What is MARAC?

Question: How does a national community-based organization, such as SCDAA, gain credibility in the medical community? Answer: By recruiting the voluntary services of some of the brightest professionals in the field. 

For SCDAA those professionals serve on the Medical and Research Advisory Committee (MRAC). The members represent institutions from throughout the country and cover all of the disciplines related to providing physical and psychosocial healthcare and assistance for individuals with sickle cell disease. 

Under the leadership of the association's Chief Medical Officer, MARAC has oversight in the following areas: content development of educational materials, CEU/CME planning of educational program for the national conference, developing guidelines and protocols for a national counselor certification program and review of research breakthroughs which are then published in SCDAA VIEWPOINTS. 

As SCDAA continues its website development, MARAC members will also serve as experts; answering medical questions that are posted on the sites "Sickle Cell Disease Forum" bulletin board. MARAC members will also be taking part in chat room discussions in the coming months. Stay tuned.