- Provide an opportunity for advocates completing the ProgressforPatients.org course who are interested in getting more involved with Friends.
- Foster bi-directional relationships with a diverse group of Advisory Advocates to ensure Friends’ activities and projects are patient focused, and objectives fulfill the needs of the patient community.
- Establish a consistent group of Advisory Advocates who can join Friends’ projects as project partners (as interests arise and align).
- Provide a forum for sharing the needs of the cancer patient community as it relates to Friends’ mission, with a focus on cancer research and FDA regulatory affairs.
- Encourage advocates to share their experience as an Advisory Advocate with others to disseminate project findings more widely, encourage others to become involved, and engage/improve cancer research throughout the community.