NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES

April 10, 2025

Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events

NJ ACTS Special Populations in Research

Seminar Series

The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Infants, Children, and Adolescents

Julie R. Gaither, PhD

Yale School of Medicine

NIH F-Series Fellowship

Grant Writing Workshop

Where Should I Start?

Building A Research Proposal

Participants in this workshop will have top priority to join the 10-week fellowship writing group in Fall 2025.

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NJ ACTS Biostatistics and Epidemiology Workshop Series

Variable Selection with Machine Learning Models:

LASSO and Alternatives

Dr. Elizabeth Handorf

Associate Professor

Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Resident Faculty, Rutgers Cancer Institute

Large observational datasets, from US Census data, cancer registries, and electronic health records provide a rich source of information we can use to understand health outcomes. Analysis of these datasets can be challenging, as the large number of potential predictors makes traditional regression problematic. Machine learning models may present a better alternative.

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Research Resources Workshop Wednesday

Navigating Regulatory Changes Impacting Medical Research

Hila Berger, MPH, CHC, CIP

Assistant Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, Rutgers

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Zoom Link

Weill Cornell-Rutgers Health

NeuroHIV Research Symposium

Understanding the intersection of HIV and the central nervous system
Developing transformative therapies and a potential

In Collaboration with Research with a Heart, NJ ACTS, WCM - CCTU

Princeton Precision Health

2025 Seminar Series

Princeton Precision Health is a cross-cutting initiative that uses AI and data science to transform human health at all levels, from molecular to social to environmental, with the goal of enacting smart policy and evidence-based clinical practice.

Renal Replacement in Aging Japan: Ethical and Biological Considerations of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

Amy Borovoy

Princeton University

April 11

12 - 1 pm

252 Nassau Street

Princeton

https://pph.princeton.edu/events

Propelus I-Corps is a program designed for research teams with a technology innovation to explore how their discovery can help potential customers and meet industry needs as a startup or venture.

Rutgers University

May/June 2025

In Person and Virtual

May 21 and June 18 22 (In-person)
May 28 and June 4 (Virtual)
9:30am-12:30pm
Apply by Apr. 30

Princeton University

June 2025

Virtual

June 5, 12 and 26
12:30pm-3:30pm
Apply by May 8

NJIT

June and July 2025

Virtual

June 3, 10, 17 and July 1
6:00pm-9:00pm
Apply by May 20

NJ ACTS Team Science - Get Involved!

NJ ACTS Team Science

Are you the PI or MPI of a funded multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, or transdisciplinary research project?

The Team Science Core of NJ ACTS hosts a virtual seminar entitled "Team Science Across the NJ ACTS Consortium" that features leaders and team members of multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research projects taking place within the NJ ACTS consortium to explore how complex research teams are formed, operated, and achieve success.

If you are interested in having your project featured in the series, please let us know by contacting teamscience@rbhs.rutgers.edu.

Participation will allow others to learn from your experiences and will increase the visibility of your project and team.

Watch videos of past seminars on the NJ ACTS Team Science YouTube Playlist

NJ ACTS in the News

NJIT Computing Professor Zhi Wei Named Fellow of AAAS, Follows IEEE Honor

Zhi Wei, a bioinformaticist, was elected to the 2024 Fellows class of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science. Wei, who joined NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing in 2008 and now holds the role of distinguished professor, also became an IEEE Fellow in 2024.

Dr. Wei is a Co-Lead for NJ ACTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research Design (BERD) Core.

Dalton Conley on Sociogenomics

Dalton Conley, Princeton University Professor of Sociology, contributed a guest essay on sociogenomics to the New York Times, titled "A New Scientific Field Is Recasting Who We Are and How We Got That Way".

Dr. Conley is a Co-Lead for NJ ACTS Special Populations in Research Core.

Funding News

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

PCORI's Online System will open on April 1, 2025, for the submission of Letters of Intent (LOI) for several new research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) under Cycle 2 2025. The PFAs seek to fund proposals for high-quality patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) and related projects. LOIs will be due on May 13, 2025. Applications, which are by invitation, will be due Sept. 3, 2025. Read More

CTSA News and Events

NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events

Collaboration Webinars from the

Trial Innovation Network

Hear from CTSA TIN experts on trial-related topics to improve your project

Democratizing AI-Guided Chart Abstraction

April 16, 2025

12 - 1 pm

Unlocking Potential of MyCap for Reproductive Health Research: An Overview and Use Case

May 21, 2025

12 - 1 pm

NJ ACTS Publications

NJ ACTS Publication Highlights

Abatacept, Cenicriviroc, or Infliximab for Treatment of Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19 Pneumonia A Randomized Clinical Trial. Jane A. O’Halloran, MD, PhD; Emily R. Ko, MD, PhD; Kevin J. Anstrom, PhD; et al. Jama-Journal of The American Medical Association. 2023;330(4):328-339.

Integrating Concentration-Dependent Toxicity Data and Toxicokinetics To Inform Hepatotoxicity Response Pathways. Daniel P. Russo, Lauren M. Aleksunes, Katy Goyak, Hua Qian, Hao Zhu. Environmental Science & Technology. 2023, 57, 33, 12291–12301, August 11, 2023.

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Digital Archive of Protein Structures - Federal funds totaling $49.4 million will underwrite efforts at the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) Protein Data Bank through 2028. Read the Full Article

NCATS Translational Science Education and Training Challenge - Phase 1 is open until 04/30/25. Challenge types: Scientific; Education and Training, Total cash prizes: $50,000. Read More.

Apply for the Translational Science Interagency Fellowship Program -NCATS jointly sponsors the Translational Science Interagency Fellowship (TSIF) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to train fellows in translational science and regulatory science. Learn More about the Program

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NJ ACTS is a partnership between Rutgers, NJIT, Princeton, and RWJ Barnabas Health. NJ ACTS advances clinical and translational science to develop new therapies and treatments and improve population health.

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*Special Populations in Research

*Biomarkers

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Clinical Informatics

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Clinical & Translational Science Research: Novel Genetic Services Model

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Clinical & Translational Science Research: Translating Evidence on Opioid Overdose

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*Engagement for Impact

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NJIT Computing Professor Zhi Wei Named Fellow of AAAS, Follows IEEE Honor

Collaboration Webinars from the

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Digital Archive of Protein Structures - Federal funds totaling $49.4 million will underwrite efforts at the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) Protein Data Bank through 2028. ﻿Read the Full Article

NJ ACTS is a partnership between Rutgers, NJIT, Princeton, and RWJ Barnabas Health. NJ ACTS advances clinical and translational science to develop new therapies and treatments and improve population health.﻿

Trial Innovation Network

Digital Archive of Protein Structures - Federal funds totaling $49.4 million will underwrite efforts at the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) Protein Data Bank through 2028. Read the Full Article

NJ ACTS is a partnership between Rutgers, NJIT, Princeton, and RWJ Barnabas Health. NJ ACTS advances clinical and translational science to develop new therapies and treatments and improve population health.