UC Merced participated in a new gathering designed to ensure University of California research is informed by and benefits local, regional and national community members.
The Community Engagement Retreat brought together leaders, researchers, and community partners from across the UC system, the state of California and the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science.
Public health Professor Arturo Durazo represented UC Merced at the retreat, held in September at UC Davis. The event – the first of its kind for the UC system – was convened by UC Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration and Development (UC BRAID).
The two-day gathering facilitated conversations across multiple campuses and community partners to promote community-engaged involvement, leadership and participation in clinical and translational science and the research process.
