Exposome Israel 2026: Clinical Perspectives & Public Health A symposium bridging the gap between environmental research and clinical practice

School of Public Health Gray Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences Tel Aviv University

SHEBA Tel HaShomer City of Health

Exposome Israel 2026: Clinical Perspectives & Public Health A symposium bridging the gap between environmental research and clinical practice

Mon | March 9 | 11:15 - 15:45 | Room 200 | Gray Faculty Building | TAU

Exposome Israel 2026 brings together international leaders in environmental medicine to explore how the totality of human exposures—from prenatal life to adulthood—shapes health and disease. This symposium moves beyond the genome to examine the "exposome" integrating the latest research on "forever chemicals" ambient pollutants, and social determinants of health.

11:15-11:45 Gathering, light refreshments 11:45-12:00 Opening Remarks and Greetings:

• Prof. Karen Avraham, Dean, Gray Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, TAU

• Prof. Liat Lerner, Head, School of Public Health Head, TAU

• Prof. Dror Harats, Executive Vice President of Research and Development, Sheba Medical Center

12:00-13:30 Session 1 Chair: Prof. Lauren M. Petrick 13:30-14:15 Break, light refreshments 14:15-15:45 Session 2 Chair: Prof. Raanan Raz

Session 1 Chair: Prof. Lauren M. Petrick

12:00 Keynote 1: "Exposomics in Clinical Research"; Prof. Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH. Ethel H Wise Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Medicine, and Co-Director, Institute for Exposomic Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA (remote presentation)

12:30 "The Exposome and Fertility - the Clinician Point of View"; Prof. Ronit Machtinger, MD, MPH. Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, TAU and IVF Specialist, Sheba Medical Center, Israel

13:00 "Prenatal Exposure to the Ambient Exposome and Neonatal Health"; Prof. Keren Agay-Shay, PhD. Associate Professor, The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Israel

Session 2 Chair: Prof. Raanan Raz

14:15 Keynote 2: "The Joint Effect of Acute Disaster Exposure and Chronic Environmental Exposures on Cardiometabolic and Mental Health in World Trade Center (WTC) Responders"; Prof. Maayan Yitshak-Sade, PhD, MPH. Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

14:45 "The Social Exposome: Why and How to Incorporate Social Determinants of Health into Environmental Health Research"; Prof. Sharon Stein Merkin, PhD. Senior Researcher, Gertner Institute of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center, Israel; and Adjunct Professor, Division of Geriatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, USA

15:15 "Novel and Legacy 'Forever Chemicals', Metabolomics, and Cancer Risk" Prof. Lauren M. Petrick, PhD. Director, Center for Metabolomics and Molecular Phenotyping, Sheba Medical Center and Associate Professor, TAU School of Public Health, Israel; and Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Organized by: The School of Public Heath, Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center Research Authority.

Inquiries to Lauren M. Petrick: lauren.petrick@sheba.health.gov.il and Raanan Raz: raananraz@tauex.tau.ac.il