NJ ACTS - News, Events and Deadlines

NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES

February 19, 2026

NJ ACTS Pilot Grant Program 2026

Pilot Letter of Intent Deadline

February 20, 2026, by 5 pm

REQUIRED

Dates & Info

CTS LOI

CTR LOI

Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events

Flyer

Clinical Research Record Retention

12 - 1 pm on March 2, Virtual

NJ ACTS BERD Workshop

Designing Multi-Site Studies for External Validity: Site Selection via Synthetic Purposive Sampling

Naoki Egami, PhD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

252 Nassau St 2nd Fl, Princeton, NJ

AI and Precision Health: Beyond Fat Mass

Aayush Visaria

Rutgers RWJMS

Feb 27, 12 pm

Early Life Exposures and Social Inequality

Florencia Torche

Princeton

Mar 6, 12 pm

Flyer

Call for Proposals

Clinical Trials Day 2026

Advancing Health Through Research

We invite students, faculty, staff, industry partners, and community collaborators to submit proposals for Poster or Scientific Presentations.

Submit a Proposal by 3/15

NJ ACTS in the News

Health and Human Services (HHS) is Developing an AI Tool for Vaccine Injury Claims

Dr. Lenert is quoted in the February 5 Mother Jones article titled "Health Department Will Mine Unverified Vaccine Injury Claims with a New AI Tool", in which he sheds light on the current limitations of using such a system without pairing it with other data sources. Read the Full Article

Dr. Lenert was the founding director of the CDC’s National Center for Public Health Informatics. He is a Co-Lead of NJ ACTS Biostatistics, Informatics and Data Science (BIDS), formally known as Informatics.

Funding Opportunities

Funding for Inventions

The Rutgers Office for Research provides funding and mentoring to support inventors in the process of commercializing their inventions.

TechAdvance®

HealthAdvance®

CTSA News and Events

NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events

For More Information and to Register

For More Info, to Register or Submit a Poster Proposal

Incorporating AI features into REDCap

March 2

12 - 1

Re gister

Strategies to Engage Providers & Recruit Patients

April 15

12 - 1

Rare Disease Day at NIH is Coming!

Friday, February 27, 2026

Learn more about thi s free public event and register today

NJ ACTS Publications

NJ ACTS Publication Highlights

Comparison of Intramedullary Screw Fixation, Plating, and K-Wires for Metacarpal Fracture Fixation: A Meta-Analysis. Cristina R DelPrete, John Chao, Bobby B Varghese, Patricia Greenberg, Hari Iyer, Ajul Shah. Hand (NY). 2024 Feb 27:15589447241232094.

Efficient prime editing in two-cell mouse embryos using PEmbryo. Rebecca P Kim-Yip, Ryan McNulty, Bradley Joyce, Antonio Mollica, Peter J Chen, Purnima Ravisankar, Benjamin K Law, David R Liu, Jared E Toettcher, Evgueni A Ivakine, Eszter Posfai, Britt Adamson. Nat Biotechnol. 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-02106-x. Online ahead of print.

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Rutgers Innovation Showcase - March 19th, 1:30 - 6:30 pm. Register

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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.

Components

Element B

Administration

Element C1

Workforce Development

Element C2

Community & Stakeholder Engagement

Element D1

*Biostatistics, Epidemiology &

Research Design (BERD)

*Team Science

*Regulatory Knowledge & Support

*Special Populations in Research

*Biomarkers

*Genetically informed Research

Education & Training (GREAT)

*Clinical Trials Office

Element D2

Clinical & Translational Science Pilots

Element D3

Clinical Informatics

Element E1

Clinical & Translational Science Research: Novel Genetic Services Model

Element E2

Clinical & Translational Science Research: Translating Evidence on Opioid Overdose

Additional Components

*Mentored Career Development DEVELOP (K12)

*Predoctoral Training ASCENT (T32)

*Short-Term Research CREST (R25)

Working Groups

*Health Policy in Action

*Dissemination & Implementation Science

*Team Science

*Learning Health System

*Engagement for Impact

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Health and Human Services (HHS) is Developing an AI Tool for Vaccine Injury Claims

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.﻿

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.