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Barbara Ann Tafuto

Department : Health Informatics

Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Administrative Title(s): Interim Program Director (NJEA)

Office Address:

Email: bat82@rutgers.edu

Education
Degree	Degree Source	Year Awarded
MS Library and Information Science	University of Buffalo	2013
PhD Biomedical Informatics	Rutgers University	2019

Publications
Title	Authors	Where and When
Connecting the Dots on Female Digital Health Education: A Systematic Review.	Johnson C, Tafuto B	Seminars in Reproductive Medicine. 2024 Oct 11
Exploring burnout and the potential effects of Health Information Technology usage among Radiologic technologists	Douglas, S. Tafuto, B., Hunt, TJ	Scope. 2025
Safety outcomes of low versus high dose imatinib mesylate in patients with advanced, metastatic, or nonresectable gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A systematic review	Marena A. Marucci*, Doreen W. Lechner, Barbara A. Tafuto	Gastrointestinal Tract, March 2024
Implications of Mobile Technology on Hospitalization Rates in Medically Underserved Areas Worldwide: A Systematic Review	Heffernan, M., Mittal, R., Tafuto, B.	Cureus. February 2025
The Impact of Gilteritinib on Overall Survival of Adult Patients with FLT3 Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Systematic Review	Shipra Vinod Gupta, Nadina Jose, Barbara Tafuto	Principles and Practice for Clinical Research
Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis Population– A Literature Review	Srilakshmi Haripriya Ponukumati, Rahul Mittal and Barbara A Tafuto	World Journal of Meta-Analysis. April 2025
Digital badges in academia: An educational tool for the clinical research coordinator	Barbara DeMarco, Yasheca Ebanks, and Barbara Tafuto	Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 2024
CTSA Search Solutions: A novel approach to searching CTSA hub website content	Barbara Tafuto, Riddhi Vyas, Trish Pruis	Journal of Clinical and Translational Science October 2022
The NJ Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) experience: Responding at “warp speed” to COVID-19	Pragya Thaman, Barbara Tafuto, Celine Gelinas, Sunanda Gaur, Judith Neubauer	Journal of Clinical and Translational Science April 2022
Real-world effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in the elderly during the Delta and Omicron variants: Systematic review	Harvey Palalay, Riddhi Vyas, Barbara Tafuto	World Journal Meta Analysis June 2023
Methods and Perceptions of Success for Patient Recruitment in Decentralized Clinical Studies.	Miyata, Brian, Tafuto, Barbara, Jose, Nadina.	Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1-22. October 2023
Glycated haemoglobin reduction and fixed ratio combinations of analogue basal insulin and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: A systematic review	Naidoo P, Bouharati C, Rambiritch V, Karamchand S, Tafuto BA, Leisegang RF	World J Meta-Anal 2021
Technology-based CBT in Reducing Symptoms of OCD in Children: A Systematic Review	Francine Samson, MS, Barbara Tafuto, PhD, Nadina Jose, MD, & Lisa Palladino Kim, MS	J Pub Health Issue Pract (2021)
4436 A Content Analysis of CTSA Websites: The Identification and Evaluation of CTSA Program Hub Website Content Standards for Knowledge Management of NCATS CTSA Program Goals and Initiatives	Tafuto, B., Srinivasan, S., Parrott, J., Pannettieri, R., Holmes, K., & Soergel, D	Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 4(S1), 115-116. doi:10.1017/cts.2020.351 (2020)
Competency-Based Self-Assessment Tools: A Mixed-Methods Retrospective Analysis of Need.	Trinh Peter, Tafuto Barbara, Ebanks Yasheca, Zunaed Zarah, Lechner Doreen W.	Princ Pract Clin Res. 2021 Oct-Dec;7(4):23-26.
3355 The CTSA Institutional website: A higher purpose - Researcher use of institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) website content to assess or promote NCATS CTSA Program Goals	Tafuto, Barbara	Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (Supplemental). March 2019
Effect of transplant status in CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	Kathleen Nagle, Barbara Tafuto, Lisa Palladino Kim, J. Scott Parrott	Medical Oncology November 2018
Integration of Massage Therapy in Outpatient Cancer Care	Cowen Virginia S, Tafuto Barbara	Int J Ther Massage Bodywork March 2018
Research Networking and Related Systems (RNS): A Framework for Design, Description, and Evaluation of their Functionality	Soergel, Dagobert & Tafuto, Barbara	10.13140/RG.2.1.1814.7448. 2013

Awards
Award	Year
Rutgers Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching	2025
Nominee: Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Award	2023-2024
Nominee: Rutgers SHP Teacher of the Year	2022-2023
OASIS Leadership and Professional Development Program	2022-2023
Rutgers School of Health Professions Service to School Award	2019

Research
Research Interests
Clinical and Translational Science Foundational Informatics Tool Assessment and Development

Research Grants
Title	Sponsor	Effective Dates	Role
R33: Advanced Development and Utilization of Assembled Aging Trajectory Files from Multiple Datasets	NIH - National Institute of Aging (NIA)	10/2024 - 10/2026	Co-Investigator
New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science	NIH	2024-2030	Element C - Workforce Development Co-Lead
NJ ACTS Pilot Grant Award for Novel Approaches to Evaluation and Benchmarks of CTSA Hubs	NIH / New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science	August 2020- February 2021	PI
Rutgers ICorp Program Awardee	National Science Foundation	Summer 2020	Entrepreneurial Lead

BioSketch
Title	Details
Barbara Tafuto, PhD 10/24/24	Barbara Tafuto, Ph.D. is the Interim Program Director for the MS in Clinical Research Management Program and an Assistant Professor at the Rutgers School of Health Professions. She teaches advanced courses in Clinical Research Management and Heath Informatics including: Multiple Analysis for Clinical Trials (BPHE 5500), Clinical Trial Data Management (BINF 5075), Pharmacoinformatics (BPHE 7005), Scientific Writing for the Translation of Medicine (BPHE 7620), and Literature Reviews (BINF 7700). Barbara is also an Element C module co-lead for the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS). In this role, Barbara (1) develops clinical and translational workforce development programs, (2) mentors interns, and (3) conducts research designed to understand the effects training and education has on the clinical and translational workforce. Barbara’s primary research activities include informatics solutions in clinical and translational science. In 2013, Barbara played a pivotal role in the development of a framework for the design, description, and evaluation of research networking and related system functionality. Research networking systems help researchers highlight their work and identify experts and collaborators for potential projects. A few years later, this framework was adopted as a standard for the development of the Netherlands’ national research portal, National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System (NARCIS). In 2018, Barbara focused her research on an informatics approach to metrics and evaluation for NIH funded Clinical and Translational Science Awarded (CTSA) institutions. The objective of Barbara’s research was to assess the content, navigational structure, and interactivity of the 60+ CTSA consortium hub websites to better understand hub transparency and collaboration capabilities. In 2019, Barbara successfully defended her dissertation in this area: The identification and evaluation of CTSA Program hub website content standards for knowledge management of NCATS CTSA program goals and initiatives. In recognition of Barbara’s collaborative team science approach to forming her dissertation committee, which incorporated experts from Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, University of Buffalo, and Northwestern University, Barbara was presented with the 2019-2020 Rutgers SHP Service to School Award. In 2020, in furtherance of her dissertation, Barbara was awarded a NJ ACTS Pilot Grant to develop a website that connects all 60+ Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hubs. This interactive website, called “CTSA Search Solutions” expands on the theme of Barbara’s dissertation and creates a novel approach to searching, identifying, understanding, and evaluating CTSA funded institutions. This award led to abstract presentations at national conferences and a peer review publication. Barbara is currently a Co-Investigator on the R33 NIH grant titled “Advanced Development and Utilization of Assembled Aging Trajectory Files from Multiple Datasets.” In this role, she is responsible for Aim 4, which involves sharing and disseminating data repository resources, data documentation, source code, methods, and datasets. This project leverages the resources of Rutgers’ Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, Aging Research’s Survey and Data Core, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and the NJ ACTS CTSA Hub to identify multi-dimensional shared risk factors shaping aging trajectories and design interventions to improve transitions in aging and functional independence.

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