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NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES
October 1, 2025
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Celebrating the Next Generation:
A Symposium Highlighting Our Trainees
and Early Career Investigators
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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.
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Find out what impact your research or innovation could have in solving real-world problems by attending the Novus I-Corps program, a half-day introduction to I-Corps.
- November 5, 11:15 am - 3:15 pm
- Rutgers University - Camden Campus Student Center 326 Penn Street Multipurpose Room Camden, NJ 08102
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Jeffrey Carson's research has led to changes in practice and guidelines of blood transfusions
Dr. Carson spent more than a decade persuading hospitals that fewer, resource-saving blood transfusions work just as well as more frequent transfusions for most patients. More recently, the Rutgers internist finished a massive study that indicates a major exception to the rule: anemic heart attack patients. Read More
Dr. Carson is Co-lead for Research Design in the NJ ACTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research Design (BERD) Core and a NJ ACTS K12 Scholar Mentor.
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John Cohen and Dan Notterman Join Office of the Dean for Research as Advisors at Princeton
NJ ACTS congratulates Drs. Cohen and Notterman on their appointment as advisors for the Office of the Dean for Research (ODFR). Jonathan Cohen, MD, PhD, joined July 1 as senior advisor for computing and data and Daniel A. Notterman, MD, is vice dean for biomedical and clinical research, effective September 1. Read More
Dr. Cohen is a NJ ACTS 2020 Pilot Grant recipient and led the NJ ACTS core on Machine Learning Approaches to Mental Illness and Chronic Disease. Dr. Notterman is a Deputy Director of NJ ACTS and Core Co-Lead for NJ ACTS T32 Pre-doctoral Training and Career Development Fellows Program and the K12 Mentored Career Development Scholars Program.
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Do You Want Additional Professional Credentials?
Take Advantage of the NJ ACTS Badge Program
NJ ACTS enthusiastically supports the development of new skills and expertise by developing and offering the research workforce a variety of digital badges. Badges can demonstrate mastery of materials and competence in a set of skills and can help prepare the earner for new career opportunities.
All NJ ACTS Badges are available at: https://njacts.rbhs.rutgers.edu/education-training/badges/
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Clinical Research Coordination (CRC) Level-1
This CRC Badging Course is designed to introduce individuals to the responsibilities, knowledge, and tasks performed by entry-level Clinical Research Coordinators. Participants will achieve level 1 competency in six clinical trial competency domains governing the conduct of clinical trials: Scientific Concepts and Research Design, Ethics & Participant Safety Considerations, Investigational Products Development & Regulation, Clinical Study Operations (GCP), Study and Site Management, and Data Management & Informatics.
The CRC Badging course is self-paced, takes about 20 hours to complete, and consists of 5 modules. Read More
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Key Dates:
Information Session: October 2
Letter of Intent Deadline: October 27
Pre-selection Notification: December 1, 2025
Application Deadline: January 21, 2026
Award Notification: March 6, 2026
Earliest Start Date: April/May, 2026 (dependent on regulatory approvals)
| | NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events | | |
Applications are now being accepted for the AIM-AHEAD & NCATS Health Data Science Training Program Class of 2026.
- Trainees receive 6 months of online training - from the basics of artificial intelligence and machine learning, to launching a first project using the real-world health data in the N3C.
- Online courses, weekly live classes, project guidance, and 1:1 mentorship.
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Trainees must be able to commit 8-10 hours/week to training and receive an $8000 stipend and $2000 travel allowance to present their work at the AIM-AHEAD Annual Meeting in July 2026. Read More
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Collaboration Webinars from the
Hear from CTSA TIN experts on trial-related topics to improve your project
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Using Behavior, Economics and Technology to Improve Population Health Outcomes
October 15
12 - 1 pm
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Decentralized Trial Design
December 1
12 - 1 pm
Register
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NJ ACTS Publication Highlights
Engineered compact pan-neuronal promoter from Alphaherpesvirus LAP2 enhances target gene expression in the mouse brain and reduces tropism in the liver. Carola J Maturana. Gene Therapy. 2023 Nov 27.doi: 10.1038/s41434-023-00430-0. Online ahead of print.
Maximizing the impact of reach out and read literacy promotion: anticipatory guidance and modeling. Manuel E Jimenez, Nila Uthirasamy, Jennifer R Hemler, Alicja Bator, Keanaan Malke, Daniel Lima, Pamela Ohman Strickland, Usha Ramachandran, Benjamin F Crabtree, Shawna V Hudson, Thomas I Mackie, Alan L Mendelsohn. Pediatric Research. 2023 Dec 7. doi: 10.1038/s41390-023-02945-z. Online ahead of print.
| | AI and Digital Health Day-Catalyzing Responsible Al Adoption Across New Jersey’s Life Sciences Ecosystem! October 9, 2025, 8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m., Princeton University, Friend Center | 65 Olden St, Princeton, NJ 08540 | |
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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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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