Community engagement has been identified as an effective, evidence-based mechanism to improve interest and trust in research . Community engaged research (CEnR) principles such as community member involvement in the research process, seeking input from community advisory boards, and peer-concordant, community health worker led study recruitment have shown promise to enhance clinical trial recruitment and retention [10, 13, 19, 22]. However, opportunities for underrepresented populations to engage in the entirety of the research process (i.e., involvement in early phases such as setting research agendas, or in advisory capacities) are limited. The goal of this study was to use community engaged research principles to identify research priorities and concerns of underrepresented populations. We believe our findings can be used to inform clinical research areas and study design to increase participation of underrepresented populations in health research which may, in turn, advance the understanding of health disparity origins.