Communication both ways: CARRA members and NCI

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  - Communication both ways: CARRA members and NCI

Members of the NCI Consumer Advocates in Research and Related Activities (CARRA) program have a two-way communication responsibility:

CARRA members provide input to the National Cancer Institute as they participate in cancer research and research-related activities. That participation is generated from NCI staff requests for advocate involvement, sent to the CARRA program staff in the Office of Advocacy Relations.
NCI disseminates information to CARRA members on a regular basis, which the members then disseminate to their own networks. Some of the communications NCI provides include:
- NCI Nealon Digest (bi-weekly e-news) of cancer research developments, materials, and events
- Weekly NCI Cancer Bulletin emails
- Announcements about cancer events, webcasts, or other opportunities related to cancer research (especially when the timing precludes receiving enough notice in the bi-weekly e-news schedule)
- CARRA quarterly update teleconferences (CARRA program updates to its members)