RWJMS Cardiology Grand Rounds 2021-2022 Lecture Series: "From Heart Failure to Success: Re-energizing the Myocardium"
2021-11-15 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
RWJMS Cardiology Grand Rounds 2021-2022 Lecture Series: “From Heart Failure to Success: Re-energizing the Myocardium”
Invited Speaker: Regina Druz, M.D., National Director, Chem Med; Founder & Medical Director, Integrative Cardiology Service Line St. Francis Hospital Catholic Health Service
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Meeting ID: 960 2334 5627/Password: [REDACTED]
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NJ ACTS Workforce Core Professional Training
2021-11-16 17:00 - 18:30
NJ ACTS Workforce Core Professional Training-Communicating Your Science: Focus on a Clear Message. View Flyer and Register Here!
Getting your research out to the general and scientific communities requires an ability to quickly distill the “what” and “why” of your findings. During this interactive session, participants will practice their skills in communicating science. We will also review common pitfalls and how to address them.

CEED 4th Annual Environmental Health Summit - Virtual Seminar Series: Chemical Exposures of Consumer Products
2021-11-17 10:00 - 11:30
CEED 4th Annual Environmental Health Summit – Virtual Seminar Series: Chemical Exposures of Consumer Products
This year, Rutgers Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease in partnership with parents, nonprofit leaders, advocates, policymakers, academics, health professionals and researchers is offering a series of webinars exploring the impact of environmental factors on Maternal and Child Health and Justice. This series introduces thought leaders and researchers, offers the latest substantive information, provides opportunities for discussion and recommends both policy actions and steps you can take personally to protect your health and the promote the health of your family and community. The sessions begin this Fall and continue through the Winter on select Wednesday’s from 10am-11:30am.
Register HERE to join the Conversation!

Workforce Development Core Clinical Research Management collaborative Training Series
2021-11-17 13:00 - 14:30
Workforce Development Core Clinical Research Management collaborative Training Series – Regulatory Requirements for the Academic Researcher, Lisa Cooper, PhD, RAC, CMWP – Assistant Professor, MS Clinical Research Management, Anthony Gonzalez, MS – Manager, Quality Assurance & Quality Control, Farah Anwar, B.A. – CTO Regulatory Affairs Manager REGISTER HERE!

CINJ Grand Rounds: "Pathophysiology Targeted Therapeutics of Nash"
2021-11-17 15:30 - 17:00
CINJ Grand Rounds: “Pathophysiology Targeted Therapeutics of Nash” Pre-register HERE!
Invited Speaker
Arun J. Sanyal, MBBS, MD, FAASLD
Interim Chairman, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Professor of Medicine Physiology and Molecular Pathology
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Research Resources Workshop Wednesday Series
2021-11-17 16:00 - 17:00
Research Resources Workshop Wednesday Series-Rutgers Research Innovation, Dr. Tatiana Litvin-Vechnyak, Associate Vice President, Innovation Ventures. Join via Zoom

Rutgers Office for Research: Road to Commercialization Symposium Series - "Attract & Maintain Industry Interest in Your Innovation"
2021-11-18 09:30 - 12:30
Rutgers Office for Research: Road to Commercialization Symposium Series – “Attract & Maintain Industry Interest in Your Innovation”
Feature Guests
John Currie, MBA (Keynote Speaker) Principal & Founder, Iterate Ventures
German Drazer, PHD (Panelist) Professor, Rutgers School of Engineering
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NJ ACTS Workforce Core, NIH Fellowship Grant Writing Training Group
2021-11-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-12-02 13:00 - 14:00
NJ ACTS Workforce Core, NIH Fellowship Grant Writing Training Group-Each week (9/23 through 12/2), fellows submit drafts of specific grant application components for peer review and comments by the grant coach. View Flyer and Register Here!

Letter of Interest due for a RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center Grant
2021-11-19
Apply for a RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center Grant To further support communities across the nation who are confronting COVID-19, the RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center (CDCC) is soliciting applications for two kinds of awards:
The RADx-UP CDCC Community Collaboration Mini-Grant Program provides $50,000 for direct costs and is open to community-serving organizations, faith-based organizations, and tribal nations and organizations to help advance capacity, training, support, and community experience with COVID-19 testing initiatives.
The RADx-UP CDCC Rapid Research Pilot Program provides $200,000 in direct costs to support the implementation of novel or emerging testing technologies in communities. This opportunity is open to universities and non-profits both within and outside of the RADx-UP network.
Letter of Interest due: November 19, 2021
Full application due: December 10, 2021

Campus Communication Cafe - Free Virtual Mini Workshop Series for Rutgers staff, instructors/faculty & postdocs
2021-11-19 12:30 - 13:00
Campus Communication Cafe – Free Virtual Mini Workshop Series for Rutgers staff, instructors/faculty & postdocs
“Transitioning into new roles/functions”
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CHI Science Seminar Series 2021-2022: Early-life Stress-Induced Impairment of Microglial Pruning of Excitatory Synapses on Developing CRH-Expressing Neurons Exacerbates Adult Stress Reactivity." (Zoom)
2021-11-22 13:00 - 14:00
“Early-life Stress-Induced Impairment of Microglial Pruning of Excitatory Synapses on Developing CRH-Expressing Neurons Exacerbates Adult Stress Reactivity.”
Speaker: Jessical L. Bolton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience The Neuroscience Institute, Center for Neuroinflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases, Georgia State University
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Meeting ID: 999 8841 8939/Password: [REDACTED]

HHS National Center for Data Health N3C Orientation
2021-11-23 08:00 - 09:30
HHS National Center for Data Health N3C Orientation-Session A provides a general overview of N3C, including goals, organization, and community resources; Introduces the 3 data tiers available and important considerations for research driven by the data harmonization process; Discusses resources for training and help, as well as the Data Use Request (DUR) process required for researcher access.Register Here!

University of North Carolina Clinical Science Institute TL1 William Schnaper Visiting Scientist Program Event
2021-11-29 09:00 - 09:45
Neutralizing Antibody Suppression: Overcoming a Natural Barrier to Viral Vectored Gene Therapies
Speaker: Charlie Askew, Post Doctoral Fellow, UNC Gene Therapy Center
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Princeton's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference
2021-12-01 08:00 - 17:00, 2021-12-02 08:00 - 17:00
Princeton’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference-Discover new ways for academia, business and external partners to work together to advance science and innovation.Faculty, researchers and students as entrepreneurs. A startup showcase. Venture capital. Valuable presentations and more.ENGAGE 2021 is open to all. There is no fee to attend. Register Here!

Rutgers Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Seminar
2021-12-01 10:00 - 11:00 | University Behavioral Healthcare, 671 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
Rutgers Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Seminar – Speaker: Michael Browning
CCNP seminars are focused on discussing papers, projects, and ideas in computational cognitive neuropsychiatry, in an informal, collaborative atmosphere. Seminars typically are held every two weeks on Wednesdays from 10-11 am in Room D-203, Psychiatry/UBHC building, 671 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ. For those who cannot attend in person, videoconferencing is available.

CEED 4th Annual Environmental Health Summit - Virtual Seminar Series: Pesticides
2021-12-01 10:00 - 11:30
CEED 4th Annual Environmental Health Summit – Virtual Seminar Series: Pesticides
This year, Rutgers Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease in partnership with parents, nonprofit leaders, advocates, policymakers, academics, health professionals and researchers is offering a series of webinars exploring the impact of environmental factors on Maternal and Child Health and Justice. This series introduces thought leaders and researchers, offers the latest substantive information, provides opportunities for discussion and recommends both policy actions and steps you can take personally to protect your health and the promote the health of your family and community. The sessions begin this Fall and continue through the Winter on select Wednesday’s from 10am-11:30am.
Register HERE to join the Conversation!

CINJ Grand Rounds
2021-12-01 15:30 - 17:00
CINJ Grand Rounds-Rethinking BRCAness and Chemotherapy Response, Dr. Sharon Cantor, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Register HERE!

COVID-19 Health Briefing with Chancellor Brian Strom
2021-12-02 08:30 - 09:00
COVID-19 Health Briefing with Chancellor Brian Strom-Omicron, Boosters, and Vaccines for Children with Featured Guest, Reynold A. Panettieri, MD. Join via Zoom. Passcode: [REDACTED] Phone Dial-In: 646-558-8656. Webinar ID: 994 3736 7456. Submit your question relevant to this week’s topic by December 1.

Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (CCRP2) Virtual Research Retreat
2021-12-02 09:00 - 15:30
Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (CCRP2) Virtual Research Retreat – Register here!
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Catherine Blish, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Stanford University Medical Center
COVID-19 Retreat Agenda
9:00 am – Zoom link live for attendees to join
9:15 am – Welcome, opening remarks David Alland, MD Director, CCRP2
Session 1: Basic, Clinical, and Translational Science
9:30 am – A novel discovery platform for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines with enhanced potency and more broadly protective immunity (Stephen Anderson, PhD)
9:45 am – Novel suction-based in vivo cutaneous DNA transfection platform for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine delivery (Hao Lin, PhD)
10:00 am – CAR-NK for COVID-19 (Dongfang Liu, PhD)
10:15 am – Hamster model of SARS-CoV-2 infection (Selvakumar Subbian, PhD)
10:30 am – Impact of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection on human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, PhD)
10:45 am – An intra-cytoplasmic route for SARS-CoV-2 transmission unveiled by Helium-ion microscopy (Antonio Merolli, MD)
11:00 am —– Break —–
Session 2: Public Health and Epidemiology
11:15 am – Presence of SARS-CoV-2 aerosol in homes of COVID-19 patients (Howard Kipen, MD, MPH)
11:30 am – More accessible COVID-19 treatment through monoclonal antibody infusion in the Emergency Department (Sara Heinert, PhD, MPH)
11:45 am – Assessing mental health of pregnant women during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (Ashna Shome)
12:00 pm Sewer epidemiology for SARS-CoV-2: Individual buildings to millions of gallons per day (William Morales Medina, PhD)
12:15 pm —– Break —–
12:30 pm – Keynote Speaker Presentation: Innate immune dysfunction in COVID-19 (Catherine Blish, MD, PhD Stanford University)
Session 3: Social Sciences
2:00 pm – COVID-19 policy response and population mental health in Uganda (Slawa Rokicki, PhD)
2:15 pm – Migrant detention, deportation, and COVID-19 transmission: public health and safety challenges in New Jersey (Ulla Berg, PhD)
2:30 pm – COVID-19 vaccine misperceptions, uncertainty, and health outcomes (Katherine Ognyanova, PhD)
2:45 pm – Racial and ethnic differences in vaccine hesitancy among registered nurses in New Jersey: a cross-sectional survey (Pamela de Cordova, PhD)
3:00 pm – Mental health issues for front line hospital staff during height COVID-19 pandemic (Cheryl Ann Kennedy, MD)
3:15 pm – Are the needs of immunosuppressed pediatric patients and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic being met? Preliminary data from a single institution (Lauren Freidenrich)
3:30 pm —– Adjourn —–

NJ ACTS Fall 2021 Clinical and Translational Science Intern Symposium on Zoom
2021-12-02 17:00 - 21:00
The New Jersey Alliance for Clinical & Translational Sciences Workforce Development Core at Rutgers University is inviting you to the Fall 2021 Clinical and Translational Science Intern Symposium on Zoom. After working intensely with members of the NJ ACTS core leads, they have networked with trainees/clinicians/scientists, learned about NJ ACTS, and now they are all excited to share their experiences, and provide insight into their final project deliverables. View flyer for featured presentation topics.
Featured Fellow, Alene Mathurin, MS will be presenting a talk on “What are the Risk Factors Affecting PrEP Utilization AMong Black Cisgender Women Who Are At Higher Risk of HIV Acquisition?”
All interested Students, Faculty, and Staff are invited to attend!
REGISTER HERE!

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Trainee Seminar Series (Zoom)
2021-12-03 12:00 - 13:00
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Trainee Seminar Series (Zoom)
Guest Speakers
Carola Sanchez Diaz, PhD (Bandera Lab) – “Ethnic Enclaves, Socioeconomic Status and Associations with Obesity among Latinxs”
Circe Le Compte, PhD (Kinney Lab) – “Understanding Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment Intentions in a Tailored Risk Communication Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial”
Pre-register here!

Campus Communication Cafe - Free Virtual Mini Workshop Series for Rutgers staff, instructors/faculty & postdocs
2021-12-03 12:30 - 13:00
Campus Communication Cafe – Free Virtual Mini Workshop Series for Rutgers staff, instructors/faculty & postdocs
“Fear & Confidence in Presenting”
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RBHS Women and Gender Equity Council present "Women Scientists Who Lead: A Panel Discussion" (Film Viewing)
2021-12-04, 2021-12-05, 2021-12-06
RBHS Women and Gender Equity Council present “Women Scientists Who Lead: A Panel Discussion” (Virtual Event) – Register HERE!
Film Viewing | December 4th-6th (via online stream)
Discussion | Wednesday, December 8th 4-5:30pm
Join a panel discussion inspired by the documentary film “Picture a Scientist.” The film showcases three women scientists and their journey deep into their own experiences of overcoming harassment, institutional discrimination, and years of subtle slights to revolutionize science’s culture. The discussion aims to generate dialogue on fostering a diverse, inclusive, and understanding environment throughout the RBHS community. View flyer for featured panelists.

CHI Science Seminar Series 2021-2022: A Hidden Regulator of Neuromodulation and Motor Learning: Protein Synthesis by the 'Integrated Stress Response' ISR"
2021-12-06 13:00 - 14:00
CHI Science Seminar Series 2021-2022: A Hidden Regulator of Neuromodulation and Motor Learning: Protein Synthesis by the ‘Integrated Stress Response’ ISR” (Virtual)
Speaker: Nicole Calakos, MD, PhD Professor, Departments of Neurology, Neurobiology, & Cell Biology Lincoln Financial Group Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology Duke University School of Medicine
Zoom Meeting: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/99141506517?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 991 4150 6517
Password: [REDACTED]

National Center for Data Health N3C Orientation
2021-12-07 11:00 - 12:30
National Center for Data Health N3C Orientation-This session focuses on technical aspects of working with N3C data in the secure Enclave, introduces commonly used analysis tools and the Knowledge Store, a mechanism for sharing and using community- developed code and data across projects. Register Here!

CINJ Grand Rounds: Richard Meenan, PhD, MPH , Kaiser Permanente
2021-12-08 15:30 - 17:00
CINJ Grand Rounds: Richard Meenan, PhD, MPH , Kaiser Permanente

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