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NEW JERSEY ALLIANCE FOR
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE
NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES
July 19, 2022
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NJ ACTS Workforce Core
NIH Fellowship Grant Writing Series
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Under the guidance of a Grant Writing Coach,
Develop your NIH fellowship (F31/F32) application this Fall.
Who is this Writing Group for?
PhD and MD/PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows preparing NIH NRSA fellowship applications for the December 2022 or April 2023 deadlines. We typically accept ~20 participants.
What is the weekly commitment?
This is an interactive group. You will be expected to: submit application sections weekly; peer review sections from other participants; and attend the 1-hr live meeting.
Where and when do I sign up?
Sign up with the QR code below by Sep 1st.
Are participants successful in obtaining an NIH fellowship?
Yes! Successful examples are available to participants. Some recent awardees include: F32GM140669, F31HL160196, F31ES032319, F31NS122438 and F31ES034269
All meetings are Thursdays 1 pm - 2pm
September 15, 2022 - November 17, 2022
Note: Applicants for NIH fellowships must be US citizens or permanent residents to apply.
Questions? Email Lauren Aleksunes at aleksunes@eohsi.Rutgers.edu
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The paper is a result of research preformed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although mechanical ventilators are safety-critical devices that help patients breathe, commonly found in hospital intensive care units (ICUs)-yet, the high costs and proprietary nature of commercial ventilators inhibit their use as an educational and research platform. The paper "presents a fully open ventilator device - The People's Ventilator: PVP1-with complete hardware and software documentation including detailed build instructions and a DIY cost of $1,700 USD".
Read more about the TL1 Fellows Program.
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Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research Design Core
Mini-Methods Grant Program
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The Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Mini-Methods Grant program offers one-year awards of up to $25,000 to investigators developing methodology for innovative study designs, new statistical models, novel applications of an existing method to areas in which such a method has not been previously employed, etc., all with potential to benefit other clinical and translational science researchers.
BERD seeks proposals that:
- Develop innovative measurement and/or analytic methods that identify disparate patterns of disease or identify factors that might be key in leading to differential responses to therapy
- Solve health challenges encountered by existing translational research projects within NJACTS
- Demonstrate the potential for future independent funding
BERD especially encourage proposals that
- Relate to studies being undertaken by TL1/KL2 trainees with methodological challenges; and/or
- Include researchers from two or more of the participating institutions (Rutgers, Princeton, and NJIT)
Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis.
Mini-Methods RFA
Mini-Methods Grant Application
Budget Page
Read more about the BERD Core
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Regulatory Knowledge & Support | |
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Regulatory and Operational Considerations of
eConsent
Electronic platforms hold potential to improve the informed consent (IC) process by incorporating graphics, self-pacing, meaningful engagement, and access to additional information on demand. These elements have been shown to increase research participant understanding and satisfaction.
From Paper to Screen: Regulatory and Operational Considerations for Modernizing the Informed Consent Process examines the experience of two Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) study teams who transitioned from a paper-based IC process to an electronic informed consent (eIC) process. These experiences highlight some of the operational and regulatory challenges of eIC and explore how study teams and institutional review boards (IRBs) can navigate them. Key regulations and operational considerations are explored.
Learn More about the Regulatory Knowledge and Support Core
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NJ ACTS Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey | |
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Please participate in the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science (RITMS) Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey. This survey specifically focuses on RITMS’ Service-Driven, Translational Science Programs, including NJ ACTS. You can access the on-line survey at: https://redcap.rwjms.rutgers.edu/surveys/?s=JYJN3RYPT9.
Your participation in the survey helps us improve the services offered and directly affects the allocation of financial resources to services that will meet your future needs. In addition to improving our services, your feedback will be discussed at the RITMS Review Committee meetings and included in the RITMS External Review Report. Our responsiveness to your comments is evaluated by the RITMS External Advisory Board every five years during our designation.
While you can participate anonymously, we ask that you complete your personal information so that we can address your specific comments. The information you submit will be anonymized before communicating your responses to each question. After entering your information, please select the survey question you want to address and fill in as applicable.
Please share this survey with your any of your peers who have used any RITMS/NJ ACTS service. For any questions, please reach out to Dr. Karen D’Alonzo, Associate Professor, School of Nursing at kdalonzo@sn.rutgers.edu.
Thank you.
The RITMS/NJ ACTS Internal Review Committee
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NJ ACTS Services: Community Engagement Salons | |
NJ ACTS Community Engagement Core
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 and communities.
If you're interested in working with us, click here to learn more.
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Trial Innovation Network - OPEN FORUM
Introduction to the Recruitment Innovation Center (RIC)
Recruitment & Retention Materials Content + Design Toolkit
Do you have challenges in recruiting or retaining study participants? This is a common challenge and the CTSA Consortium has been working to develop tools and approaches that can help. As part of this initiative, the CTSA Recruitment Innovation Center (RIC) Recruitment Materials Team is hosting a forum to share their new Recruitment and Retention Materials Content + Design Toolkit.
This toolkit is a resource for research teams to help them create participant recruitment and retention materials, as well as materials for clinician awareness/study referrals. It includes: 1) guidelines, recommendations, and resources for creating content and design for participant recruitment and retention materials; 2) links to free various Canva templates designed by the RIC; and 3) tips & tutorials for creating materials in Canva.
July 28, 2022
2 pm - 3 pm
Register Here
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund and its Institute (PCORI) were reauthorized in 2019 for ten years, and the scope of patient outcomes was expanded to include “potential burdens and economic impacts of the utilization of medical treatments, items, and services on different stakeholders and decision-makers respectively. These potential burdens and economic impacts include medical out-of-pocket costs, including health plan benefit and formulary design, non-medical costs to the patient and family, including caregiving, effects on future costs of care, workplace productivity and absenteeism, and healthcare utilization.” A goal is to improve the availability, quality, and accessibility of data on economic variables as well as the analytic resources needed to support the study of economic impacts.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation is planning a scientific symposium and accompanying special issue in the journal Medical Care, focused on understanding and advancing the ways in which patient-centered economic data can be collected, linked, and analyzed for PCOR studies. The special issue will feature papers that highlight opportunities to build data capacity and strengthen research methods for PCOR studies that include economic outcomes—a new focus in the PCOR Trust Fund’s recent reauthorizing legislation.
Abstracts must be submitted by August 5, 2022 at 5:00 pm ET.
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National COVID Collaborative
How can you find out more about new research using data from the National COVID Cohort Collaborative?
By visiting the N3C in Action page!
Read the latest N3Connect newsletter.
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CLIC - New Virtual Workshop Series:
Conversations Toward Solutions
These three 60-90 minute workshops are designed to explore the experiences and challenges hubs have faced with common data issues across the consortium. These workshops are an opportunity to learn from one another through mutual engagement, to have conversations about how we have addressed problems in our respective institutions, to talk about pros and cons, and to discuss strategies about how we might address these common issues.
Access to electronic health records – August 15th
Researcher data access – September 12th
Health information exchanges – October 17th
*Note: All workshops begin at 2:00 ET.
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2022 In-Person CTSA Program Annual Meeting
Meeting Theme:
Achieving Health Equity through the Science of Translation
Venue:
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington DC
November 1-2, 2022
Check out the meeting event page and watch for details to come!
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Depression in the Postpartum Year and Life Course Economic Trajectories. Rokicki S, McGovern M, Von Jaglinsky A, Reichman NE. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Feb;62(2):165-173. PMID: 34696940. PMCID: PMC 8748295 DOI: 10/1016.j.amepre. 2021.08.011 Epub 2021 Oct 23.
Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Association Between Pain Management Clinic Laws and Opiod Prescribing and Overdose Deaths. Cerdá M, Wheeler-Martin K, Bruzelius E, Ponicki W, Gruenewald P, Mauro C, Crystal S, Davis CS, Keyes K, Hasin D, Rudolph KE, Martins SS. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Dec 1;190(12):2592-2603. PMID: 34216209 PMCID: PMC8796812 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwab192.
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MS in Clinical Research Management - Rutgers School of Health Professions is inviting all students interested in learning more about how to conduct clinical research at an Academic Medical Center. Now accepting applications for Fall 2022! This 16-month program is designed for students with no clinical research or pharmaceutical experience interested in functioning as a “study coordinator”. TO APPLY, CLICK HERE. To read more View Flyer. | |
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On the Pandemic Podcast - The Impact of Race on Health with host Mary Marchetta O'Dowd, MPH, Executive Director, Health Systems and Population Health Integration, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and guest Denise V. Rodgers, MD, FAAFP, Vice Chancellor of Interprofessional Programs, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Listen on : APPLE, SPOTIFY, GOOGLE, ANCHOR, RADIO PUBLIC
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Build a Successful Collaboration with NJ ACTS Team Science - The Team Science Core offers general and project-specific consultations on building and maintaining successful research teams and collaborations. To set up a consultation, please fill out the intake form. Read more about the Team Science Core.
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NJ ACTS is a partnership between Rutgers, NJIT and Princeton. NJ ACTS advances clinical and translational science to develop new therapies and treatments and improve population health. | |
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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