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NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES
September 10, 2024
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Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events | |
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Princeton Precision Health
2024 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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Understanding and Addressing
Implicit Bias and Othering
Workshop
Speakers
Maria Soto-Greene, M.D., MS-HPEd
James Hill, Ph.D.
September 17, 2024
12 pm - 2 pm
Virtual
Implicit bias refers to the unconscious attitudes, thoughts, or feelings that may be contradictory and inconsistent with an individual’s conscious beliefs. Despite the unconscious nature of implicit bias, there is evidence that it affects healthcare and workplace outcomes. The workshop will help identify and reduce implicit bias.
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ResearchMatch now available in simplified Chinese!
ResearchMatch is excited to announce the launch of its Chinese-translated website!
Volunteers are now able to sign-up with ResearchMatch and view the website in simplified Chinese in addition to English and Spanish. Both new and existing volunteers may now specify Chinese (or English or Spanish) as a preferred language, as well as indicate their nation of origin within their volunteer profile.
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Stephen Crystal Receives R01
The project is "Improving Outcome and Equity for Released Prisoners with Substance Use Disorders (SUD): Trajectories of Participation in Pre-Release and Post-Release Medication for Opioid Use Disorders (MOUD), and Outcomes".
Pre-release MOUD and peer navigation (PN) represent promising strategies for improving re-entry outcomes, but there is great need for better understanding of implementation, utilization, and outcomes of these interventions.
Co-PIs: Amesika Nyaku, MD; Donald (Rusty) Reeves, MD; Jason Roy, PhD; Hillary Samples, PhD; Peter Treitler, PhD; Grant Victor, PhD
Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH
Dr. Crystal is Co-Lead for NJ ACTS Special Populations with Dr. Reeves. Dr. Roy is Co-Lead for NJ ACTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research Design (BERD).
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Researchers Aim to Transform Cancer Survivorship Care in the U.S.
A team of researchers from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers Cancer Institute has been awarded a five-year, $4.83 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to support efforts in coordinating care for cancer survivors who are managing cardiovascular risks.
The team includes Shawna Hudson, a professor and senior associate dean for population health research at the medical school and vice chancellor for dissemination and implementation science at Rutgers Health. Dr. Hudson is also Associate Director of NJ ACTS, with special responsibility for Element C, Community Engagement, and Workforce Development.
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NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events | |
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is excited to announce the launch of the Environmental Justice (EJ) Scholars Program!
The program invites environmental justice experts from outside of NIH to share their knowledge, skills, and lived experience to help inform, build, and strengthen NIH capacity in the field of environmental justice. EJ Scholars will be invited to collaborate with NIH staff on one or more research, education, or training-relevant activities, contributing to the broader NIH community.
Mid‐career to senior scientist candidates and environmental justice community leaders from academic, non‐profit, or private sectors are eligible to apply for the inaugural 2024–2025 cohort.
Application Deadline: October 11, 2024
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Collaboration Webinars from the
Hear from CTSA TIN experts on various trial-related topics to improve your project.
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A Mobile Device URL IRL: Innovating Multisite Study Recruitment with the Clinician Study "App"
Multisite clinical research success rests with a strong study recruitment toolbox. One innovative tool that provides up-to-date study information to clinicians across study sites and referring clinics is the Clinician Study App—or CSA. The CSA functions like an app on the web browser of any mobile device.
October 7, 2024
12 pm
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Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs: From Basics to Bayesian
As resources become increasingly limited, adaptive clinical trial designs have been proposed to conduct more efficient translational research. These designs include elements to stop trials before completion for futility, efficacy, or safety; adapt the allocation across study arms; enrich the population enrolled; revise target sample sizes; or to add/drop study arms.
November 20, 2024
12 pm
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NJ ACTS Publication Highlights
Racialized police use of force and birth outcomes. Valentina Chegwin, Julien Teitler, Felix M. Muchomba, Nancy E. Reichman. Social Science & Medicine, Volume 321, March 2023, 115767
Childhood asthma diagnoses declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Daniel B. Horton, Amanda L. Neikirk, Yiling Yang, Cecilia Huang, Reynold A. Panettieri Jr, Stephen Crystal, Brian L. Strom & Lauren E. Parlett. Respiratory Research volume 24, Article number: 72 (2023)
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The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Animal Care Program, in conjunction with several Department of Animal Sciences undergraduate classes at Rutgers, sells farm products, including the pork, goat meat, beef and lamb.
The farm store is located on the corner of the Dairy Barn on College Farm Road. The Farm Store is open every Friday from 1–4 p.m.
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Propelus I-Corps Program Regional Fall hosted by Princeton University, Oct. 7, 10, 17, Nov. 15, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, Apply by Sept. 9, Virtual. Artificial Intelligence Theme, hosted by Princeton University, Oct. 22, 25, and Nov. 15, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, Apply by Sept. 24,Virtual | |
NSF I-Corps Teams Q&A Webinar. I-Corps Teams is an intensive 7-week boot camp that covers key concepts related to testing and building a business model. Register for the October 3rd Q&A, 12 - 1 pm | |
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.
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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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