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NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES
November 17, 2023
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Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events | |
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November 28, 2023
1 - 2 pm
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Alcohol and Tobacco Use among Older Adults in the US: A Lifecourse Perspective
presented by
Pia Mauro, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Older adults bear the brunt of negative alcohol- and tobacco-related health consequences and mortality, yet they are often left behind in substance use research. This presentation will describe the epidemiology of alcohol and tobacco use in older adulthood, estimate longitudinal changes in use in the context of the COVID19 pandemic, and discuss opportunities to engage people in services when clinically indicated.
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Substance Use Disorder Program Availability in Safety-Net and Non–Safety-Net Hospitals in the US
presented by
Ji Eun Chang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Policy & Management, NYU School of Global Public Health
Hospitals are ideal sites for delivering addiction treatment to patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), but the availability of these services varies nationwide. Ji Eun Chang, Ph.D., will present work examining differences in the delivery of different SUD programs across U.S. hospitals, with a particular focus on safety net hospitals.
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December 5, 2023
12 - 1 pm
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NJ ACTS Congratulates KL2 Scholar Kristine Schmitz, MD
A study led by Dr. Schmitz, assistant professor of pediatrics, found that a father’s depression in the first year of their child’s life was strongly associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) by the time children were 5 years old and were transitioning into kindergarten.
Dr. Schmitz presented the study at the American Academy of Pediatrics national conference in October. The study has received broad media coverage, including this video in which Dr. Schmitz discussed the study with Healio while at the conference and in Contemporary Pediatrics, and HealthDay.
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NJ ACTS Congratulates TL1 Fellows
Andrew Boreland and Courtney McDermott
Andrew Boreland (Dr. Zhiping Pang lab) and Courtney McDermont (Dr. Manny DiCicco-Bloom lab) were named the 2023 Aaron Shatkin Award winners. This award recognizes outstanding graduate students who have excelled in their research and coursework.
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NJ ACTS KL2 Scholar Gregory Peck Featured in Rutgers Today
KL2 Scholar, Gregory Peck, MD, MPH, was featured in Rutgers Today on November 13, 2023. The article narrates Dr. Peck's transition from a full-time trauma surgeon to a surgeon epidemiologist, exploring ways to keep people out of the emergency room by educating people to seek care earlier, whether in a physician's office, through a medication regime or through elective surgery. The article talks about his inspiration for this change as well as his indirect pathway to becoming a surgeon.
Dr. Peck is now funded through a K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award to study population-based data to understand and to decrease less safe emergency surgery, moving toward safer non-emergency surgery or non-surgical care, for patients with gallstone disease, with the ultimate goal of decreasing the overall US mortality of in these patients.
Read the Full Article
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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 an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes papers capturing the spectrum of research from T1 (translation from research lab bench to bedside) through to T4 (translation to populations).
JCTS is accepting manuscripts for upcoming thematic issues! Learn more about each thematic issue and the submission deadlines below:
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Team Science Across the NJ ACTS Consortium
Workshop Series Video
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Tourette International Collaborative (TIC) Genetics Study
The newest video in the series highlights the Tourette International Collaborative (TIC) Genetics Study. In 2011, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recognized the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome and Associated Disorders (NJCTS) Cell & DNA Sharing Repository as an important federal research asset and funded its expansion. This led the Rutgers/NJCTS partnership to establish the Tourette International Collaborative Genetics (TIC Genetics) study, that includes 25 sites across the United States, Europe, and South Korea, in turn, making the Rutgers facility the world’s largest sharing cell and DNA repository for Tourette Syndrome.
Gary Heiman, Associate Professor, Rutgers Department of Genetics, discusses the study in terms of Team Science with international collboration.
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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
The participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) are inviting applications to support administrative supplements to existing NIH awards to support scientists who have demonstrated compelling commitments and contributions to mentorship and enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the biomedical sciences. Funds will support ongoing and future efforts.
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NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events | |
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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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MyChart Recruitment Service at Johns Hopkins Workflow & Lessons Learned:
Including collaborating with study teams, to focus on custom messaging development and programming query creation for batch recruitment messaging.
December 4, 2023
12 pm
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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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In the October 25, 2023 newsletter it was incorrectly reported that NJ ACTS TL1 Fellow Devin Simpkins, Princeton University, had two preceptors. That was incorrect. John Brooks is serving as her sole preceptor. We apologize for the error.
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NJ ACTS Publication Highlights
Optimized formulation buffer preserves adeno-associated virus-9 infectivity after 4 °C storage and freeze/thawing cycling. Chan, Angela; Maturana, Carola J.; Engel, Esteban A. Journal of Virological Methods. 2022 Nov; 309:114598.
doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2022.114598. Epub 2022 Aug 5.
Photochemical Identification of Auxiliary Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Host Entry Factors Using μMap. Suzuki, Saori; Geri, Jacob B.; Knutson, Steve D.; Bell-Temin, Harris; Tamura, Tomokazu; et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 36, 16604–16611, September 1, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c06806
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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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