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January 8, 2025

Winners of the Learning Health System (LHS) Awards

Meet the winners of the Rutgers Learning Health System (LHS) Research Project Awards. These researchers will receive $100,000 for projects beginning in January 2025 and spanning 24 months. These projects aim to improve the care provided to patients and populations served by our academic health system, partner health systems, and affiliated institutions.

Chintan Dave, PharmD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacy and Epidemiology, Rutgers


Ann Nguyen, PhD, MPH

Assistant Research Professor, Rutgers Institute for Health


Christina Kang-Yi, PhD

Associate Professor, Rutgers School of Health Professions


Sara Heinert, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor/Co-Director of Research, Emergency Medicine, RWJMS


Visit the LHS Star NJ Research Project Award Website 

Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events

Clinical Trails Office


Clinical Trial Agreements:

The Hows, Whats, and Whys

Samuel Lee, JD

Clinical Contracts Manager

Clinical Trials Office




January 13th, 2025


12:00 pm


Virtual


Register

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.


January 31, February 7, 14, 21 and 28

12 - 1:30 pm

Virtual


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Propelus I-Corps hosted by Rutgers University 


This four-session program helps researchers explore the customer perspective to inform how a discovery or innovation can become the basis of a successful startup or venture.

Apply by January 31




Online and

in-person


 

Feb 28 & March 28

in person


March 7,14

online


2 - 5 pm

Propelus I-Corps hosted by NJIT


You will learn the I-Corps Methodology, which includes:

- Developing your Business Model – specifically Value Propositions and Customer Segments.

- Testing your business model hypotheses by talking to potential customers.

- Mapping the customer job workflow, ecosystem, and customer types.

Apply by February 3


Online and

in-person

 

Feb 19 & March 19

in person


February 26, March 5

online


2:30 - 5:30 pm

2025 Toxicology

Risk Assessment Bootcamp


Topics Covered:


Risk analysis, systematic review, weight of evidence, hazard identification, susceptible populations, exposure pathways, point-of-departure, reference values, and more.


Case studies and hands-on exercises will provide real-world scenarios for applying content.



January 13-14, 2025


In Person

on Rutgers Campus


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Princeton Precision Health

2024 Seminar Series


Princeton Precision Health is a cross-cutting initiative that uses AI and data science to transform human health at all levels, from molecular to social to environmental, with the goal of enacting smart policy and evidence-based clinical practice. 

Sleep Apnea and Sleep Stages on Apple Watch


Matt Bianchi

Health Technologies, Apple

February 21, 2025

12:00 pm


252 Nassau Street

Princeton

NJ ACTS in the News

Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) Celebrates 10 Years of Advancing Neuroscience and Brain Health Research


BHI marked its 10th anniversary with the 2024 Research & Service Awards ceremony. The ceremony celebrated BHI faculty for their outstanding research and service contributions. Award recipients included: Anna Konova, Victoria Abraira, Dipak Sarkar, Laszlo Zaborszky and Chiara Manzini. Read the Full Article


Drs. Konova and Abraira we also recipients of NJ ACTS Pilot Awards (2020 and 2021). Dr. Manzini is a member of the NJ ACTS Academy of Mentors.

Funding Opportunities

NIH Office of Research on Women's Health

The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health is soliciting research proposals on the health of women in underrepresented, underserved, and underreported (U3) populations.

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First Available Due Date:

January 22, 2025


Expiration Date:

January 23, 2026

Email njacts@rbhs.rutgers.edu if you intend to submit

Environmental Health Pilot Grant Program


The NIEHS Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease (CEED), in collaboration with the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), is soliciting applications for its 2025- 2026 Pilot Project Program.


Pilot funding supports new environmental health research with the potential to improve human health and establish or strengthen community partnerships.



Application Deadline

January 15, 2025


Program Details
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Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI)


PCORI's Online System opened on Dec. 3, 2024, for the submission of Letters of Intent (LOI) for several new research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) under Cycle 1 2025. The PFAs seek to fund proposals for high-quality patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) and related projects. LOIs will be due Jan. 14, 2025. Applications, which are by invitation, will be due May 6, 2025. Learn more

CTSA News and Events

NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events

Apply for the Translational Science

Interagency Fellowship Program - NOW OPEN

NCATS jointly sponsors the Translational Science Interagency Fellowship (TSIF) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to provide training to fellows in translational science and regulatory science.

Learn More about the Program

Translational Science Education

and Training Challenge


Raise the profile of your education or training opportunity in translational science and help disseminate effective approaches nationally.


Phase 1 open until 04/30/25


Challenge types:

Scientific; Education and Training


Total cash prizes: $50,000




Webinar


January 28, 2025

2 pm



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Collaboration Webinars from the

Trial Innovation Network


Hear from CTSA TIN experts on trial-related topics to improve your project

The Informed Consent Process for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,

Kasey Fitzpatrick, BA & Beth Malow, MD


January 15, 2025,

12 - 1 pm


Register

REDCap Randomization 2.0: A New Tool to Support Platform, Adaptive, and Decentralized Trials, Jonathan Casey MD, MSc



March 3, 2025

12 - 1 pm


Register

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NJ ACTS Publications

NJ ACTS Publication Highlights


More Accessible COVID-19 Treatment Through Monoclonal Antibody Infusion in the Emergency DepartmentSara W. Heinert, Jonathan McCoy, Pamela Ohman Strickland, Renee Riggs, Robert Eisenstein. West J Emerg Med. 2022 Sep; 23(5): 618–622. Published online 2022 Aug 19. 


Adventitial stromal cells and myofibroblasts recruit pro- and anti-inflammatory immune cells in allergic airway inflammation. En Xu, Gaoyuan Cao, Zhi Yang, Yuanyue Zhang, Youwen Si, Kunal Singh, Joseph Jude, Steven S An, Cynthia J Koziol-White, Reynold A Panettieri Jr, Qi Yang. Allergy. 2023 May 12. doi: 10.1111/all.15766. Online ahead of print.

Click Here for More NJ ACTS Publications

Did You Know?

Rutgers Campus Buses are a zero-fare bus service used by students. It is the second-largest bus service in New Jersey after NJ Transit and one of the largest university bus systems in the United States.

In Case You Missed It

Discover what the Clinical and Research Data Warehouse is, what data it contains, where it is housed, the analytic and computing environment, the process for requesting CRDW data, and the services that the CRDW team can provide to researchers. View the Clinical Data Research Warehouse YouTube Video

What to Expect When Engaging with NJ ACTS Biostatistics and Epidemiology Consultants - see our guide

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NJ ACTS is a partnership between Rutgers, NJIT, Princeton, and RWJ Barnabas Health. NJ ACTS advances clinical and translational science to develop new therapies and treatments and improve population health.

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Clinical Translatable Science Research

Translating Evidence on Opioid Overdose


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