The Community Advisory Board (CAB) is a volunteer group of individuals from diverse communities interested in global health, specifically infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS.  The CAB is organized to assist and advise vaccine research sites in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. 

This DC-area CAB is one of many volunteer Community Advisory Boards across the United States and around the world. CAB believes that community participation in clinical research contributes to better science and better health outcomes for affected communities. Part of the CAB's role is to monitor research strategies and approaches so that values and cultural and ethnic differences among vaccine trial participants are respected. 

The DC area CAB: 

• engages in education, outreach and advocacy activities in the community
• assesses community impact and ensures community concerns are considered
• serves as a voice for the community and study participants