The Youth Research Advisory Council's (YRAC) 7-module curriculum is available for free and can be used in part or in its entirety. Each module contains the curriculum slides, handouts, and a facilitator's guide. The curriculum was developed with youth from the YMCA-UCSF partnership, and with UCSF faculty, staff, and learners.

Este video es un ejemplo de investigadores que trabajan con la comunidad para abogar por cambios de polices. El proyecto HERE con Community exploró las barreras existentes entre las instituciones de investigación, los centros de salud comunitarios y, por extensión, sus poblaciones de pacientes en el Valle Central.

This video is an example of researchers working with the community to advocate for policy change. The HERE with Community project explored barriers between research institutions, community health centers, and, by extension, their patient populations in the Central Valley.

Linguistica Interpreting and Translation, LLC, is a translation firm based in California that offers a range of interpretation and translation services. They are a registered vendor in BearBuy, but are not endorsed by CTSI or UCSF. They turnaround times vary based on the complexity of the request, and the languages involved. Click on the link to view their rate sheet for translation and interpretation services.

The Language Bank offers comprehensive language interpretation and translation services for UCSF research and clinical services. They are registered as a vendor in BearBuy and have been utilized by many research project teams and by CTSI. Click on the link to view their rate sheet. While funding is no longer available to directly support translation of research documents, CTSI's consulting service can assist researchers with language access for research.

In 2025, the CTSI Research Action Group for Equity (RAGE) partnered with the UCSF Institutional Review Board (IRB) to solicit community feedback on the Informed Consent Form (ICF) Template. The linked report summarizes the feedback gathered during 3 listening sessions and enumerates recommendations from our community partners. Many of the recommendations were adopted in the ICF released in May 2026.

This document provides a sample invoice template for UCSF researchers to use when compensating Community Advisory Board (CAB) members.

This document is provided as an example of a survey that research and project teams can use when recruiting potential Community Advisory Board (CAB) members. It is intended to serve as a template and reference, demonstrating the types of questions and structure that may be helpful when gathering information from prospective participants.

This document is provided as an example survey for research and project teams to use when recruiting potential Community Advisory Board (CAB) members. It is intended to serve as a template and reference.

If you’re evaluating a single Community Advisory Board (CAB) meeting and not the overall experience, the goal is to capture immediate feedback on clarity, engagement, respect, and usefulness. You want questions that are quick, repeatable, and actionable. Here’s a set of sample questions you can give CAB members as a starting point!

This survey is provided as an example to help teams reflect on Community Advisory Board (CAB) members’ overall experiences at the end of your CAB. It is intended as a reference, and you are encouraged to adapt the questions to fit your goals.

This is the "After" section of the CTSI CAB Toolkit. This section describes how to close a Community Advisory Board (CAB). This includes sample evaluation questions.