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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
NJIT Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Develop AI-Powered Solar Eruption Forecasting System.
NJIT researchers have been awarded a $593,864 National Science Foundation grant to develop a new AI system for more quickly and accurately predicting when explosive space weather events on the Sun will strike, from solar flares to coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The...
Shawna Hudson Is Elected to National Academy of Medicine.
For more than two decades, Shawna Hudson has been making inroads – through research and work in the community – to improve the health of underserved populations. This week, the Rutgers Health medical sociologist joins the ranks of 100 new members invited to join the...
Getting Autism Right.
Understanding the complex emotions of autistic adults can help shape better therapy strategies for neurodivergent people, says Rutgers researcher What does giddiness or joy or anger feel like? To a group of autistic adults participating in a Rutgers study, giddiness...
NCATS Strategic Plan for 2025-2030
The plan’s five goals provide a way to collectively and tangibly make progress. Explore and reference each goal.
Your Best Bet for Avoiding Illness from Flu and COVID-19? Getting Vaccinated.
An infectious disease expert at Rutgers Health explains the importance of getting crucial shots this fall Between Oct. 1, 2023 and June 15 of this year, about 35 million to 65 million people contracted the flu, with hundreds of thousands hospitalized and 25,000 to...
Will a new heart disease risk calculator reduce health disparities?
In a recent study from the American Heart Association, researchers estimated that around 51% of Americans had hypertension in 2020. With regard to the future, it is projected that by 2050, the number will likely increase to 61%; this number includes a disproportionate...