Table 2.

Results of Research Review Meetings until June 2012

Date	Level of Investigator	Subject of Review Session	Results	Outcomes
March 15, 2011	Physician master’s degree candidate, Institute of Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) at Einstein	Clinical trial: Buprenorphine treatment for people who abuse heroin.	Answered questions about funding, community risks and benefits, and received feedback.	Researcher said it was helpful but sensed feelings of antagonism and mistrust among BxCRRB members. He said researchers would come out of the goodness of their heart but they are not community savvy.
April 26, 2011	Physician master’s degree candidate, ICTR	Survival analysis for Latinos living with liver cancer based on data collected by Montefiore Medical Center.	Answered questions on the purpose of the study, level of community involvement, etc.	Because this study was retrospectively analyzing data that was already gathered, the researcher did not believe there was much room for community involvement. Board members offered this researcher their assistance with current or future research projects.
May 17, 2011	Physician Career Development Award (KL-2) from Einstein, ICTR	Focus groups and personal interviews on brain aging research with people over 50 who live in Co-Op City.	Received feedback on how to tailor questions to the South Bronx community.	Board members suggested the researcher shorten the questions and offered to review survey or organize focus groups for the South Bronx.
June 7, 2011	Physician KL-2, ICTR	Clinical trial for sodium bicarbonate as a viable treatment for acidosis and kidney disease.	Received feedback on how to involve community partners and disseminate results.	There was a lack of mechanism for community involvement this particular study. Researcher said they planned to inform the community by sending study results to participants and providers and publishing reports on medical journals.
October 25, 2011	Consultant for The Bronx Health Link	Focus groups on community perceptions and levels of knowledge about genetics among people in the Bronx.	Answered questions about risks, benefits, and methods of recruitment.	The principal investigator said the research team will share findings with study participants, hospitals, and researchers, and TBHL will use the results for internal programming.
February 14, 2012, and June 19, 2012 (including follow-up meeting)	Research staff at Einstein	Survey of people’s levels of interest in participation in research in the Bronx.	Answered questions, received feedback on recruitment locations, and disclosed the results of the study.	Researcher said she would inform participants about study results and would make announcements at a library or another public forum. She clarified that the term “people of color” refers to minorities and people who are underserved. BxCRRB members requested the researcher return to discuss the results.
February 14, 2012; May 15, 2012; December 11, 2012; March 19, 2013 (including first follow-up meeting)	Doctoral candidate at Einstein	Study of risky sexual behaviors among women in the Bronx (concentrating on HIV risk) to design a syndemic intervention model.	Received feedback on her target populations and returned for clarifications.	Some board members said that the researcher was not considering feelings of low self-worth in the syndemic model and that sexual abuse is just one of many forms of violence that can cause such feelings. The researcher incorporated BxCRRB recommendations into the intervention model and returned to continue the discussion on December 11, 2012.
May 15, 2012	Faculty member and research fellow	Training curriculum on bioethics and informed consent for non–English-speaking community health workers.	Received feedback on levels of comprehension and readability.	One board member suggested that trainers should complete sensitivity training before going into the field.