**Forthcoming in Progress in Community Health Partnerships (PCHP). All rights reserved.**
ABSTRACT
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) emphasizes building collaborative, equitable
partnerships between researchers and community experts. Community advisory boards (CABs)
are integral to CBPR. The University of California, Los Angles-Charles R. Drew University of
Medicine and Science Center for AIDS Research (UCLA-CDU CFAR)’s standing CAB consists
of community experts, most with lived experience, across Los Angeles County, California. The
UCLA-CDU CFAR CAB provides input on CFAR members’ individual research projects, in
contrast to study-specific CABs, which are dedicated to specific research projects. The CAB
developed best practices for researchers on how to present to standing CABs, including general
communication strategies and guidance for pre- and post-presentation activities (e.g., slide
preparation, post-meeting follow-up). The strategies were developed and refined over numerous
research presentations, for adaptation by other community-academic teams. Use of these
strategies can lead to more productive partnerships with CABs and facilitate meaningful
community feedback on research from initiation to completion.