New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined Rutgers and community leaders on Oct. 30 at the Child Health Institute in New Brunswick to celebrate a $47.5 million and growing federal grant for the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science that will improve health and well-being for New Jersey residents over the next seven years.
The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), the state’s only CTSA, transforms research discoveries into practical treatments, and is funded through the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS). The award promotes translational science, which uses discoveries made in the laboratory, clinic and community to create interventions that improve the health of individuals and populations, from diagnostics and therapeutics to medical procedures and behavioral health interventions.
NJ ACTS – led by Rutgers and working with partners such as Princeton University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and RWJBarnabas Health – empowers joint research teams to turn laboratory discoveries into practical health solutions, treatments and clinical care. The alliance, formed with an initial $29 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in 2019, includes scientists, health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community members.
“In every crisis and in every area of clinical development, NJ ACTS has accumulated a track-record of excellence. And that is why – after receiving first-of-its-kind funding from the NIH in 2019 – this program is receiving yet another investment of tens of millions of dollars to empower this great coalition to go even further,” said Governor Phil Murphy. “Over the next seven years, this funding will enable NJ ACTS to expand its focus, including putting opioid overdose prevention into practice, and utilizing machine learning projects and generative artificial intelligence to combat health inequities and improve patient outcomes. Each one of these initiatives is near and dear to my heart, as well as to the work of our Administration.” To read the full story.