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citizen science participatory science approach members public citizens collaborate scientists professional researchers become involved research innovation activities resulting cocreation scientific knowledge innovation citizen science widely applied research particularly social sciences environmental sciences information communication technologies public health however application approach clinical sciences particularly translational medicine research still nascent exploratory study involved members public citizen scientists translational medicine experiment nonalcoholic fatty liver disease incorporated lifestyle weightloss intervention aim paper report successful methods approaches recruitment retention training citizen scientists citizen scientists recruitment online calls placed websites research project biomedical research center targeted emails helpful 14 members public expressed interest study six recruited citizen scientists citizen scientists mostly female n 5 83 white n 3 50 50 years age n 4 67 educated postgraduate level n 5 83 either retired employment n 5 83 retention rate 83 n 5 dropout rate 17 n 1 arranged instructorled interactive online training sessions hourlong oneonone session twohour group sessions research skills training covered ethics research qualitative quantitative data analysis citizen scientists given several incentives reimbursement travel care costs selection citizen scientists month publications blogs perspective articles coauthorship acknowledgement papers project deliverables conclude members public particularly middleaged white women postgraduate education interested becoming citizen scientists translational medicine research retention rate higher contribute different research activities however need training develop research skills expertise training simple comprehensive flexible accommodate schedules individual citizen scientists deserve incentives work voluntary basis