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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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NJ ACTS Announces the 2019 Princeton Partnership and Innovation Accelerator Pilot Grant Program Awardee
The New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) Community Engagement Core is excited to announce the selection of one Princeton Partnership and Innovation Accelerator Pilot Grant Program (PIAP) grant awardee for 2019.Princeton PIAP grants are...
Modeling COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in New Jersey
Rutgers School of Public Health/EOHSI will hold a Special Seminar on "Modeling COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in New Jersey: What can and cannot be predicted". Nathaniel Hupert will be the speaker. Dr. Hupert is an Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research and of...
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Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder - Discover how specialist and primary care collaboration in prenatal substance use can benefit you and your patients. Gain straightforward, evidenced-based and applicable information that builds from session to...
First clinical trial of an automated blood drawing and testing device
In the future, robots could take blood samples, benefiting patients and healthcare workers alike. A Rutgers-led team has created a blood-sampling robot that performed as well or better than people, according to the first human clinical trial of an automated blood...
Rutgers University Microbiome Program Open Faculty Meeting
On March 11, 2020, Rutgers University Microbiome Program (RUMP) will be hosting an open meeting of the Rutgers faculty for all those who are interested. The aim of this meeting is to determine who on the faculty is doing work related to microbiome and microbiome...
Science in the service of humanity: Princeton joins Rutgers, NJIT to advance health-related innovations
A collaboration with Rutgers University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology is making it easier and faster for Princeton’s medical and health-related research to reach patients and the community. The collaboration, known as the New Jersey Alliance for...