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Engagement

Meaningful engagement starts with trusted relationships, authentic conversation, and human connection — our specialty — instead of talking points or AI.

If your goal is to recruit diverse participants for clinical trials, inform your market access strategy, or generate community-centered insights that shape your project or product launch, Pyxis can help you achieve it.


Our team has spent years building a national network of more than 100 community and provider-based organizations across diverse racial, ethnic, geographic, and demographic groups.


Community‑informed programming centers the experiences, priorities, and insights of the people a program is designed to serve. When communities help shape solutions, the results are stronger, more relevant, and can have a lasting effect.


  • Programs designed with community input reflect real needs, barriers, and goals—rather than assumptions.

  • Communities are more likely to engage when they see their voices reflected in decisions.

  • Programs developed without community insight often need costly revisions—or fail entirely.

  • Many funders and regulations now expect meaningful community engagement.

  • When communities are engaged early and often, programs are easier to maintain and adapt.


We help our clients turn community insight into thoughtful, inclusive strategies that strengthen impact, build trust, and support long‑term success.

Services

  • Community engagement strategy and implementation

  • Analysis and reporting community insights into action plans

  • Collaborator identification, assessment, and relationship management

  • Facilitation of in-person and virtual community forums, listening sessions, and roundtables

  • Advisory board selection support and coordination 

  • Recruitment and engagement strategies for clinical research and public health initiatives

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Monica Rodriguez, MS

Vice President

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Grisel Marie Robles-Schrader, PhD, MPA

Vice President

Interested in working with us or learning more about our work? Contact Monica Rodriguez at mrodriguez@pyxispartners.co or Grisel Marie Robles-Schrader at groblesschrader@pyxispartners.co.

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