Top 10 Research Priorities in Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology

Peng Jia; Jeroen Lakerveld; Jianguo Wu; Alfred Stein; Elisabeth D Root; Clive E Sabel; Roel Vermeulen; Justin V Remais; Xi Chen; Ross C Brownson; Sherif Amer; Qian Xiao; Limin Wang; W M Monique Verschuren; Tong Wu; Youfa Wang; Peter James

doi:10.1289/EHP4868

Top 10 Research Priorities in Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology

Environ Health Perspect. 2019 Jul;127(7):74501. doi: 10.1289/EHP4868. Epub 2019 Jul 4.

Authors

Peng Jia^{1

2}, Jeroen Lakerveld^{2

3

4

5}, Jianguo Wu^{6

7

8}, Alfred Stein^{1

2}, Elisabeth D Root^{9

10}, Clive E Sabel^{11

12}, Roel Vermeulen^{2

13}, Justin V Remais¹⁴, Xi Chen^{2

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16}, Ross C Brownson^{17

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19}, Sherif Amer^{2

20}, Qian Xiao^{2

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22}, Limin Wang²³, W M Monique Verschuren^{4

24}, Tong Wu^{2

25}, Youfa Wang^{2

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28}, Peter James²⁹

Affiliations

¹ GeoHealth Initiative, Department of Earth Observation Science, Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.
² International Initiative on Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology (ISLE).
³ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
⁵ Global Geo Health Data Center, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
⁶ School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
⁷ School of Sustainability and Julie A. Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
⁸ Center for Human-Environment System Sustainability, State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
⁹ Department of Geography, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
¹⁰ Division of Epidemiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
¹¹ Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
¹² Big Data Center for Environment and Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
¹³ Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
¹⁴ Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
¹⁶ Yale Climate Change and Health Initiative, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
¹⁷ Prevention Research Center in St. Louis, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
¹⁸ Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri, USA.
¹⁹ Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri, USA.
²⁰ Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-information Management, ITC, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.
²¹ Department of Health and Human Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
²² Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
²³ National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
²⁴ Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands.
²⁵ Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
²⁶ Fisher Institute of Health and Well-Being, College of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA.
²⁷ Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA.
²⁸ Global Health Institute; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
²⁹ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 31271296
PMCID: PMC6791465
DOI: 10.1289/EHP4868

Abstract

The International Initiative on Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology (ISLE) convened its first International Symposium on Lifecourse Epidemiology and Spatial Science at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, Netherlands, 16–20 July 2018. Its aim was to further an emerging transdisciplinary field: Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology. This field draws from a broad perspective of scientific disciplines including lifecourse epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, community health, spatial science, health geography, biostatistics, spatial statistics, environmental science, climate change, exposure science, health economics, evidence-based public health, and landscape ecology. The participants, spanning 30 institutions in 10 countries, sought to identify the key issues and research priorities in spatial lifecourse epidemiology. The results published here are a synthesis of the top 10 list that emerged out of the discussion by a panel of leading experts, reflecting a set of grand challenges for spatial lifecourse epidemiology in the coming years. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP4868.

MeSH terms

Congresses as Topic*
Environmental Health*
Epidemiology*
Humans
Netherlands
Public Health*

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