March 21, 2021
The Most Effective Ways New Jersey Cities Responded to COVID Housing Crisis

The New Jersey State Policy Lab released a study of challenges faced by local governments seeking to quickly distribute emergency rental assistance, citing one city's success story.
Despite Gains, Black Women Are Still Underrepresented in Politics

A Center for American Women and Politics report outlines the status of Black women and provides an outlook for the midterm elections.
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
A Doctor Thinking about
Inequality and Rationing of Care

March 22, 12pm ET

In medicine, “rationing of care” means that some patients will not be offered, or will be denied, care that could potentially benefit them. In this virtual lecture, Dr. Ole Norheim discusses the histories of patients who have experienced rationing of care in low- and high-income countries: patients with childhood cancer in Ethiopia and spinal muscular atrophy in Norway.
Funding Opportunities
Health Workforce Research Center Cooperative Agreement Program

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released this new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcement in support of the Health Workforce Research Center (HWRC) Cooperative Agreement Program. The purpose of the HWRC Cooperative Agreement Program is to support and disseminate rigorous and state-of-the-art applied research that strengthens evidence-based policy and enhances the Federal Government’s and the public’s understanding of issues and trends in the health workforce. 

Application deadline is April 14th.
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

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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