September 28, 2022

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

Childhood obesity is a complex disease with many contributing factors, including genetics, eating patterns, physical activity levels, and sleep routines. Conditions where we live, learn, work, and play can make healthy eating and getting enough physical activity difficult if these conditions do not support health.

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Rutgers to Conduct Study of High-Risk Children Newly Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes

Rutgers will conduct the largest, most comprehensive study of children at high risk of developing a life-threatening complication of Type 1 diabetes with funding from a leading global Type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization.

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Call for Requests:

Community Engagement Virtual Salons (CEVS)

CEVS bring researchers together with patients, community members, and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk. It provides a forum for generating research questions, identifying evidence gaps, and defining outcomes meaningful to patients. To see a CEVS in action, take a look at the summary video featured below.

If you're interested in working with us, click here to learn more.

Upcoming Events

September 28, 2pm ET

When funders are looking to give to an organization, they are most interested in what type of impact your organization has. To assess this, funders want to see comprehensive data which proves the scale and sustainability of your organization’s impact.

What is the best way to use data to tell a story about your organization’s mission? Register now for “Proving Impact with Data” to discover the art of crafting data-driven stories to help funders understand organizational outcomes.

Reconnect Roadshow

September 29, 4pm ET

To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the New Jersey Center for Nonprofits is inviting nonprofits and partners to regional networking events with stops across the Garden State in September and October. Catch up with friends and colleagues, make new connections, and enjoy unique experiences at each host organization.

Funding Opportunities

Systems for Action: Systems and Services Research to Build a Culture of Health

Systems for Action (S4A) is a signature research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that helps to build the evidence base for a Culture of Health by rigorously testing new ways of connecting the nation’s fragmented medical, social, and public health systems. S4A studies a variety of novel approaches for aligning systems, using rigorous scientific methods to determine their impact on health and health equity. This 2022 call for proposals (CFP) will provide funding for a new cohort of research studies to produce new, actionable evidence about how to help medical, social, and public health systems collaborate to address structural barriers to health and health equity, including racism and the social conditions that impact health.

The application deadline is October 5, 2022 at 3pm ET.

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Community Resources

New Jersey COVID-19 Information Hub: The State of New Jersey has put together a list of resources about the COVID-19 virus including testing sites, signs and symptoms, and FAQs about social services.

You can find community-based and local COVID-19 testing site locations and hours here.

Middlesex County residents can register for a free COVID-19 test at sites throughout the county. Appointments required. The sites provide saliva-based test kits developed at Rutgers University.

Visit New Jersey’s COVID-19 Vaccine Registration site to pre-register for the vaccine. New Jersey's Covid-19 Vaccine Appointment Call Center can be reached at 855-568-0545.

New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science

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This newsletter is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number, UL1TR003017 to Rutgers University. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of the NIH.

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