Community-Based Research in Action: Best Practices, Partnerships, and Lessons Learned
Scientific discoveries reach further when the people they are meant to serve help shape the questions. On Thursday, Aug. 27, the UTMB School of Public and Population Health, the Sealy Center on Aging, and the UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center host a one-hour webinar on how community research partnerships are built, structured, and sustained.
Three presenters walk through practical approaches to community-based research, including how community input shaped a self-management tool for people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), how a Community Advisory Board is established and kept effective over time, and how research findings reach the aging and rehabilitation communities they are meant to serve.
Learning objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to do the following.
Describe key principles and best practices of community-based research.
Explain how community engagement and partnerships informed the development of a traumatic brain injury self-management tool and related knowledge translation activities.
Identify strategies for establishing and sustaining an effective Community Advisory Board.
Apply practical approaches for engaging community partners and increasing awareness of research opportunities in aging and rehabilitation communities.
Presenters
Monique R. Pappadis, PhD, MEd, FACRM
Rebecca Galloway, PhD, PT, GCS, CEEAA
Alice Williams, MS, LBSW
Agenda
Webinar agenda, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026
Time
Session
Presenter
1 to 1:05 p.m.
Welcome and introductions
Pappadis, Williams, Galloway
1:05 to 1:15 p.m.
Community-based research best practices
Pappadis
1:15 to 1:25 p.m.
Case examples in self-management tool development and knowledge translation
Pappadis
1:25 to 1:40 p.m.
Creating a Community Advisory Board, experiences and lessons learned
Williams and Galloway
1:40 to 1:50 p.m.
Engaging community partners and raising awareness
Williams
1:50 to 2 p.m.
Questions and discussion
Pappadis, Williams, Galloway
Event details
Date — Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026
Time — 1 to 2 p.m. Central
Format — Microsoft Teams webinar
Who should attend — researchers, clinicians, students, community partners, and anyone working to strengthen community engagement in research
Questions about the webinar may be directed to [CONFIRM — contact name] at [CONFIRM — contact email].
Presented by the UTMB School of Public and Population Health, the Sealy Center on Aging, and the UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.
Event Information
Community-Based Research in Action: Best Practices, Partnerships, and Lessons Learned
Community-Based Research in Action: Best Practices, Partnerships, and Lessons Learned
Scientific discoveries reach further when the people they are meant to serve help shape the questions. On Thursday, Aug. 27, the UTMB School of Public and Population Health, the Sealy Center on Aging, and the UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center host a one-hour webinar on how community research partnerships are built, structured, and sustained.
Three presenters walk through practical approaches to community-based research, including how community input shaped a self-management tool for people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), how a Community Advisory Board is established and kept effective over time, and how research findings reach the aging and rehabilitation communities they are meant to serve.
Learning objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to do the following.
Describe key principles and best practices of community-based research.
Explain how community engagement and partnerships informed the development of a traumatic brain injury self-management tool and related knowledge translation activities.
Identify strategies for establishing and sustaining an effective Community Advisory Board.
Apply practical approaches for engaging community partners and increasing awareness of research opportunities in aging and rehabilitation communities.
Presenters
Monique R. Pappadis, PhD, MEd, FACRM
Rebecca Galloway, PhD, PT, GCS, CEEAA
Alice Williams, MS, LBSW
Agenda
Webinar agenda, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026
Time
Session
Presenter
1 to 1:05 p.m.
Welcome and introductions
Pappadis, Williams, Galloway
1:05 to 1:15 p.m.
Community-based research best practices
Pappadis
1:15 to 1:25 p.m.
Case examples in self-management tool development and knowledge translation
Pappadis
1:25 to 1:40 p.m.
Creating a Community Advisory Board, experiences and lessons learned
Williams and Galloway
1:40 to 1:50 p.m.
Engaging community partners and raising awareness
Williams
1:50 to 2 p.m.
Questions and discussion
Pappadis, Williams, Galloway
Event details
Date — Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026
Time — 1 to 2 p.m. Central
Format — Microsoft Teams webinar
Who should attend — researchers, clinicians, students, community partners, and anyone working to strengthen community engagement in research
Questions about the webinar may be directed to [CONFIRM — contact name] at [CONFIRM — contact email].
Presented by the UTMB School of Public and Population Health, the Sealy Center on Aging, and the UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.
Event Information
Community-Based Research in Action: Best Practices, Partnerships, and Lessons Learned
