Project Summary: Stakeholder Engagement Studio Core The National Center for Engagement in Diabetes Equity Research (National CEDER) Stakeholder Engagement Studio (SES) Core will expand and enhance the capacity for engaging in partnered research to advance T2D health equity. The SES Core reflects an equitable partnership between UCLA (MPI Brown) and Visión Y Compromiso (VyC) (Core Co-Lead Cordero-Bárzaga), and builds on an established history of collaborative community-engaged research. The core will enrich an already strong foundation of existing community relationships and stakeholder engagement mechanisms. It will use these to leverage resources from highly successful partnerships—between researchers, clinicians, community-based organizations (CBOs), and community members—to spur discovery; new approaches to prevention; and the development of effective clinical and policy interventions to reduce risk, morbidity, and mortality of T2D-related conditions in diverse communities. In all activities, the SES Core will support the iterative development of stakeholder engagement through the Center's activities, in collaboration with the Administrative Core (AC) and Research Consultation Services (RCS) Core, by promoting a culture of open exchange, equity, inclusion, advocacy, and sustainability. The SES Core will use a community engagement studio model to improve the quality and relevance of T2D programs, projects, and research. The overall goal of the SES Core is to deliver studios on the operations and real-world application of stakeholder engagement in research. Specifically, the SES Core will: 1. Use equitable, partnered approaches to tailor and modify existing stakeholder engagement studio (SES) models and pilot this adapted model to improve equity in T2D research, treatment, and prevention interventions; 2. Deliver National CEDER SES Core services to provide multi-sector stakeholder guidance on socially-, community-, and culturally- aligned approaches for equitable engagement of diverse communities and individuals in all phases of T2D research, including partnered study design, recruitment and retention strategies, analysis, and dissemination; 3. Implement strategic processes to monitor, evaluate, and improve SES services along the research continuum; and 4. Develop and disseminate recommendations and best practices that advance the translation of stakeholder-engaged research to achieve equity in T2DM. The SES Core will advance a national model for partnered research that enhances the quality, rigor, and engagement of diverse communities and stakeholders in T2D research.