Rutgers Health Officials Celebrate $47.5 Million Grant to Improve Health Care in New Jersey
October 30, 2024
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined Rutgers and community leaders on Oct. 30 at the Child Health Institute in New Brunswick to celebrate a $47.5 million and growing federal grant for the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science that will improve health and well-being for New Jersey residents over the next seven years.
The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), the state’s only CTSA, transforms research discoveries into practical treatments, and is funded through the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS). The award promotes translational science, which uses discoveries made in the laboratory, clinic and community to create interventions that improve the health of individuals and populations, from diagnostics and therapeutics to medical procedures and behavioral health interventions.
NJ ACTS – led by Rutgers and working with partners such as Princeton University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and RWJBarnabas Health – empowers joint research teams to turn laboratory discoveries into practical health solutions, treatments and clinical care. The alliance, formed with an initial $29 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in 2019, includes scientists, health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community members.