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April 17, 2024

Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events

NJ ACTS Community Engagement Core

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NJ ACTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research Design (BERD)

Workshop Series

An Introduction to Epidemiology:

Key Measures and Study Designs


This workshop will provide an overview of epidemiology methods, including commonly used measures and study designs.



April 25, 2024

12 - 1:30 pm

Virtual

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Michelle Bover Manderski, PhD

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Rutgers School of Public Health

NJ ACTS Special Populations Core

Seminar Series

Julie Robison, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine

UConn Center on Aging

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospice Use Among Medicaid-Only and Dual Eligible Decedents


April 30, 2024

1 - 2 pm

on Zoom


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Uri Hasson, Psychology and PNI

The First 1000 Days Project: A Novel Framework for Modeling Language Development


Olga Russakovsky, Computer Science

The Role of Computer Vision in Understanding Neurodivergence


Thursday, April 18, 10:00 am

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Jane Burns, MD Director

Kawasaki Disease Clinic & Research Center

University of California, San Diego


The Etiologies of Kawasaki Disease


Friday, April 19, 12:00 pm

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252 Nassau Street, Princeton

Rutgers Health Faculty Development Symposium

How to Succeed in Academia Despite Hurdles

Lessons Learned from a

Long Career in Academia

Darrell Kirch, MD

President Emeritus

Association of American Medical Colleges

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Keys to Success in

Medicine and Life

Luanne Thorndyke, MD

Affiliate Professor of Medicine

University of Massachusetts

June 13, 2024

11 am - 1 pm


Virtual Event

Save the Date!


Clinical Trials Day Event


May 20, 2024


New Brunswick & Newark


More Information Coming Soon!

NJ ACTS Retreat


NJ ACTS congratulates the pre- and post-doctoral trainees (TL1 Trainees) and early career faculty (KL2 Scholars) who gave short talks or poster presentations at the NJ ACTS Retreat on April 11th. They were uniformly exciting and engaging. 


Congratulations to:

Short talks:


KL2 Scholars:

Jonathan Grasman, PhD

Gregory Peck, DO, MPH

Sara Heinert, PhD, MPH

 

T32 Trainees:

Michael Campbell

Erin Lumpe

Posters:



KL2 Scholars:

Tony Deo, MD, PhD

Elisa Kallioniemi, PhD

Yingci Liu, DDS, MS

Kristine Schmitz, MD

Posters:


T32 Trainees:

Svetlana Bagdasarov

Allison Glasser

Andrew Guarnaccia

Stephanie Iring-Sanchez

Sophia Koval

Krystal Lum

Devin Simpkins

Brandon Trejo


CTSA News and Events

NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events



April 19, 2024


1 - 2:15 pm


Virtual

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NIH Community Engagement Alliance Consultative Resource (CEACR)

Speaker Series


Community-Centered Research Design, explore considerations and strategies for engaging in participatory research processes with community members and organizations, including study design, partnership structures, engagement planning, and bidirectional communication.

CTSA+ Community of Practice (CoP)


Community of Practice Mission: To connect individuals within the CTSA and the wider community to discuss evidence-based mentorship education, mentorship policies and practices, and assessment strategies.


Agenda

  • Overview of the CTSA-led Community of Practice to Advance a Culture of Mentorship
  • Introduction to the topic
  • Small group sharing
  • Large group report out and link to resources



May 14, 2024


1 - 2:15 pm


Virtual



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Collaboration Webinars from the

Trial Innovation Network


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

Paying Participants in Research: Time to Move Forward…

Neal Dickert, MD, PhD, will discuss practical and ethical considerations related to paying research participants for participation. In particular, he will discuss available data that suggest many traditional concerns about payment are not grounded in evidence, address the potential for payment to function differently in different research contexts, and consider the potential role of payment in addressing rather than exacerbating concerns about distributive justice.


May 6, 2024

12 pm

Equipping researchers to overcome recruitment challenges: An institution’s programmatic response to the voice of its research community:

How the recruitment program of Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute focused its programmatic development in response to the researcher’s voice. How they engaged the research community through surveys, interviews, and ongoing interaction with the research team community to identify the experiences, challenges, needs and culture of recruitment at the institution.


May 15, 2024

12 pm

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NJ ACTS Publications

NJ ACTS Publication Highlights


Re-Purposing Drugs as Countermeasures for Chemical Weapon Toxicities: Interactive Pharmacology Training. Lauren M. Aleksunes, Joshua P. Gray, Jaclynn Andres, Jeffrey D. Laskin, Debra Laskin. The FASEB Journal. First published: 13 May 2022. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R3845.


Gestational Age at Term and Teacher-Reported Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptom Patterns. Geethanjali Lingasubramanian, Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan, Nancy E Reichman. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2022 Dec; 251:120-126.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.07.042. Epub 2022 Aug 6.


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In Case You Missed IT

Eagleton Science and Politics Fellowship in New Jersey State Government, A one-year, full-time fellowship for PhD level scientists, engineers, and health professionals. Registration closes: May 31, 2024. Read more and Apply Here

New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research 2025 Grant Cycle, Application Deadline: 3:00 pm May 1, 2024. Read More about the Grants

Big Ten Academic Alliance: Women in Medicine and Biomedical Science Conference. Read More and Register Here by May 7, 2024

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