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# FDA Looking for Patient Engagement Collaborative Members
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-looking-for-patient-engagement-collaborative-members/
- Published: 2018-01-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T23:10:16.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, Devices, #legacy-id-D5140367

FDA says it is seeking nominations to join the agency’s Patient Engagement Collaborative (PEC). An *FDA Voice* blog [post](https://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2017/12/you-spoke-fda-listened-new-patient-engagement-collaborative-call-for-nominations/?ref=fdaweb.com) says the PEC is looking for: 

- patients who have personal disease experience;
- caregivers who support patients, such as a parent, child, partner, other family member, or friend, and who have personal disease experience through the caregiver role; and
- representatives from patient groups who, through their role in the patient group, have direct or indirect disease experience.

PEC is to provide a forum to discuss how to achieve more meaningful patient engagement in medical product development and other regulatory discussions, according to Office of Medical Products and Tobacco deputy director for medical programs **Nina Hunter** and FDA principal deputy commissioner **Rachel Sherman**. Topics to be discussed could include making patient engagement more systematic; how to improve transparency, education, and communication; new strategies for enhancing patient engagement; and new models for patients to collaborate as partners in the medical product development and FDA review process.