The New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science Announcements, Deadlines, Reminders October 13, 2020

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NJ HEROES TOO

Rutgers was awarded a supplement to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Award for NJ HEROES TOO, a RAD-X UP project to improve COVID-19 testing for underserved and vulnerable populations. NIH will support 32 institutions across the United States, focusing on populations disproportionately affected by the pandemic. NJ HEROES TOO led by Shawna Hudson, co-lead of the Community Engagement Core, will extend employment-based COVID-19 testing to households and extended families/networks of lower-income health care workers and support staff and ultimately, amplify community-based testing in vulnerable, underserved populations among low-income, Black and Latino/Latina minority communities in New Jersey counties.  In addition to Dr. Hudson, Emily Barrett, PhD, Manuel Jimenez MD, MPH, Diane Hill, PhD, Martin Blaser, MD, Reynold Panettieri, MD are leading this project.

New NJ ACTS NJIT Liaison Dr. Guiling “Grace” Wang has joined the NJ ACTS Community as the NJIT Liaison. In this role, she serves as a key link between the three NJ ACTS academic institutions. She will also serve as co-lead of the Pilot Program and as liaison for individuals seeking to access NJIT educational and training resources through the Workforce Development Core. She is assuming the responsibilities previously filled by Reggie Caudill, PhD. Dr. Wang is currently a Professor of Computer Science and the Associate Dean for Research of The Ying Wu College of Computing at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She also holds a joint appointment at the Martin Tuchman School of Management at NJIT. Her research in applied deep learning, AI, blockchain technologies, and mobile computing has been highly recognized in the field and cited for over 4900 times by research articles according to Google Scholar. She has successfully completed multiple NSF funded projects as the PI and other funded projects as co-PI. She is currently leading a FHWA EAR project as the PI, which is one of the 4 funded projects out of 122 proposals.

Workforce Development Core Survey

Are you a member of the Clinical Research Workforce? Are you clinical research staff? A Coordinator? Regulatory Affairs? Research Nurse? A Principal Investigator? Do you ever wonder if you have all the training that you need or want? The Joint Task Force Core (JTF) is an international team of investigators, educators and clinical research professionals who have developed a Competency Framework for Clinical Research Professionals. The Clinical Trial Competency Framework (JTF) defines the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for conducting safe, ethical and high-quality clinical research. The survey consists of 20 questions that include a self-assessment of your competency within the eight Domains of the JTF Core Competency Framework followed by a few queries about yourself, your employment and your education/training background. Barbara Gladson, PhD, a co-lead of the Workforce Development Core is a member of the Joint Task Force. She would greatly appreciate your help in vetting the newest iteration of the survey.

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Poster Session this Fall!

This year’s Fall CTSA Program Meeting will host a virtual Networking & Poster Session on Friday, November 20th. The timing is not confirmed yet. Details: Poster Session Theme: Innovative Approaches and Solutions to Common Translational Science Problems, in particular, consideration of COVID accommodations. One poster per CTSA Program hub or coordinating center is permitted Be sure to highlight your organization’s vision / successes Electronic versions of the abstract and poster will be available for viewing on the CLIC website If you are planning to submit a poster, please complete this brief form (CLIC log-in required) now to confirm your spot! Only preliminary details are required upon submission. Applicants should send a one paragraph description to Judy Argon by Friday, October 16th Deadline for Initial Poster Submission: Thursday, October 22, 2020 Final poster details including abstract & PNG or JPG of poster must be uploaded to the CLIC website by Thursday, October 29, 2020.

Poster Form on CLIC

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Announcements

Innovation & Commercialization 101 Bootcamp Rutgers innovators and potential innovators, including faculty, staff, post-docs, graduate students, and undergraduate students, are invited to attend the Innovation & Commercialization 101 Bootcamp on October 23 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. The goal of the Bootcamp is to educate innovators about invention and technology commercialization. This workshop is a requirement for those who want to apply for a TechAdvance, TechXpress, or HealthAdvance. Registered participants will be provided a certificate after attending and participating at the bootcamp. Topics will include: Intellectual property and licensing University start-ups Health advance Tech advance I-CorpTM@Rutgers More Information & Free Registration New Jersey’s Opportunities in the COVID-19 Innovation Economy Workshop New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJ EDA) invites the community to a free event on New Jersey’s Opportunities in the COVID-19 Innovation Economy on October 14 and 15 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm each day. For More Information American Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) ACTS will hold its National Meeting from March 30 – April 2, 2021. Save the date – details to follow. Session and Abstract Submissions: ACTS is now accepting abstract presentations and session proposals! We look forward to seeing your research and innovative ideas. Submission Instructions and Information

Deadlines

Career Development Supplements Applications due at NIH November 2nd  For early stage investigators who study co-occurring conditions across the lifespan to understand Down Syndrome, the NIH INCLUDE Program (Investigation of Co-occurring Conditions Across the Lifespan to Understand Down Syndrome) is partnering with NCATS to offer Career Development Supplements to the NJ ACTS KL2 Program. To determine if your research fits within this framework, view the supplement announcement below: View Supplement Announcement LAST CALL!!! NJ ACTS Diversity and Re-entry Supplements for Junior Faculty Internal Deadline October 15th For Information and Forms Career Development Program Applications due November 2nd at 3:00 pm The NJ ACTS KL2 Program is soliciting applications for its second cohort. For more information, please contact Tracey Sharp. For Information and Forms BERD Mini-Methods Grants Applications due November 15th The program’s Announcement, Pilot Program Application and Budget Page are available on the NJ ACTS Website. For more information, please contact Jennifer Zabala of the BERD Core. For Grant Documents

NJ ACTS Publications

“A practical introduction to Bayesian estimation of causal effects: Parametric and nonparametric approaches”, Arman Oganisian and Jason A. Roy, Statistics in Medicine, 2020, 1-34. ‌ See More NJ ACTS Publications

NJ ACTS is a partnership between Rutgers, NJIT and Princeton, NJ ACTS will advance clinical and translational science to develop new therapies and treatments and improve population health.

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