NeXED is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network, funded by the European Union (Horizon Europe). NeXED started in January 2025 and will run until December 2028.

NeXED brings together 10 partners and 10 associated partners from 10 countries, all leading experts in the assessment of endocrine disruptors. We will train a new generation of true cross-disciplinary toxicologists specialized in both human and environmental risk assessment of endocrine disruptors, no longer approaching assessment of chemicals from either a human or an environmental health perspective separately.

Traditionally, regulatory procedures for identification and assessment of EDCs are separated for human health and the environment. Due to the similarities in toxicological responses between humans and wildlife, we believe we can share toxicological information between these two disciplines.

NeXED will address three critical challenges:

1. Human and environmental EDC assessment have historically been separate disciplines while there is an increasing need to combine data across species in a One Health approach.
2. EDC assessment currently addresses single compounds while in an environmentally realistic scenario organisms are faced with complex mixtures of EDCs. 
3. New test methods and approaches for EDC assessment are needed, covering less well-characterised mechanisms and effects.

NeXED will train its 15 doctoral candidates  through research, secondments and training events using an interdisciplinary and intersectoral training programme.

NeXED is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme, under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (Grant Agreement number 101168892).

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