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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.
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On the Pandemic Podcast Episode 6 with Dr. Shawna Hudson
Host Mary Marchetta O’Dowd discusses the issues of trust and how it affects testing and vaccinations for COVID-19 with Shawn Hudson, Professor and Research Division Chief, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and...
NJ Leads U.S. In COVID Case Rate, Vaccine Disparities Persist
New Jersey now has the highest per capita rate of COVID-19 cases in the country. With infections on the rise and hospitalizations starting to creep up, Gov. Phil Murphy says he has no plans to relax any more of the state's COVID restrictions in the near future. WNYC’s...
NJ Nursing Students Get Hands-On Experience by Administering COVID Vaccinations
After spending months in a virtual environment, nursing students are getting hands-on experience by vaccinating thousands of people in New Jersey. NBC10’s Yaima Crespo spoke with a nurse and staff member involved in the program. To watch the full interview.
Team Science Inaugural Seminar Series Event with Patrick Hobbs
Patrick Hobbs, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for Rutgers will speak on the topic “Secrets of Successful Teamwork: What Can Academia Learn from Non-Academia?” Monday, April 19, 2021 2:30 – 3:30 PM Register in advance for this zoom meeting:...
Behind the Scenes at a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
In the race to develop a vaccine to battle the coronavirus, Rutgers has served as a site for Phase 3 COVID-19 clinical trials for two of the country’s pharmaceutical giants. Jeffrey Carson, a Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical...
New Jerseyans Relaxing Social Distancing Measures, New Survey Finds
New Jerseyans are relaxing some of their adherence to social distancing and public health recommendations, according to a new survey by researchers from Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Northeastern, Harvard and Northwestern Universities. The data, published...