The Office of Autoimmune Disease Research (OADR-ORWH) and Office of Research on Women’s Health are excited to announce the publication of “Coordination and Collaboration to Support Exposome Research in Autoimmune Diseases,” a new article in Arthritis Care & Research, the official journal of the American College of Rheumatology and the Association of Rheumatology Professionals. The editorial is coauthored by OADR-ORWH Director Victoria Shanmugam, MBBS, MRCP, FACR, CCD, alongside partners in National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and ORWH, including ORWH Director Janine Clayton, M.D., FARVO and ORWH Associate Director of Clinical Research Sarah Temkin, M.D.  

The exposome is a concept that measures all exposures (internal and external) of an individual in their lifetime and how those exposures relate to health. The publication examines the critical role of the exposome in shaping current and future autoimmune disease research at NIH, the impact of environmental exposures on autoimmune diseases, and NIH’s ongoing efforts to interpret these complex interactions.  
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