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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 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, and practice and training resources.
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CIRTification – A New Alternative to CITI for Community Partners
The rollout of CIRTification at Rutgers has begun. The CIRTification program provides research ethics training alternatives for individuals in community organizations, with limited understanding of conducting human research and protecting potential research participants. This option provides training focused on equipping 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
Homemade Recipes Aren’t a Safe Solution for Baby Formula Shortage.
As the baby formula shortage causes parents and caregivers to search for solutions to feed their infants, experts at the New Jersey Poison Control Center, based at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, are warning families about misinformation circulating online and on...
Black Adults Raised in the South Have Greater Risk of Lower Cognitive Performance in Later Life.
Black adults who grew up poor and socially disadvantaged in the American South are more likely than White adults with a similar background to suffer cognition problems later in life, according to a Rutgers study. Published in the journal Innovation in Aging, the study...
‘This is a pox virus we know a lot about.’ Infectious disease experts in the region say monkeypox is familiar, preventable.
We’ve been living with COVID-19 for more than two years. And now, another concerning virus has reached the U.S. — 15 cases of monkeypox have been reported, with 250 confirmed cases worldwide. On Monday, the World Health Organization’s Dr. Rosamund Lewis said health...
Drug Combination Reduces the Risk of Asthma Attacks.
A global study of asthma patients by Rutgers and an international team of researchers found a combination of two drugs dramatically reduces the chances of suffering an asthma attack. Results from the clinical trial called MANDALA, published in The New England Journal...
MACHINE LEARNING WITH PYTHON with Dantong Yu, PhD of NJIT
The New Jersey Alliance for Clinical & Translational Sciences Workforce Development Core at Rutgers University is offering a workshop opportunity for all interested to gain hands-on experience while practicing with real-life Machine Learning examples, all to see...
Expanding Opioid Treatment Programs in Prisons Could Lower Overdose Risk After Release.
The expansion of opioid treatment programs in prisons could reduce the risk of overdose and death among ex-inmates, according to a Rutgers study. In a study of 53 individuals released from New Jersey state prisons who self-reported opioid use disorder, researchers...