The goal of MARP is to introduce researchers and advocates to begin building relationships that improve cancer research.
To accomplish this goal, interested researchers and advocates applied to the inaugural MARP. The program provides a forum for advocates and researchers to be paired at MBCRC to get to know one another then spend the conference learning the science together in sessions, over meals, and during the poster session. The long-term goal is to establish relationships that last, allowing the advocates and researchers to work together to improve cancer research focused on metastatic disease. The responses were overwhelming - we ended up creating 21 pairs!
One of the program requirements was to create a blog post about their experiences. Here, we present the blogs from the inaugural MARP Pairs!