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NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES
July 8, 2026
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NJ ACTS welcomes Cande V. Ananth, MD, PhD, as the new Co-Lead for the Regulatory Core.
Dr. Ananth is a tenured distinguished professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at RWJMS and holds joint appointments in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, and the Department of Medicine, RWJMS.
NJ ACTS would like to thank Nancy Fiedler for her many contributions as the former Co-Lead of the Regulatory Core and wishes her the best in her retirement.
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NJ ACTS welcomes John VanBuren, PhD, as the Inaugural Director of the Rutgers Contract Research Collaboratory (RCRC) within the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science.
Dr. VanBuren is an internationally recognized biostatistician and clinical trial methodologist with nearly a decade of experience leading large, multicenter clinical research programs. He recently left the University of Utah Data Coordinating Center and has served as Principal Investigator or lead biostatistician for numerous NIH-, DoD-, industry- and foundation-funded studies. He specializes in Bayesian adaptive designs, risk-based monitoring, decentralized trials, and complex study designs including exception from informed consent trials.
RCRC will be a full-service contract research organization that specializes in the design and implementation of multi-site studies. Read More
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The Tri-Institutional Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) Pilot Program offers pilot grants to develop and advance innovative clinical and translational research, provide a path to sustainable, extramurally-funded independent research, and encourage the development of innovations with the potential for commercialization.
NJ ACTS is happy to announce the four pilots chosen for 2026 funding:
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PIs Salam Daher, NJIT
David Paglia, Rutgers
Jason Maikos, Veterans Affairs (not pictured)
Artificial Intelligence-Based Technology to Improve Clinical Data Processing of Soft Tissue in X-Ray Images
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PIs Youwen Zhang, Rutgers
Ying Liang, New York Blood Center (not pictured)
Dual-Target Scintillator Nanoparticle-Mediated Conditioning for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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PI Cynthia Koziol-White, Rutgers
Collaborator Daniela Staquicini, Rutgers (not pictured)
Targeting Trefoil Factor 3 as a therapeutic to reverse airway occlusion in obstructive airway diseases
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PIs Luciana Mascarenhas Fonseca, Rutgers
James Green, Rutgers (not pictured)
Multi-Source Evidence Convergence for Drug-Induced Cognitive Risk in Older Adults
| | Princeton PIs Jared Toettcher and Danelle Davenport were awarded a 2025 CTR Pilot for Developing light-activated synthetic receptor tyrosine kinases as a platform for regenerative cell therapies. | | |
The program is funded through the generous support of each academic partner: Princeton University, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and Rutgers University.
| | NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events | | |
Summer Series
REDCap 101 - Will guide novice users through essential terminology, Rutgers REDCap access, project creation using forms/surveys, and best-practice recommendations.
Wednesday, Aug 12, 2026, 11 am-12 pm - Register
REDCap Intermediate Topics - Demonstrate longitudinal events, repeating instruments, smart variables, embedding fields, alerts and notifications, and advanced survey options.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 11 am-12 pm - Register
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2026, 11 am-12 pm - Register
REDCap Project Migration - Migration workshop will demonstrate the self-service processes for moving REDCap projects from one instance to another.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 1-2 pm - Register
Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026, 11 am-12 pm - Register
Wednesday, Sept 2, 2026, 11 am-12 pm - Register
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Begin your innovation journey and learn about the path to entrepreneurship
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Hosted by Princeton University
August 6, 12:00 - 2:30 pm - Virtual
Introductory training/workshop and networking event
to shift mindset to entrepreneurship and creating your business thesis.
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Transform your technology
into benefits for society
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Hosted by Princeton University
September 2026 - Virtual
- Mandatory Preparing for the Cohort Session: 9/2, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
- September 9, 16, 30, 12:30-3:30pm
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Hosted by Princeton University
Fall 2026 - Virtual (Small Business)
- Orientation: 10/14, 12:30-2:30 pm
- October 28, November 4, 18, and December 2, 12:30-2:30 pm
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Clinical Informatics and Data Science: 3 Badges
This certificate will be granted upon the completion of a digital three-badge sequence on the processes and methods of machine learning as used in clinical research and reporting. It is designed for students who are already professionally engaged in health care or public health and who want to improve their technical skills.
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Rutgers Libraries Webinar
Friday, July 17 - 12pm - 1pm
Participants will learn how to build compliant NIH biosketches, import data from ORCID, update existing records, and manage multiple biosketch versions for different proposals.
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Funding for Inventions
The Rutgers Office for Research provides funding and mentoring to support inventors in commercializing their inventions.
| | NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events | | |
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Advancing the Science and Practice of Community-Engaged Research
Thursday, July 30, 2026 | 1 PM – 5 PM
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Measuring and Rewarding Scientific Impact
NIH is seeking stakeholder input to define specific, measurable indicators and incentives that better reflect the collaborative, rigorous, and mission-driven nature of modern biomedical science.
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Using social media to recruit for clinical trials – An updated toolkit from the Recruitment Innovation Center
August 3
12 - 1 pm
Register
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The Joint Task Force-Patient Partner Project: Integrating Patient Partnership into Clinical Research Competencies
September 16
12 - 1 pm
Register
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NJ ACTS Publication Highlights
Methadone treatment utilization and overdose trends among Medicaid beneficiaries in New Jersey before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. James Lloyd, Peter Treitler, Jamey J. Lister, Molly Nowels, Stephen Crystal. Journal of Substance Use & Addictive Treatment. Volume 167, 209476, December 2024.
Seroprevalence of Lyme Disease in Children With Facial Nerve Palsy. Bethany Murphy, Julissa Veras, Sindhura Kolli, Brielle Formanowski, Patricia Greenberg, Lawrence Kleinman, Amisha Malhotra, Vikram Bhise. Journal of Child Neurology. 2024 Aug 28:8830738241272069.
| | Clinical Research Credentials Study - Seeking input from Clinical Research Professionals to better understand how professional credentials influence career development, employment opportunities, and workforce expectations within the field. Join the Study | |
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 Resources, Services, Training Programs and Working Groups | | |
This newsletter is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number UM1TR004789 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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