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More than 50% of the population aged 50 and older suffers from at least two chronic diseases (“multimorbidity”). The accumulation of these chronic diseases over the course of a lifetime shapes unique health trajectories, which are influenced by environmental and socioeconomic factors. The My Way to Health project (formerly LIFE (is MaDE of ChoiCes)) incorporatesthe impact of these factors influencing health trajectories to gain an innovative understanding of the transitions leading from multimorbidity to cancer.

The Issues

The main focus of My Way to Health is to address the determinants of health trajectories by taking into account underestimated yet crucial factors such as access to care, socioeconomic factors, environmental exposure, and urban planning. The ultimate goal is to define intervention strategies at the societal and environmental levels to influence the trajectories of multimorbidity.

Interdisciplinarity

Transdisciplinarity is at the heart of My Way to Health. The questions raised and the solutions proposed draw on a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary expertise from three distinct research clusters within the “ Université Grenoble Alpes ” (CBS, MSTIC, PSS) as well as the CEA. The success of this project requires the integration of six pillars—medicine, molecular biomarkers, social sciences, environmental sciences, data science, and urban architecture—which form a sustainable foundation for interdisciplinarity.

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My Way to Health enables the ongoing development and implementation of a unified data processing platform that results in a geocoded, overlaid map of the transdisciplinary factors influencing health trajectories. The recommendations generated by My Way to Health play a major role in urban policy, access to healthcare, and medical innovation.

... and its international visibility

The proportion of the population living in urban areas will rise to 60% by 2030—a 72% increase over 30 years. Understanding the impact of the social and urban environment on health trajectories is central to the implementation of the WHO’s Health21 agenda.

Awareness of the environmental and urban impacts on health is at the heart of many urban development plans, including those in Grenoble. Given the urban and environmental challenges addressed by My Way to Health, its scientific influence, and the project’s international partnerships, the innovations resulting from the project will serve as a national showcase and will gain significant international visibility.