about.qmd

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The common theme of the Spatiotemporal Exposures and Toxicology group (SET group) is spatial statistics methods and applications in population-level exposure and risk assessment. As an investigator in the Division of Translational Toxicology, Dr. Kyle P Messier is expanding to include the integration of toxicological methods into geospatial exposure and risk models. The long-term goals are to use integrated geospatial and toxicological data and methods (1) to characterize the large-scale, population-level internal exposome, (2) to model the source-to-outcome continuum for complex mixtures, and (3) utilize these risk assessment tools to improve lives with an emphasis on historically disadvantaged communities and susceptible populations.

![The Spatiotemporal Exposures and Toxicology group in October 2023. Top Row: Eva Marques, Daniel Zilber, Ranadeep Daw, Mariana Alifa. Bottom Row: Insang Song, Kyle Messier](images/SETgroup-Oct2023.jpg){width="75%"}

![{SET}grp logo. { } is a nod to mathematical set notation. Thanks to the NIEHS Office of Communications and Public Liaison for the design.](images/setlogo.jpg){width="25%"}