The NeXED project consist of six work packages, including a work package on Network coordination and project management (WP1), Training the Next generation toxicologists for a harmonized ED assessment (WP2), three scientific work packages (WP3-5) corresponding to the overall Research Objectives, and one work package for public engagement, communication, dissemination & exploitation (WP6).

Work Packages Overview

WP3: Cross-species assessment: towards a One Health approach

Develop and show-case approaches for sharing information between human and environmental ED assessment using a One Health approach.

WP Leads

Lisa Baumann               Terje Svingen      

Stichting VU                  Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

Lisa Baumann





WP4: Complex exposure: towards environmental realism in ED assessment

Develop concepts and methods to investigate the exposome and associated effectome (combination of effects), and investigate the impact of chemical mixtures to elucidate interactions and crosstalk among ED mechanisms.

WP Leads

Henrik Holbech                Klára Hilscherová                                                                 

Syddansk Universitet     Masarykove Univerzita                               

Henrik Holbech




WP 5: Novel approaches: towards innovative ED assessment

Develop novel approaches to assess ED, addressing the data gaps that exist in the current approaches including the investigation of understudied ED mechanisms and effects.

WP Leads

Barbara Viviani                                         Jane E. Morthorst

Università degli Studi di Milano         Syddansk Universitet

Barbara Viviani