It’s very difficult (often impossible) to completely avoid many of the environmental toxins that can cause harm - like air pollution and forever chemicals that contaminate our water and food supply. But Drs. Bob and Rosalind Wright at Mount Sinai have a hopeful solution to this dilemma. They are pioneering the study of “resiliency factors,” not just “risk factors,” that can offset the risks of harmful exposures. It’s a fresh and welcome take on exposomics that I am very excited to share with you. For instance - did you know that omega-3 intake during pregnancy can protect against the development of asthma in the child, even if the child is exposed to known risk factors for asthma? Or that positive relationships (ones that create a sensitive, positive, caregiving environment) have been shown to potentially mitigate the effects of environmental toxins? As a practitioner, I am always looking to empower patients with real solutions to the health challenges we inevitably face and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. ~DrKF

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Dr. Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH and Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai https://icahn.mssm.edu/

Dr. O. Robert Wright is the Ethel H. Wise Chair of Environmental Medicine at Mount Sinai and co-founder of the Institute for Exposomic Research. His research links environmental exposures, like those tracked in the PROGRESS cohort, with the developmental origins of diseases.

Dr. Rosalind J. Wright is Dean for Public Health at Icahn School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Institute for Climate Change, Environmental Health, and Exposomics. A pioneer in environmental health, she studies how early-life exposures influence chronic diseases and has been NIH-funded for over 23 years. She also mentors the next generation of clinical scientists.


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A Fresh Take on Exposomics: Resiliency Factors That Offset Environmental Risks

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