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New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Gélinas' article in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science titled, "The NJ Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) experience: Responding at "warp speed" to COVID-19." The COVID-19 pandemic's need for life-saving treatments...
A ‘staggering’ number of people couldn’t get care during the pandemic, poll finds
According to a recent poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, among households that had a serious illness in the past year, one in five respondents said they had trouble accessing care during the pandemic. ...
Lack of diversity in clinical trials costs billions of dollars. Incentives can spur innovation
A recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report details several adverse impacts from poor diversity in clinical trials. These include lack of access to effective medical interventions, compounding of health disparities in underrepresented and...
Artificial Intelligence Speeds the Search for Stable Proteins Used in Drug Development, Biofuels and Food Production.
Harnessing the power of robotics and machine intelligence, researchers from Rutgers University and Princeton Engineering have found a way to design stable proteins in a fraction of the time it historically took to stabilize enzymes which are used in various...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
Google, GE, ClearPath have joined a new Princeton research consortium focusing on low-carbon technology.
Jesse Jenkins, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and principal investigator of the ZERO lab, helped design and launch the new consortium with the goal of helping organizations transform...
Budget allocates $9 million-plus to bolster ranks of NJ’s mental health professionals
With adults, teens and kids across the state still depressed and anxious from COVID-19, NJ struggles to find psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors to help them. From clinicians to psychiatrists, New Jersey is in need of more mental health professionals....
Women Are More Likely to Die or Require Repeat Surgery Five Years After Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.
Women are more likely to die within five years of having elective surgery to repair a weakening in the wall of the aorta or need repeat surgery, according to a recent Rutgers study. Writing in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, Rutgers researchers said the disparity...