Community News

November 2, 2022

Lung Cancer Awareness Month

November is Lung Cancer Awareness month. LUNG FORCE is uniting people across the country to stand together against lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.

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Monkeypox Virus Information

In this video, Keith S. Kaye, MD, an infectious disease physician, addresses your most pressing questions regarding the recent outbreak including:

How would someone become infected?
Who is at risk?
What does the rash look like?
Precautions
What to do if you think you have been exposed.

Dr. Kaye is a professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Disease at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

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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.

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Upcoming Events

Nursing's Staffing Crisis: Actionable Strategies

November 2, 11am ET

You are invited to attend Rutgers School of Nursing's new, live webinar series presenting top nursing leaders addressing important health care issues of today and tomorrow. In the first session, Dr. Robyn Begley, Dr. Katie Boston-Leary, and Dr. Charles Vannoy will address the nurse staffing crisis in acute and critical care.

The Ninth Evidence-Based Pediatric Update

Virtual Symposium

November 5, 7:30am ET

A wide range of diseases and conditions that affect children and adolescents cause significant mortality and morbidity. Clinicians are challenged on a daily basis to identify, diagnose, and treat these pediatric diseases and conditions, as well as to refer when necessary. This activity will highlight the latest diagnostic techniques and management strategies that impact the care of patients with common and complex pediatric disorders. The latest clinical research findings and their application to clinical practice will also be presented. Registration fee applicable.

Funding Opportunities

Community-Led, Health Equity Structural Intervention (CHESI) Initiative

The Office of Strategic Coordination, the Common Fund, within the Office of the Director (OD), has issued a research opportunity announcement (ROA) to solicit applications from community organizations in support of the goals of the Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program’s CHESI Initiative. To help prepare a Letter of Intent for this ROA, applicants are encouraged to watch a pre-recorded technical assistance presentation and view slides.

Letters of intent are due November 18.

Learn more here.

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

https://njacts.rbhs.rutgers.edu/community/

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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