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NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES
February 7, 2022
Upcoming NJ ACTS and Rutgers Events

NJ ACTS Special Populations Core 2022 Seminar Series

Supervised Consumption Sites and Overdose Prevention in the United States: Possibilities, Prospects, and Challenges

Brandon D. L. Marshall, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Brown University

February 8, 2022
1-2pm
Research Resources Workshop Wednesday (R2W2)

Advanced Research Computing
David Foran, PhD
Chief Research Informatics Officer, RBHS
J. Barr von Oehsen, PhD
Associate Vice President Advanced Research Computing, Rutgers

February 9, 2022
4 – 5pm
CLIC Webinar Series - Insights to Inspire 2022:
The Journey Continues - Data Completeness

Collaboration Brings Corporate and Academic Cultures Together to Achieve Common Goals


NJ ACTS Informatics Core Leads will speak about how Rutgers overcame cultural and operational differences with the creation of a new governance council. 

David Foran, PhD
James Barr von Oehsen, PhD
Frank Sonnenberg, MD


February 17, 2022
1 pm
NJ ACTS BERD Core Spring Workshop Series

Introduction to Causal Inference and Propensity Scores
Jason Roy, PhD
Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology & RUBIES Director


February 17, 2022
3 - 4 pm
NJ ACTS Consultation Services: Informatics
NJ ACTS Informatics Core

Informatics Services integrates, enhances and expands data from disparate clinical and research sources for researchers as well as augments analytics capabilities and training across the research enterprise.

Available Services


Visit NJ ACTS Services for a Full List of Our Consulting and Other Services

NJ ACTS in the News
Princeton Team Receives University Science Center Innovation Funding
 
NJ ACTS pilot awardee Howard Stone, PhD, Donald R. Dixon ’69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, was selected for innovation funding from the Philadelphia-based University Science Center. The technology, developed in conjunction with Princeton Research Scholar Maksim Mezhericher improves the storage and transport of vaccines and life-saving drugs at room temperature. Early progress on the development of the technology received support from the New Jersey Health Foundation and the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science through a NJ ACTS Pilot Award.

The team will receive a $200,000 grant from the Science Center’s QED Proof-of-Concept program with which to advance the technologies. The Science Center will contribute half the funds, with the remainder contributed by the researchers’ institutions. To learn more, read the full article, Thawing the cold chain: Princeton technology for room-temperature delivery of vaccines and biological drugs selected for Science Center innovation funding.

Chosen as one the Best Articles of 2021

Congratulations to Stephen Crystal, Mark Olfson and Greta Bushnel! Their article, Trends in Antipsychotic Medication Use in Young Privately Insured Children, was selected by the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) editors as one of the 8 “Best Articles of 2021” published in JAACAP and one of only two in the Therapeutics category.

Trends in Antipsychotic Medication Use in Young Privately Insured Children. Greta A Bushnell, Stephen Crystal, Mark Olfson, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2021 Jul;60(7):877-886. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

Partial funding for this research was provided by NJ ACTS.
2021 AAAS Fellows
 
NJ ACTS would like to congratulate the 12 Rutgers Professors named to the 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows (AAAS) in the biological and medical areas. Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues.

We would particularly call out Dr. Fitzgerald-Bocarsly and Dr. DiCicco-Bloom, both of whom are members of the NJ ACTS Academy of Mentors.

Honorees include:

Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly*, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Emanuel M. DiCicco-Bloom*, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Julie L. Lockwood, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers New Brunswick
Tara C. Matise, School of Arts and Science, Rutgers-New Brunswick
Andrew Singson, School of Arts and Science, Rutgers-New Brunswick
Renping Zhou, Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Alan S. Goldman, School of Arts and Science, Rutgers-New Brunswick
Cecile Arlene Feldman, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Ying Fan Reinfelder, School of Arts and Science, Rutgers-New Brunswick
William C. Gause, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Margaret Marsh, Rutgers University-Camden 
Max Häggblom, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers New Brunswick

*Members of the NJ ACTS Academy of Mentors
NJ ACTS Grant Writing Training Participant Dr. Zorimar Rivera-Nunez was interviewed for the NorthJersey.com/Bergen Record story that ran on January 23, 2022 about a First-of-Its-Kind NIH Study: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Affecting Black and Latinx Health Care Workers in Support Roles.


Upcoming CTSA Events
Registration now open for 2022 CTSA Program
In-Person Spring Group Meetings

This Chicago, IL event is first in-person spring CTSA Program Group Meetings in over two years!
 
Friday, March 25, 2022
Registration Deadline: Friday, March 4, 2022
 
Friday, April 22 & Saturday, April 23, 2022
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 1, 2022
NJ ACTS Publications

A Cerebral Organoid Connectivity Apparatus to Model Neuronal Tract Circuitry. Robles DA, Boreland AJ, Pang ZP, Zahn JD. Micromachines (Basel). 2021 Dec 17;12(12):1574. PMID: 34945423 PMCID: PMC8706388 DOI: 10.3390/mi12121574
In Case You Missed IT
Build a Successful Collaboration with NJ ACTS Team Science - The Team Science Core offers general and project-specific consultations on building and maintaining successful research teams and collaborations. To set up a consultation, please fill out the intake form. Read more about the Team Science Core.
Regulatory Knowledge and Support Core Staff cafés. The second Monday and the last Thursday of every month. Next Monday cafe is February 14, 2022, 10 -11 am. Join via Zoom. The next Thursday cafe is February 24, 2022, 2 - 3 pm. Join via Zoom. Questions? Contact Anthony Gonzalez
On the Pandemic Podcast Episode 5: A Voice from the Battlefield, Guest: Lewis S. Nelson, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Chief of the Division of Medical Toxicology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Listen on: APPLE, SPOTIFY, GOOGLE, ANCHOR, RADIO PUBLIC
Climate Change and Human Health (C2H2) Through a Translational Science Lens. The Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration (CLIC), the coordinating center for the NCATS CTSA Program, is hosting this Un-Meeting to discuss and develop innovative and effective ideas regarding climate change in human health. Full Agenda and Register Here!
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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