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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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Empowering Community-Based Research
Through Cultural and Linguistic Collaboration
- Navigating interpreter-mediated encounters
- Effective translation for research
- Understanding cultural nuances in literacy, trust, and belonging
Through collaboration across disciplines and leveraging expertise within and beyond Rutgers, CrEER ensures that research is inclusive, culturally relevant, and impactful both locally and globally.
👉 Discover how CrEER is shaping the future of community-based research here.
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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For more information, please contact njactscommunity@rwjms.rutgers.edu
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
Join NJ ACTS Workforce Core for a Virtual Workshop on 11/11
Effective Science Communication: Balancing Simplicity and Impact Co-led by: Penelope Georges and Erin Flowers of Princeton's Council on Science and Technology Description: This workshop will offer tools for effectively communicating complex scientific discoveries to...
Join Research Resources Workshop Wednesday (R2W2) Series on 10/16 at 4pm
NJ ACTS and Research Resources Presented by Reynold A. Panettieri Jr, MD Vice Chancellor for Translational Medicine and Science Director Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science October 16, 2024 4 - 5 pm View Flyer and Join on Zoom.
Yahoo interviewed Reynold Panettieri (RITMS) on how even distant wildfires can affect lung health.
It's wildfire season. How smoke, poor air quality can impact health — even for people who live far away Korin Miller Three major California wildfires are raging right now, with the Airport, Bridge and Line fires burning more than 115,000 acres of land this month....
NIH launch Environmental Justice (EJ) Scholars Program
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is excited to announce the Environmental Justice (EJ) Scholars Program launch! The program invites environmental justice experts from outside of NIH to share their knowledge, skills, and lived experience to help inform, build,...
NIH 2024 DataWorks! Prize
Rewarding new and innovative approaches to data sharing and reuse in research. Showcasing the benefits of research data management and recognizing and rewarding teams demonstrating the power of data sharing or reuse practices to advance scientific discovery and human...
CTSA Cycle XIII CTSA Working Group Proposals Now Open!
The CTSA Steering Committee is looking for Working Group proposals that align with the following key areas: Learning health and research systems Best practices for navigating the Science of Translation Causes of rising midlife mortality in America (Case & Deaton,...