics: Health and wellbeing from natural environments; Climate change and health; Coastal pathogens; Antimicrobial resistance in the environment; Ecosystem services; Oceans and human health; Life course wellbeing
MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London; link
Topics: Air pollution, noise, exposome, biostatistics, small area studies, systems toxicology, cohort studies, risk assessment and policy translation
Finland
Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research (CERH); link
Topics: Air pollution; indoor environment; climate change; extreme temperatures; environment and asthma; cold temperatures and cardiovascular disaese; heat, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
National Institute for Health and Welfare, Units of Living Environment and Health, Water and Health, and Chemicals and Health; link
Topics: moisture damage and indoor microbes, air pollution, noise, household water microbes, environmental pollutants
France
Epidemiology of allergic diseases department (EPAR), Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health (UMR-S 1136, UPMC, INSERM); link
Topics: Environmental epidemiology; Respiratory epidemiology; Exposome approach; Indoor air pollution; Outdoor air pollution; Climate change; Aerobiology; Public health
INSERM - Team of Environmental Epidemiology (Grenoble); link
Topics: Air pollution; Cohorts; DOHaD (Developmental origins of health and disease); Endocrine disruptors (phenols, phthalates); Exposome; Meteorological conditions; Reproductive function; Respiratory Health
INSERM - Team Exposure Assessment and Epidemiological Research on Environment, Reproduction and Development, IRSET (Brittany); link
Topics: Environmental exposures early in life, fertility, developmental and child health; mother-child cohort; exposure and effect biomarkers
INSERM - UMRS 1168, VIMA : Aging and chronic diseases. Epidemiological and public health approaches; link
Topics: Aging, Frailty in elderly, health services in the elderly, respiratory health, obesity, air pollution, occupational exposure
Germany
Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health; link
Topics: Public health; Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Diseases; Lung Diseases; Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Infectious Diseases and Immunology; Environmental and lifestyle factors; Gene-environment interactions
IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine; link
Topics: Environmental Medicine, including immunology, toxicology and epidemiology
University of Düsseldorf, Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine, Team Environmental Epidemiology; link
Topics: Air pollution health effects; Climate change with focus on temperature effects; Noise related health effects; Development of LUR models; Development of statistical methodology in environmental epidemiology
Greece
Medical School University of Athens; link
Topics: Air pollution health effects; Climate change with focus on temperature effects; Noise related health effects; Development of LUR models; Development of statistical methodology in environmental epidemiology
Italy
Dipartimento di bioscienze, medicina metabolica e neuroscienze; link
Topics: Drinking water, Swimming pool attendance, Heavy metals, Waste incinerator, Endocrine disruptors in water/food, Post Traumatic Stress Desorders, Physical activity, Legionella pneumophila
Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service; link
Topics: Air Pollution; Climate Change; Noise; Urban green; Waste disposal; Contaminated sites and industrial areas; Environmental Justice; Arsenic and water quality; Biomonitoring; Birth cohorts and childhood health; Occupational epidemiology
Department of Public Health and Pediatrics; link
Topics: Molecular epidemiology, Environmental & Occupational Health; Oxidative stress; Environmental and biological monitoring of workers; Exposure; Risk Assessment; Health impact assessment of airborne pollutants; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity
Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center (CREAGEN); link
Topics: Excess or deficiency of selenium, Childhood leukemia, Exposure to trace elements, Nutritional epidemiology of melanoma, Health impact assessment of urban solid waste incineration, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Regional Reference Centre “Environment & Health” of Arpa (Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention in Emilia-Romagna); link
Topics: Environmental-Health Assessment in indoor pollution, outdoor air pollution, Waste, Bioclimatic discomfort; Environmental and Public Health Tracking; Environmental Health Surveillance; Risk Communication
Israel
Hebrew University Center of Excellence in Agriculture and Environmental Health; link
Topics: Interface between modern agricultural activity, environmental quality and human health through multidisciplinary research. Irrigation with reclaimed wastewater, OP pesticide exposure, Effect of OPs and phthalates on fertility and embryonic development.
Technion Center of Excellence in Exposure Science and Environmental Health (TCEEH); link
Topics: Exposure to airborne pollutants, air quality modeling, statistics of air quality data, Big Data
Netherlands
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences; link
Topics: Air pollution; Infectious and biological exposures; Electromagnetic fields; Healthy Urban Living; Health impacts rural areas; Exposure assessment and modeling; Epidemiology; Bio-statistics/informatics; Exposome; Risk Assessment
Norway
Norwegian Institute of Public Health; link
Topics: Indoor and outdoor pollution; Noise; Green areas; Socio-economic factors; Climate change; Food and water contaminants; Microbiome; Radiation; All ages; Biomarkers
Spain
CREAL - Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology; link
Topics: Air pollution, Water, Radiations, Cancer, Child health, Respiratory health
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research; link
Topics: Organic pollutants; Metals; Studies of newborns; Studies in cord and venous serum; Studies on breastmilk and urine; Water; Studies on exhaled breath disinfectants; Atmospheric pollutants; Volatile organic pollutants; Mercury; Studies on exhaled breath
Sweden
Lund University Unit of Environmental Epidemiology; link
Topics: Reproductive epidemiology, Air Pollution, Endocrine Disruptors, Green Environment
Switzerland
Dept of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH); link
Topics: Human biomonitoring, exposome, biobanking, air pollution, community/traffic noise, electromagnetic fields, radiation/radon, environmental tobacco smoke, climate change, UV radiation
Physical Activity and Health Unit, University of Zurich; link
Topics: Cycling, walking, transport, health impact modeling, policy, urban planning
Detailed Information:
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