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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.
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NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
NCATS Women Scientists Advisors Seminar, July 21st at 2pm
The NCATS Division of Preclinical Innovation (DPI) is virtually hosting SPEAKER: DOROTA SKOWRONSKA-KRAWCZYK, PH.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENTS OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS, AND OPHTHALMOLOGY CENTER FOR TRANSLATIONAL VISION RESEARCH UC IRVINE, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE...
All of Us Research Program Now the Largest, Most Diverse Genomic Dataset of its Kind
The Researcher Workbench dataset is now the world’s largest, most diverse genomic dataset available for wide use The National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program has significantly expanded its data to now include nearly a quarter million whole genome...
Attend the Virtual Webinar Advancing Representative Enrollment in Clinical Trials on July 18th!
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...
Rutgers Tobacco Surveillance Center Will Provide FDA With Unprecedented Data.
A Rutgers-led consortium has been awarded $18 million to help tobacco regulators by providing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with real-time data on tobacco and nicotine marketing, products and consumer behaviors. “Nothing like this has ever been attempted...
Oral Medication Is the Leading Choice for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment.
The majority of individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) treat the chronic and progressive neurological disorder with oral medications, likely because of many factors, including convenience, consumer advertising and approval by health insurers, according to Rutgers...