The Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) is comprised of volunteer advocates with arthritis who bring personal experience and arthritis knowledge to research decision making at the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada (ARC). In the capacity of expert consumers, they ensure the consumer perspective is represented on research matters related to prevention, treatment and self-management of arthritis. Individually and collectively, they communicate research information and findings to arthritis consumers, professional organizations and the general public

The Mission:

CAB participates in arthritis research decision-making and serves as a bridge between researchers, people with arthritis, and the community at large.

The Vision:

CAB partners in research to create a world without arthritis.

Core Strategic Areas:

• Research
• Knowledge Translation
• Community advocacy
• Education
• Communications
• Government relations

Accomplishments:

• Coordinate yearly ROAR (Roundtable on Arthritis Research) event; a day of discussion about the research being conducted by the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada. Also, successfully raise needed funds for this event.
• Continually provide patients’ perspectives to arthritis research projects
• Engaged in the worldwide exchange of knowledge and skills
• Involved in preparing and editing the Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Used in Health Research: A Consumer’s Guide
• Designed the CAB Lay Research Summary Template for researchers to communicate their projects to the general public
• Facilitators of the Arthritis Self-Management Program

You are the BEST.  It is incredible the difference you make for ARC but also for Canada.  

You have made CAB a national resource.

Dr. John Esdaile, Scientific Director, ARC