https://redcap.rwjms.rutgers.edu/surveys/?s=LJYKKM3J9A  

The LOI will require both an abstract and specific aims (both can be in draft form).

LOIs will be reviewed not only to ensure that the project fits the category but also for competitiveness.

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National Cancer Institute (NCI) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Director Michael Weingarten and Program Director Monique Pond will discuss fundamental information on NCI SBIR/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding, as well as commercialization resources and application tips. 

Judith Sheft, executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology, will moderate the event. 

Frederick W. Alt, PhD

Bruce A. Chabner, M.D.

Carl H. June, M.D.

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Chris Gignoux, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology

University of Colorado Boulder

The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine (CCPM) Biobank is one of the largest institutional programs of its kind in the country, linking genomic data with phenotypes from across the entire electronic health record. To date, CCPM has consented over 200,000 people across the Rocky Mountain Region and has genome-wide data on ~80,000. Dr. Gignoux will describe the dual clinical and research missions of CCPM, and describe their characterization of overall patterns of genomic risk using a repository of over 600 polygenic scores.

We all sense the importance of mentoring, and many of us can attest to the benefits of having good mentors and receiving effective mentorship. Does the literature support this perception? Are there data-driven best practices in mentoring? This seminar will present evidence based mentoring and share how to achieve those goals and overcome barriers.

Associate Director, Faculty Affairs Professor

Division of Surgical Oncology Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Clinical Professor Director of Faculty Mentoring Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Joseph V. Penn, MD, CCHP, FAPA

Marila Gennaro, MD

Jiayi Ji, MS

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Proposals are due on May 31^st 

Learn more about the RBHS-IDEA grant program

Machine Learning approaches to Mental Illness and Chronic Disease aims to leverage modern statistical machine learning techniques to investigate the structure of mental illness and its relationship to chronic illness.

Laboratory Experiments – For laboratory experiments with psychiatric patients and associated machine-learning based data analytics, the core has a service center that is available to the broader NJ ACTS community: The Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuro-Psychiatry (CCNP). For more information, please visit the CCNP website or email CCNP@ubhc.rutgers.edu.

Collaboration – The Core supports the broader NJ ACTS community by collaborating with other NJ ACTS researchers to apply the same machine learning-based techniques and software to investigate other problems in clinical research beyond mental health. Modern, scalable statistical approaches extend classic data analysis approaches (such as factor analysis and Cox regression) to large, irregularly structured datasets. We are releasing software to the NJ ACTS community for some of these analyses, and are also keen to collaborate on new data analysis questions. Please email Nathaniel Daw, Princeton University Huo Professor in Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience, for further information.

Basic Data Mining Sessions – Course Descriptions and Videos

Advanced Data Mining Sessions – Course Descriptions and Videos

NJ ACTS welcomes Nancy Fiedler, PhD as the new Co-lead for the Regulatory Knowledge and Support Core. Dr. Fiedler is a Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice in the School of Public Health and the Deputy Director of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute. She was a member of the New Brunswick/Piscataway Health Sciences IRB for 23 years and Chair of the IRB for 11 of those 23 years. 

Through interdisciplinary collaborations, Dr. Fiedler’s research investigates the human health effects of occupational and environmental exposures among adults and children. As the PI of grants funded by NIOSH, DOD, and NIEHS, her research focuses on interactions between complex environmental exposures (e.g., volatile organic compounds) and psychosocial factors (e.g., stress, sex) on symptoms and neurobehavioral function. Identifying demographic, genotypic, or psychosocial environmental factors that mediate human subject responses to xenobiotic exposures is central to her work. 

Kevin Alexander, MD, FACC, FHFSA

Haiyan He, Ph.D.

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Derek Amanatullah, MD, Ph.D., FAAOS

Presented by

Kristi Holmes, PhD

Instructor: Janet Ellen Holwell, CCRC, CCRA, FACRP, TIACR

Register with Lisette Gonzalez: lgonzalez@phase2phaseconsulting.com 

Associated with  ACRP New York Metropolitan Chapter

Presence of SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol in Residences of Adults with COVID-19. Laumbach RJ, Mainelis G, Black KG, Myers NT, Ohman-Strickland P, Alimokhtari S, Hastings S, Legard A, de Resende A, Calderón L, Lu FT, Kipen HM. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Feb;19(2):338-341. PMID: 34762562 PMCID: PMC8867362 DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202107-847RL.

MS in Clinical Research Management - Rutgers School of Health Professions is inviting all students interested in learning more about how to conduct clinical research at an Academic Medical Center. Now accepting applications for Fall 2022! This 16-month program is designed for students with no clinical research or pharmaceutical experience interested in functioning as a “study coordinator”. TO APPLY, CLICK HERE. To read more View Flyer.

INSPIRE: A 3-Year Postdoctoral Opportunity - The INSPIRE Postdoctoral Program at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), sponsored by NIH-IRACDA (Institutional Research and Career Development Award), provides up to three years of mentored research experience in biomedical fields at RWJMS or Rutgers University (70% effort), as well as training in educational methods - including mentored teaching at a nearby Minority-Serving Institution - and career development (30% combined effort). Rolling admissions with review of applications beginning April 15, 2022 View Flyer and Visit the INSPIRE website

Introduction to the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) Online Course - This course is aimed at intervention scientists working in any area--including public health, education, criminal justice, and others—interested in learning about an innovative framework for conducting intervention research. Read More and Register Here!

On the Pandemic Podcast - Journalism in the Time of COVID - Host: Mary Marchetta O'Dowd, MPH, Executive Director, Health Systems and Population Health Integration, RBHS and Guest: Lindy Washburn, Health Care Reporter, The Bergen Record, NorthJersey.com, and USA Today Network - New Jersey.

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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 - Do you need help regarding any facet of human subjects protection, FDA requirements or other regulatory issues? Join the Regulatory Knowledge and Support Core Staff at our cafés. Next Cafe is May 16, 2022,

10 -11 am. Join via Zoom and Learn More about Regulatory Knowledge & Support.

Clinical Trials Office - Join the Clinical Research Investigator Registry. The purpose of this registry is to match investigators with potential clinical trial opportunities that we are informed of through our industry and academic partnerships. Fill out a Brief Form to Register and Learn More about the Clinical Trials Office

2022 Regeneron Science to Medicine Forum - A regional biomedical conference to encourage cross-fertilization and interaction between graduate students and postdoctoral fellows doing great science across the New York Metro Area. June 16, 2022, 9 am - 5 pm, View Flyer