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July 17, 2023

Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events

July 31, 2023

11:30 am - 1:30 pm*


EOHSI, Busch Campus,

Piscataway, NJ


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Register by July 25th!

NJ ACTS Workforce Development Core

NIH Grant Writing Fellowship

Application Workshop


Where Should I Start?

Building a Research Fellowship Application


Participants will learn the basics about constructing a NIH NRSA fellowship application with a focus on specific aims and will have top priority to join the 10-week fellowship writing group in Fall 2023.


Students/postdocs do not need to be affiliated with Rutgers to participate in this workshop. 



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Healthcare Propelus I-Corps Info Session



August 3, 2023

1 - 2 pm


The free four-week Healthcare Propelus I-Corps program will support research teams with medical technology innovations or health-related research discoveries that have potential to improve patient outcomes and benefit society. Learn how to take your novel ideas to the next level by understanding how your health-related research discovery or Medtech innovation can create value for potential customers and improve patient outcomes. Develop your skills for innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology commercialization.


Participants earn a $3,000 NSF grant that can be used for travel to conferences and more.


CTSA News and Events

NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events

Preparing the Future Workforce in Drug Research & Development A Workshop


The National Academies Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation will host a public workshop for stakeholders to consider what is needed to support the next generation workforce – one that is resilient, culturally aware, and interdisciplinary. Workshop participants will identify the types of expertise and disciplines needed to achieve the aspirations for a transformed clinical trials enterprise in 2030 and enable a workforce that can better support the evolving needs of drug discovery, development, and translation.

October 16-17, 2023


Location:

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418


Register to attend

Online or In Person


Register

Women Scientists Advisors Seminar


The NCATS Division of Preclinical Innovation is virtually hosting:


Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD

Center for Translational Vision Research

UC Irvine, School of Medicine


Stress Related Mechanism of Aging - Searching for Drugs that Save Age-Related Vision Loss



July 21, 2023

2 -3pm


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Other CTSA Events

Advancing Representative Enrollment in Clinical Trials

Virtual Public Webinar


July 18, 2023

12 - 4 pm


A lack of representative enrollment can weaken the impact of a clinical trial and skew findings. How can researchers improve the representation of participants included in a clinical trial? The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy explores the answer to this question.

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NJ ACTS in the News

Funding Award for New Ideas

in the Natural Science


NJ ACTS congratulates previous Pilot Program awardees from Princeton – Jordan Taylor (Psychology) and Sabine Petry (Molecular Biology) on receiving Dean for Research Innovation Funds for New Ideas in the Natural Sciences.


Read More about the Award


Jordan Taylor

Sabine Petry

Rutgers News and Services

Rutgers Researcher Develops Mental Health App


To help people regulate their emotions in healthy ways, Rutgers researcher Edward Selby, a faculty member at Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, developed the Storm/Breaker Emotion and Behavior Management app as a standalone smartphone mental health intervention. Read More.


REMINDER


Rutgers University Libraries offer research support and can assist with publication compliance issues that otherwise may delay a Notice of Award (NOA) and with data sharing requirements. 

University Libraries Research Support

New Guidance Directive from U.S. Department of State


Limits on Remote Participation


J-1 Exchange Visitors may only participate in remote activities up to 40% of the time (e.g., two days out of five per week), beginning on July 1, 2023


Full Guidance Directive

NJ ACTS Services

Special Populations in Research

Request a Consultation


Investigators, research team members, trainees and community members can request a consultation from the Integrating Special Populations team by contacting Kylie Davidson.

Request a Consultation


Watch the most recent video from the

Special Populations Seminar Series


The Role of Confidence in the Hard Problem of Addiction

Diversity Funding Opportunity

Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supplement - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - PA-23-189


NIH is offering funds for administrative supplements to enhance the diversity of the research workforce by recruiting, mentoring, and supporting high school, undergraduate and graduate/clinical students, postbaccalaureate and post Masters individuals, postdoctoral researchers (including health professionals), and eligible investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research.

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NJ ACTS Publications

Incidence of and Risk Factors for Lateral Trochanteric Pain After Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty. Bateman D, Wang M, Mennona S, Kayiaros S. Orthopedics. 2022 Mar-Apr;45(2):e79-e85. PMID: 34978513DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20211227-07 Epub 2022 Jan 3.


Metabolomics in Asthma: A Platform for Discovery. Xu S, Panettieri RA Jr, Jude J. Mol Aspects Med. 2022 Jun; 85:100990. PMID: 34281719 PMCID: PMC908882 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2021.100990. Epub 2021 Jul 17.

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In Case You Missed IT

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!

Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBIPHRP) $175M 2023 Appropriation - For fiscal year 2023 TBIPHRP is offering a range of mechanisms to accommodate research across the development spectrum. See Flyer for Details

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