NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES

March 4, 2026

Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events


 


March 10

8:30 am - 3 pm

Research Reimagined: AI’s Transformative Power at Rutgers

Alexander Library’s Teleconference Lecture Hall or Virtual

 

252 Nassau St 2nd Fl, Princeton

Early Life Exposures and Social Inequality


Florencia Torche

Princeton


Mar 6, 12 pm

How Wearables and AI Are Reshaping Preventive Care


Ricky Bloomfield Oura


Mar 20, 12 pm

 

Transform your technology into benefits for society


Hosted by Princeton

Virtual


May 5, 13, and 26

Joy at Work

Mini Grant Program


Ideas to foster well-being

in the workplace.

For Rutgers Postdocs

 

For Rutgers Researchers

 

Rutgers Libraries

Poster Printing Services

 

Call for Proposals

 

Clinical Trials Day 2026

Advancing Health Through Research

 We invite students, faculty, staff, industry partners, and community collaborators to submit proposals for Poster or Scientific Presentations.

 
 

Clincal Research Coordination Badge

 

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.


The CRC Badging course is self-paced, takes about 20 hours to complete, and consists of 5 modules. Read More

 

Clinical Trials Office New Service

 

New Clinical Trials Office (CTO) Portal Opened


The CTO launched a new portal to streamline common requests.

 

CTSA News and Events

NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events

Cycle XVI 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:

  • Translational science methods and best practices
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Clinical and health research innovation
  • Solution-oriented approaches in health disparities research
  • National training curricula in CTS



Submission Period March 1 - March 31



Email SteeringCmte@ccos.ctsa.io with any questions

 

REDCap Central: a 21 CFR Part-11 Instance of REDCap in the Cloud


March 18

12 - 1


Register

Strategies to Engage Providers & Recruit Patients


April 15

12 - 1


Register

NJ ACTS Publications

NJ ACTS Publication Highlights


Differential Contributions of Interferon Classes to Host Inflammatory Responses and Restricting Virus Progeny Production. Krystal K Lum, Tavis J Reed, Jinhang Yang, Ileana M Cristea. Journal of Proteome Research. 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00826. Online ahead of print.


Bacterial viability in the built environment of the home. Joy Xie, Ellen M Acosta, Zemer Gitai. PLoS One. 2023 Nov 8;18(11):e0288092. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288092. eCollection 2023.

 

ICYMI

Rutgers Innovation Showcase - March 19th, 1:30 - 6:30 pm. Register

Wildfires and Their Impacts on the Environment and Health - May 6th, 9 am - 5 pm. Flyer and Register

2026 Evelyn Witkin Memorial Lecture - Insights from Drosophila as a Genetic Model for Human Neurodegenerative Disease. March 9th, 4 pm. View Flyer

Yale Medical AI Symposium - March 26th. For More Info, to Register or Submit a Poster Proposal

 

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.

Components

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

CTSA Hub Funding Opportunities

Become a members of NJ ACTS

How to cite the CTSA Grant

 
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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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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)