Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events

Megan Cooke, PhD

Research Associate in the Genes, Environments, and Neurodevelopment in Addictions Program

Jessica Salvatore, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the Genes, Environments, and Neurodevelopment in Addictions Program

NJ ACTS Special Populations Seminar

Project ECHO, a Tool for Dissemination, Equity, & Community Engagement

FALL MENTOR WORKSHOPS 2025

For Rutgers Students - Mentor Training

Learn how you can offer guidance and advice based on your own experiences. Share insights on academic challenges, career paths, and personal growth.

Sept 26, 2-3 pm - Introduction to Mentoring

Oct 17, 2-3 pm - Effective Communication

Nov 14, 2-3 pm - Time Management

Dec 5, 2-3 pm - Storytelling through Art

Tillet Hall, Room 204

50 Joyce Kilmer Avenue

Piscataway

Propelus helps researchers explore the customer perspective to inform how a discovery or innovation can become the basis of a successful startup or venture.

Request for Applications

NJ ACTS News

Pediatric Clinical Trials Working Group Approved by the CTSA Steering Committee

Dr. Sunanda Gaur, NJ ACTS Clinical Trials Office Co-Lead and Director of the RWJMS Adult and Pediatric CRUs, is a member of the recently approved Pediatric Clinical Trials Working Group (PCT-WG). The PCT-WG is part of the CTSA Integration Across Life Span Enterprise Committee and was created to strengthen pediatric research within the CTSA network. Its mission is to expand knowledge, expertise, and access in pediatric clinical trial development and implementation, ultimately increasing the number, efficiency, and effectiveness of trials for children.

Emily Barrett Receives 2025 Rutgers Health Chancellor Award

Dr. Emily Barrett received the Distinguished Mentor Award for exceptional, sustained contributions at Rutgers Health to mentoring postdoctoral and/or clinical fellows, junior faculty, and staff, and/or mentoring undergraduate and graduate students.

Dr. Barrett is the NJ ACTS Assistant Director and Lead for Element E, Advancing Clinical Translatable Science by Addressing Roadblocks.

The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) 2025 Conference

Taking a Closer Look at Micro-Credentials for Principal Investigators

At the ACRP 2025 conference in New Orleans, a trio of experts, including Nadina Jose, MD, Rutgers Health Informatics, addressed how to keep PIs up to speed with the demands of their calling in the midst of an ever-changing clinical research landscape by offering digital badges or micro-credentials. A micro-credential for clinical research professionals, especially for PIs, can afford opportunities for easy access to enhancing competency in conducting clinical trials. Read the Full Article

Dr. Jose is a Co-Lead of the Workforce Development Core.

Community Scientist Badge

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/

Community Scientist Program

The Community Scientist Program is a training and education program designed to engage the community in research by fostering partnerships between community members and investigators. It is designed to provide community-friendly training in ethics and responsible conduct of research to community members, as well as provide opportunities for networking with researchers and other community scientists. The program is comprised of two components: (1) CIRTification: Community Involvement in Research Training and (2) expert-led Community Conversations.

Community Conversations will be 1.5 hours and conducted via Zoom. 

CTSA News and Events

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.
• 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

Cycle XV of CTSA Working Group Proposals is now open!

The CTSA Steering Committee is looking for Working Group proposals that align within the following key areas:

• National training curricula in CTS
• Artificial intelligence
• Career development for clinical and translational research staff (broadly defined)
• Team science mentoring dissemination and implementation
• Identification of health determinants (biology, structural, and social)

The proposal submission period is September 2 - September 30. All proposals must be submitted no later than Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 3 p.m. ET. 

Collaboration Webinars from the

Trial Innovation Network

Hear from CTSA TIN experts on trial-related topics to improve your project

NJ ACTS Publication Highlights

Attention based dynamic graph neural network for asset pricing. Uddin, Ajim, Tao, Xinyuan, Yu, Dantong. Global Finance Journal. Volume 58, November 2023, 100900.

Neighborhood-level housing affordability and maternal depression. McGovern, Mark E., Rokicki, Slawa, Von Jaglinsky, Annette, Reichman, Nancy E. SSM – Mental Health. Volume 3, December 2023, 100192.

In Case You Missed It

NCATS Rare Diseases Are Not Rare! 2025 Challenge Prize Competition

Read More. The anticipated Challenge Launch Date is September 2025.

Rutgers Updated Guidance on AI

PAR-25-323: Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Human Required) Application Due Date September 26, 2025

Apply for the Translational Science Interagency Fellowship Program -NCATS jointly sponsors the Translational Science Interagency Fellowship (TSIF) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to train fellows in translational science and regulatory science. Learn More about the Program



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

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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UL1TR003017 (pre-5/1/2024), UM1TR004789 (starting 5/1/2024), KL2TR003018 and TL1TR003019 (pre-5/1/2024), K12TR004788(starting 7/1/2024), T32TR004782 (starting 9/1/2024), R25TR004777 (starting 9/1/2024)