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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CORE OVERVIEW
NJACTS draws leading academic, industry and community groups together to understand and address the health needs of New Jersey. Central to this is engagement with our community to ensure that our efforts respond to their priorities. Our goal is to conduct research with the New Jersey community, in the community and for the community, and yet, have impact beyond our state’s boundaries.
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Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ATCS) Membership for Community Members
Did you know that community members are eligible to become members of ACTS through their affiliation with NJ ACTS?
Community members are able to access ACTS’ member benefits, including:
- Discounted registration to the annual Translational Science meeting
- Opportunities to participate in Special Interest Groups and Committees
- Access to the community platform website and more!
Resource for Investigators – CTSA Compendium of D&I Catalogs
Dissemination and implementation (D&I) research focuses on translating evidence-based interventions into real-world settings to improve health outcomes in the broader community.
An open-source CTSA Compendium of D&I Catalogs has been developed by the Clinical & Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program’s “Advancing Dissemination and Implementation Sciences in CTSAs” working group to support investigators at any stage of their D&I skill-building journey. It provides a curated list of resource catalogs relevant to the conduct of D&I science. The materials include frameworks/theories/models, methods/measures, funding resources, practice resources, training, and health equity resources. Click here to learn more.
CIRTification – A New Alternative to CITI for Community Partners
The rollout of CIRTification at Rutgers has begun. The CIRTification program provides research ethics training alternative for individuals in community organizations, with limited understanding of conducting human research and protecting potential research participants. This option provides training that focuses on establishing the skills in community partners to conduct human subject research effectively and safely in their communities.
To learn more about the program at Rutgers, please visit this link CIRTification.
NJ ACTS COMMUNITY SCIENTIST PROGRAM
This program is designed to provide researchers with rapid feedback from expert community members to ensure their research projects are culturally appropriate and relevant to the community.
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NJ HEROES TOO
Through the ongoing New Jersey Healthcare Essential Worker Outreach and Education Study – Testing Overlooked Occupations (NJ HEROES TOO), we have gained a wealth of data on COVID-19’s effects, gleaned valuable learnings on attitudes toward testing and vaccines, and improved COVID-19 awareness in underserved communities.
Community Blog
Meet Shawna Hudson, Who Researches Health Care through a Sociological Lens.
Throughout her career, Shawna Hudson has been interested in the workings – and dysfunctions – of the U.S. health care system, especially as they relate to the health outcomes of people within vulnerable populations. As a health services researcher trained in medical...
Rutgers Research Provides Insight into COVID-19 Immunity.
Exposure to common cold-causing coronaviruses may contribute to pre-existing immunity to COVID-19, according to a new study involving a Rutgers research scientist. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Virology Plus, examined the immune responses in two...
Join NJ ACTS Special Populations Core Seminar Series on 9/26 at 1pm!
The Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study and Opportunities to Study Multiple Dimensions of Health Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Zoom | 1–2 pm ET with Sarah Pachman, PhD Dr. Sarah Pachman is the Director of Research and Policy at Princeton University’s...
Scientist Explains Effects of Canadian Wildfires on Local Air Quality.
As wildfires rage in Canada, officials warned that the country was on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through to the end of the summer after an unprecedented start to the fire season. Much of our...
Fatal Heart Disease Has Plummeted Since 1990, But Progress Has Stalled.
After decades of decline, fatal coronary heart disease may rise again unless Americans modify three major risk factors: smoking, drinking, and obesity. A Rutgers study just published in American Heart Journal found that deaths from coronary heart disease among people...
Advancing the Science of Engagement Funding Opportunity Opens September 6
Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute Advancing the Science of Engagement PCORI seeks to fund studies that build an evidence base on engagement in research, including: Measures to capture structure/context, process, and outcomes of engagement in research....