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NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES
May 14, 2026
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The Kiosk Project: How Community Scientists Help Improve Participation in Clinical Trials
For clinical trials to work best, they need to include people from all different backgrounds, especially those who need the treatment most. NJ ACTS’ Community Scientists help people to understand research and make it more available to everyone. In the Kiosk project, Community Scientists helped gather feedback on a short video about clinical trials. Read the Full Article
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Community Scientists trained in the past 4 years
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97 %
Community Scientists recommended this program
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All 40
Participants want to join future health research
| | Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events | | |
Clinical Trials Day 2026 - May 20th
Advancing Health Through Research
Join us in celebrating the vital role of clinical research professionals and shining a light on the next generation of the translational science workforce
| | Watch the Video above for Senator Andy Kim's Thoughts on Clinical Trials Day at Rutgers. | | | | |
The Academy is designed to support, celebrate, and grow educators, faculty, staff, and learners across Rutgers Health. We warmly invite everyone with an interest in health professions education to become members and join us for our upcoming launch event.
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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, 12:30pm-3:30pm
| | Rutgers Fellowship Opportunity | These NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowships are ideal for individuals interested in combining research in Biomedical Sciences with learning how to use active learning techniques to encourage underrepresented undergraduates to consider careers in STEM. |
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Princeton Undergraduates Build Real-World Skills
through Community Health Micro-Internships
Recently, five Princeton undergraduate students — Lindsay McBride, Yubi Mamiya, William Travis, Claire Kho, and Diego Segura — contributed to community initiatives while gaining practical experience through their work with New Jersey–based organizations engaged in public health research and projects.
NJ ACTS collaborated with the Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES) and community partners to design and fund four different short-term initiatives. Read the full article by Tom Garlinghouse
| | | NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events | | A Successful CTSA Conference 2026 | | Victoria Appel and Yasheca Ebanks (NJ ACTS) | | Erin Gibson (top -Tufts Medicine), Casandra Burrows (left - NJ ACTS), Christi Madden (right-University of Arkansas) | | | | |
AI Across the Translational Spectrum: From Discovery to Community Impact
June 5, 2026
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NJ ACTS Publication Highlights
Leveraging machine learning: Covariate-adjusted Bayesian adaptive randomization and subgroup discovery in multi-arm survival trials. Wenxuan Xiong, Jason Roy, Hao Liu, Liangyuan Hu. Contemporary clinical trials. Pub Date: 2024-04-28 DOI:10.1016/j.cct.2024.107547
Point-of-care diagnostic devices for periodontitis – current trends and urgent need. Alexandra Griffith, Charmi Chande, Sahitya Kulkarni, Josuel Morel, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Emi Shimizu, Carla Cugini, Sagnik Basuray and Vivek Kumar. Sensors & Diagnostics. 03 Jun 2024. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SD00317E
| | At Princeton Innovation Conference at Reunions join hundreds of founders, fuelers, and funders who are translating technologies from idea to impact in AI, arts and humanities, biotech and life sciences, deep tech, education and edtech, energy and the environment, fintech, social enterprise–and more. May 22nd. Register | | Short Course on Multilingual Approaches to Research, June 1-3 Agenda and Register | |
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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