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NJ ACTS Success Story – The Kiosk Project
How Community Scientists Help Improve Participation in Clinical Trials For clinical trials to work best, they need to include people from all different backgrounds, especially those who need the treatment most. NJ ACTS’ Community Scientists help people to understand...
Doctors Explain How to Tell the Difference Between Cold, Flu, and COVID-19 Symptoms.
One thing COVID-19, the cold, and the flu have in common: They can cause all sorts of unpleasant symptoms. Certain symptoms, like a sore throat or fatigue, are hallmarks of all three. We asked doctors to explain the differences between cold, flu, and COVID symptoms so...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
Join NJ ACTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research Design (BERD)on 5/28 at 12pm
Randomization Inference with Sample Attrition Presented by Zeyang (Arthur) Yu, PhD Princeton University Thursday, May 28, 2026, 12:00pm – 1:30pm over Zoom Randomization inference is a widely-used and appealing approach for analyzing treatment effects in randomized...
Local infectious disease doctor says Hantavirus risk to public remains low.
Health officials are still monitoring the Hantavirus and contact tracing people in several countries who debarked the MV Hondius cruise ship connected to the outbreak. The ship departed Argentina en route to the Canary Islands with multiple stops along the...
Join RITMS for a Faculty Candidate Talk on 5/13 at 2pm
Leveraging Non-human Primate Models for Understanding SARS-CoV-2 Pathogenesis and HIV Latency Kelsie Brooks, PhD Laboratory of Viral Diseases NIAID/NIH Flyer and Join on Zoom
Register for 5/26, 12pm CTSA Webinar: What Biomedicine Can Learn about Reproducibility from Social & Behavioral Research
Stanford CTSA Program on Research Rigor & Reproducibility in collaboration with Duke, Indiana, Harvard, and Columbia, cordially invites you to: What Biomedicine Can Learn about Reproducibility from Social & Behavioral Research: The SCORE Project. This webinar...
This mom had a cervical cancer tumor the size of a baby’s head. A clinical trial saved her life.
Aricca Wallace never thought she'd still be here. In fact, in 2012, she was told she likely had less than a year to live. The Kansas mother of two, now 49, knew something was wrong when she was 33 and noticed bleeding during intercourse. Her gynecologist at the time...