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Front. Public Health
Sec. Digital Public Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1407514

The Chilean Exposome-based System for ecoSystems (CHiESS): A framework for national data integration and analytics platform Authors

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Patricia Matus Patricia Matus 1Alejandro Sepúlveda-Peñaloza Alejandro Sepúlveda-Peñaloza 1Keneth Page Keneth Page 2Claudia Rodriguez Claudia Rodriguez 1Marcela Cárcamo Marcela Cárcamo 1Francisco Bustamante Francisco Bustamante 1Marcela Garrido Marcela Garrido 1Cinthya Urquidi Cinthya Urquidi 1*
  • 1 Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes, Chile, Santiago, Chile
  • 2 Facultdad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes, Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region (RM), Chile

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    The double burden of diseases and scarce resources in developing countries highlight the need to change the conceptualization of health problems and translational research.Contrary to the traditional paradigm focused on genetics, the exposome paradigm proposed in 2005 that complements the genome is an innovative theory. It involves a holistic approach to understanding the complexity of the interactions between the human being's environment throughout their life and health. This paper outlines a scalable framework for exposome research, integrating diverse data sources for comprehensive public health surveillance and policy support. The Chilean exposome-based system for ecosystems (CHiESS) project proposes a conceptual model based on the ecological and One Health approaches, and the development of a technological dynamic platform for exposome research, which leverages available administrative data routinely collected by national agencies, in clinical records, and by biobanks. CHiESS considers a multilevel exposure for exposome operationalization, including the ecosystem, community, population, and individual levels. CHiESS will include four consecutive stages for development into an informatic platform: 1) environmental data integration and harmonization system, 2) clinical and omics data integration, 3) advanced analytical algorithm development, and 4) visualization interface development and targeted population-based cohort recruitment. The ChiESS platform aims to integrate and harmonize available secondary administrative data and provide a complete geospatial mapping of the external exposome. Additionally, it aims to analyze complex interactions between environmental stressors of the ecosystem and molecular processes of the human being and their effect on human health. Moreover, by identifying exposome-based hotspots, CHiESS allows the targeted and efficient recruitment of population-based cohorts for translational research and impact evaluation. Utilizing advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain, this framework enhances data security, real-time monitoring, and predictive analytics. The CHiESS model is adaptable for international use, promoting global health collaboration and supporting sustainable development goals.

    Keywords: Exposome, data integration, ecosystems, Systems of system, Public Health

    Received: 09 Apr 2024; Accepted: 10 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Matus, Sepúlveda-Peñaloza, Page, Rodriguez, Cárcamo, Bustamante, Garrido and Urquidi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Cinthya Urquidi, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes, Chile, Santiago, Chile

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