“CanVECTOR is always responsive to the needs and opinions of patient partners in research, including recognition of the importance of quality of life and mental health issues. The CanVECTOR conference even provides good listeners – therapy dogs.”

“As a caregiver, I feel it’s important to contribute from the perspective of supporting someone with VTE… it’s an opportunity to give a voice to those who find it difficult to contribute to research themselves.”

“A research doctor I worked with commented to me that project applications he looked at were often in technical areas outside of his own that he, too, needed to understand in plain terms–this is the benefit the lay summary provides.”