Andrea Baccarelli, MD, Ph.D., Leon Hess Professor and director of the Laboratory of Precision Environmental Biosciences in the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, will present “Environmental epigenetics – integrating public health into precision medicine.”

Dr. Baccarelli's research explores epigenetic and molecular mechanisms as potential functional pathways linking exposures to environmental pollutants to human disease. His laboratory research activities are specifically focused on epigenetics, mitochondriomics, and computational epigenomics. Recent and ongoing projects investigate health effects from environmental exposures, including particulate air pollution, metals, Bisphenol A, phthalates, and pesticides, and common risk factors, such as psychosocial violence, second-hand smoking, and maternal diet and metabolic alterations.