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NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES
December 13, 2023
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Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events | |
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NJ ACTS Welcomes New Co-Directors
to the KL2 Early Career Development Program
NJ ACTS is delighted to announce that Ethan Halm, MD, MPH, MBA and John Chan, MD have agreed to serve as co-program directors for our KL2 Early Career Development Program. They are stellar scientists and mentors with complementary skill sets. By having co-program directors, we broaden our expertise, capabilities and enable geographic representation across major training sites.
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This change was occasioned by the departure of Sally Radovick and Frederic Wondisford for the University of Arizona. We are very grateful for the leadership of Dr. Radovick. I am sure that you join me in thanking her for guiding the NJ ACTS K program, mentoring many of you and building an excellent program. We also thank Dr. Wondisford for his service on the KL2 Executive Committee.
Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr., MD
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Chris Gignoux, PhD
Associate Professor Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology
University of Colorado Boulder
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Department of Genetics &
Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey
Research Seminar
Understanding polygenic risk from the lens of a learning healthcare system
The wealth of insights from genome-wide association studies has led to increased interest in the potential clinical applications of polygenic risk scores. Here, biobanks provide a novel opportunity to examine polygenic effects in real-world healthcare settings and to investigate across hundreds to thousands of traits.
December 18, 2023
12 pm
Life Sciences Building, Auditorium, 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway
or on Zoom
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SciPhD Leadership and Business Skills for Scientists
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NJ ACTS Workforce Development Core
NIH Grant Writing Mini-Course
This mini-course is intended for novice grant writers planning to submit a K or R grant in the next year.
Week 1: Getting Started with Your NIH Application.
Week 2: Crafting Compelling Specific Aims Pages.
Week 3: Developing Your Research Strategy and Targeting Your Application for Peer Review.
Week 4: Aligning Training Plans for K Grants.
Week 5: Interpreting Summary Statements and Resubmitting Your Application.
February 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29
3 - 4:30 pm
Virtual
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Propelus I-Corps Online Program
This four-session Propelus program helps researchers explore the customer perspective to inform how a discovery or innovation can become the basis of a successful startup or venture.
To apply to attend the Propelus program, researchers must form a team of at least two people involved with the scientific or technological discovery. The team must include:
- an entrepreneurial lead (often a postdoctoral researcher, graduate student or undergraduate) and
- a technical lead (usually a faculty member)
Apply by January 22, 2024
Program dates: February 12, 15, 22 and March 7
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NJ ACTS TL1 Fellows, Sophia Koval and Devin Simpkins of Princeton University, Featured in a Department of Molecular Biology Article
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Two of this year’s cohort of TL1 Fellows, graduate student Sophia Koval and postdoc Devin Simpkins, from the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology (MOL), were recently featured in the MOL online publication. Koval and Simpkins are both pursuing research projects which are intended to gain a better understanding of how the gut microbiome affects human health.
Read the full article to understand more about how the TL1 Program provides access to resources and mentors, and how the TL1 Program is enhancing the research projects of these two researchers.
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Lauren Aleksunes Featured in North Jersey.com
Dr. Aleksunes is leading a team of scientists at Rutgers University in partnership with four other colleges to try to improve the outcomes of pregnancies by focusing on what the placenta filters from a fetus, what it doesn't and why. Read the Full Article
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Visiting Research Scholar Appointments
The Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW), part of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, invites outstanding researchers with experience teaching epidemiology to apply for Visiting Research Scholar appointments. Read more
Apply by December 15, 2023
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This episode of the Princeton Pulse Podcast takes us to the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic and other public health crises with Dr. Jerome Adams, former Surgeon General of the United States and current Executive Director of Health Equity Initiatives and Distinguished Professor of Practice at Purdue University.
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NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events | |
N3C Data Help Validate Two Clinical Tools to Predict COVID-19 Mortality Risk
For people hospitalized with COVID-19, two new risk-prediction tools, tested in part using the NCATS National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C), could help clinicians make faster, better treatment decisions. The tools use a patient’s age and five common lab tests to analyze their risk of death more rapidly and accurately.
Scientists at Rutgers University reviewed health records from 969 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 from March to May 2020. The researchers used machine learning to examine 77 patient-health variables and find optimal combinations that best predicted severe COVID-19 outcomes. Read the Full Article
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Learning Health Systems (LHS) Collaborative Workshop | |
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Mentorship and Training Opportunities in Omics and Data Science,
and Summer Training Scholarships
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Funded by the NIH/NIGMS, the innovative ‘Career MODE’ (Careers through Mentoring and training in Omics and Data for Early-stage investigators) training program is recruiting a diverse cohort of early-stage Investigators from across the nation. At least 50% of the cohort will have the participation fee waived by receiving a scholarship.
Deadline: February 2, 2024. Visit the Career MODE website for further details
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The Skills for Health and Research Professionals (SHARP) Program offers 1-4 day trainings in omics, data science, climate and professional development.
Scholarship applications will open on November 20th , with a deadline of February 29, 2024.
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Collaboration Webinars from the
Trial Innovation Network
Hear from CTSA TIN experts on various trial-related topics to improve your project.
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SMART IRB Agreement 3.0 Proposed Revisions:
Launched in 2016 after collaboration with government agencies, academic medical centers (including all Clinical and Translational Science hubs and many of their affiliates), and industry partners.
This webinar will provide:
- A proposed changes summary
- How public comments are submitted
- An overview of the process, timeline, and requirements for signing and re-signing the SMART IRB Agreement 3.0
- New and existing SMART IRB resources and educational tools
December 20, 2023
12 pm
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Strategies for recruitment and retention of sexual and gender minorities in research:
This presentation will cover the CAN-DO-IT model as applied to recruitment and retention of sexual and gender minorities into research, with a focus on community-based and social media/online recruitment.
February 21, 2023
12 pm
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Share your research through the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (JCTS) The Official Journal of ACTS and CR Forum JCTS is accepting manuscripts for upcoming thematic issues:
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship- Notice NOT-OD-23-002, Release Date: November 18, 2023 | |
NIH Diversity Funding Opportunity - Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supplement - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - PA-23-189 | |
The National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program has expanded its data to include nearly a quarter million whole genome sequences for broad research use. Read more! | |
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. | |
This newsletter is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number, UL1TR003017 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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