STEMM & Cancer Health Equity
@scheq.org
Our mission is to increase STEMM workforce diversity and to improve outcomes for underrepresented, underserved, and marginalized populations navigating the cancer care continuum.
SCHEQ Foundation featured on the Empowered Patient #Podcast hosted by Karen Jagoda.
Founder & CEO Dr. Eugene Manley, Jr. discusses workforce diversity, lung cancer #disparities, and equitable access to clinical trials.
🎧 Listen: empoweredpatientradio.com/addressing-h... #healthequity #workforce
Founder & CEO Dr. Eugene Manley, Jr. discusses workforce diversity, lung cancer #disparities, and equitable access to clinical trials.
🎧 Listen: empoweredpatientradio.com/addressing-h... #healthequity #workforce
Empowered Patient Podcast: Addressing Health Disparities Through Workforce Diversity and Improved Access to Clinical Trials with Dr. Eugene Manley STEMM & Cancer Health Equity Foundation
Dr. Eugene Manley, biomedical scientist turned social impact leader and Founder and CEO of the STEMM & Cancer Health Equity Foundation, is focused on increasing STEMM workforce diversity and...
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January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
SCHEQ Foundation featured on the Empowered Patient #Podcast hosted by Karen Jagoda.
Founder & CEO Dr. Eugene Manley, Jr. discusses workforce diversity, lung cancer #disparities, and equitable access to clinical trials.
🎧 Listen: empoweredpatientradio.com/addressing-h... #healthequity #workforce
Founder & CEO Dr. Eugene Manley, Jr. discusses workforce diversity, lung cancer #disparities, and equitable access to clinical trials.
🎧 Listen: empoweredpatientradio.com/addressing-h... #healthequity #workforce
Resilient pipelines include external mentors.
Multiple perspectives reduce harm.
Multiple perspectives reduce harm.
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Resilient pipelines include external mentors.
Multiple perspectives reduce harm.
Multiple perspectives reduce harm.
Scaling equity requires infrastructure, trust, and time.
Are we funding outcomes or the systems that sustain them?
Are we funding outcomes or the systems that sustain them?
January 20, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Scaling equity requires infrastructure, trust, and time.
Are we funding outcomes or the systems that sustain them?
Are we funding outcomes or the systems that sustain them?
SCHEQ Foundation’s Founder & CEO joined The Jali #Podcast to discuss equity beyond intentions.
This episode (#181) focuses on accountability, representation in research, patient advocacy, and community-centered solutions.
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6nm...
Learn more: scheq.org
This episode (#181) focuses on accountability, representation in research, patient advocacy, and community-centered solutions.
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6nm...
Learn more: scheq.org
The Jali Ep 181: Equity Beyond Intentions: Turning Research, Community, and Accountability into I...
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January 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
SCHEQ Foundation’s Founder & CEO joined The Jali #Podcast to discuss equity beyond intentions.
This episode (#181) focuses on accountability, representation in research, patient advocacy, and community-centered solutions.
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6nm...
Learn more: scheq.org
This episode (#181) focuses on accountability, representation in research, patient advocacy, and community-centered solutions.
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6nm...
Learn more: scheq.org
Engagement shares power. Extraction collects credibility.
What remains in the community after the work ends?
What remains in the community after the work ends?
January 18, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Engagement shares power. Extraction collects credibility.
What remains in the community after the work ends?
What remains in the community after the work ends?
SCHEQ’s Dr. Eugene Manley Jr. joined Voices That Propel Us #podcast to talk plain-language health tools, patient advocacy, chart accuracy, lung cancer disparities, and why STEMM access is upstream health equity work.
🎧 tinyurl.com/DSugitaManley
#SCHEQ #HealthEquity #HealthLiteracy #podmatch
🎧 tinyurl.com/DSugitaManley
#SCHEQ #HealthEquity #HealthLiteracy #podmatch
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January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
SCHEQ’s Dr. Eugene Manley Jr. joined Voices That Propel Us #podcast to talk plain-language health tools, patient advocacy, chart accuracy, lung cancer disparities, and why STEMM access is upstream health equity work.
🎧 tinyurl.com/DSugitaManley
#SCHEQ #HealthEquity #HealthLiteracy #podmatch
🎧 tinyurl.com/DSugitaManley
#SCHEQ #HealthEquity #HealthLiteracy #podmatch
Mentorship helps, but structure sustains.
Workforce equity requires systems that don’t collapse when one person leaves.
Workforce equity requires systems that don’t collapse when one person leaves.
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Mentorship helps, but structure sustains.
Workforce equity requires systems that don’t collapse when one person leaves.
Workforce equity requires systems that don’t collapse when one person leaves.
Dr. Manley Jr. joined Life & In Between (Diana & Patrick): “When the System Doesn’t See You.”
A practical conversation on patient advocacy, mistrust built from real experiences, and AI risks when data & leadership lack representation.
👀https://tinyurl.com/LAIBManley
#SCHEQ #HealthEquity #podmatch
A practical conversation on patient advocacy, mistrust built from real experiences, and AI risks when data & leadership lack representation.
👀https://tinyurl.com/LAIBManley
#SCHEQ #HealthEquity #podmatch
January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Dr. Manley Jr. joined Life & In Between (Diana & Patrick): “When the System Doesn’t See You.”
A practical conversation on patient advocacy, mistrust built from real experiences, and AI risks when data & leadership lack representation.
👀https://tinyurl.com/LAIBManley
#SCHEQ #HealthEquity #podmatch
A practical conversation on patient advocacy, mistrust built from real experiences, and AI risks when data & leadership lack representation.
👀https://tinyurl.com/LAIBManley
#SCHEQ #HealthEquity #podmatch
When systems are complicated, burden shifts to patients and caregivers.
Equity requires systems that work for real life.
What process would you simplify first to reduce burden?
Equity requires systems that work for real life.
What process would you simplify first to reduce burden?
January 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
When systems are complicated, burden shifts to patients and caregivers.
Equity requires systems that work for real life.
What process would you simplify first to reduce burden?
Equity requires systems that work for real life.
What process would you simplify first to reduce burden?
Dr. Eugene Manley Jr. discussed systemic bias in cancer care, early detection barriers, and how community education and STEMM representation can drive change. Check out The BioInventors #Podcast #podmatch #cancer #cancerscreening #stemcareers
🎧 Listen → bioinventors.buzzsprout.com/2315496/18450033
🎧 Listen → bioinventors.buzzsprout.com/2315496/18450033
Cancer, Bias, and the Cost of Being Underserved - Dr. Eugene Manley Jr. - The Bioinventors Podcast
In this episode of BioInventors, we sit down with Dr. Eugene Manley Jr., biomedical engineer, cancer biologist, and founder of the SCHEQ Foundation, to unpack one of the most urgent issues in modern m...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Dr. Eugene Manley Jr. discussed systemic bias in cancer care, early detection barriers, and how community education and STEMM representation can drive change. Check out The BioInventors #Podcast #podmatch #cancer #cancerscreening #stemcareers
🎧 Listen → bioinventors.buzzsprout.com/2315496/18450033
🎧 Listen → bioinventors.buzzsprout.com/2315496/18450033
Equity initiatives work when barriers are named early and supports are built into the design.
Question: what does success require from the community, and what supports make that realistic?
Question: what does success require from the community, and what supports make that realistic?
January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Equity initiatives work when barriers are named early and supports are built into the design.
Question: what does success require from the community, and what supports make that realistic?
Question: what does success require from the community, and what supports make that realistic?
“Noncompliance” is often a signal: the plan wasn’t realistic or understandable.
SCHEQ treats communication as an intervention: plain language + navigation.
What improved follow through most in your setting?
SCHEQ treats communication as an intervention: plain language + navigation.
What improved follow through most in your setting?
January 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
“Noncompliance” is often a signal: the plan wasn’t realistic or understandable.
SCHEQ treats communication as an intervention: plain language + navigation.
What improved follow through most in your setting?
SCHEQ treats communication as an intervention: plain language + navigation.
What improved follow through most in your setting?
Clinical trial diversity is a design challenge.
Are systems built for participation or convenience?
What support would improve participation most: transport, childcare, scheduling, or communication?
Are systems built for participation or convenience?
What support would improve participation most: transport, childcare, scheduling, or communication?
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Clinical trial diversity is a design challenge.
Are systems built for participation or convenience?
What support would improve participation most: transport, childcare, scheduling, or communication?
Are systems built for participation or convenience?
What support would improve participation most: transport, childcare, scheduling, or communication?
SCHEQ Founder Dr. Eugene Manley Jr., PhD was featured on The Elisha Show #podcast in Health Equity in Action.
Topics: medical racism, patient advocacy, STEM access, lung cancer equity.
Health equity must be actionable.
🎧 tinyurl.com/TESMANLEY
#podmatch #nonprofitfounder #nonprofitleadership
Topics: medical racism, patient advocacy, STEM access, lung cancer equity.
Health equity must be actionable.
🎧 tinyurl.com/TESMANLEY
#podmatch #nonprofitfounder #nonprofitleadership
January 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
SCHEQ Founder Dr. Eugene Manley Jr., PhD was featured on The Elisha Show #podcast in Health Equity in Action.
Topics: medical racism, patient advocacy, STEM access, lung cancer equity.
Health equity must be actionable.
🎧 tinyurl.com/TESMANLEY
#podmatch #nonprofitfounder #nonprofitleadership
Topics: medical racism, patient advocacy, STEM access, lung cancer equity.
Health equity must be actionable.
🎧 tinyurl.com/TESMANLEY
#podmatch #nonprofitfounder #nonprofitleadership
In cancer care, complexity becomes a barrier.
SCHEQ treats complexity reduction as equity: navigation support, clear info, trusted partnerships.
What process would you simplify tomorrow?
SCHEQ treats complexity reduction as equity: navigation support, clear info, trusted partnerships.
What process would you simplify tomorrow?
January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
In cancer care, complexity becomes a barrier.
SCHEQ treats complexity reduction as equity: navigation support, clear info, trusted partnerships.
What process would you simplify tomorrow?
SCHEQ treats complexity reduction as equity: navigation support, clear info, trusted partnerships.
What process would you simplify tomorrow?
Workforce diversity needs financially realistic pathways.
Unpaid labor and hidden costs exclude talent.
What cost barrier do institutions underestimate?
Unpaid labor and hidden costs exclude talent.
What cost barrier do institutions underestimate?
January 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Workforce diversity needs financially realistic pathways.
Unpaid labor and hidden costs exclude talent.
What cost barrier do institutions underestimate?
Unpaid labor and hidden costs exclude talent.
What cost barrier do institutions underestimate?
Health info works when people can use it.
SCHEQ focuses on literacy + navigation + partnerships so the next step is realistic.
What barrier does your community face that programs overlook?
SCHEQ focuses on literacy + navigation + partnerships so the next step is realistic.
What barrier does your community face that programs overlook?
January 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Health info works when people can use it.
SCHEQ focuses on literacy + navigation + partnerships so the next step is realistic.
What barrier does your community face that programs overlook?
SCHEQ focuses on literacy + navigation + partnerships so the next step is realistic.
What barrier does your community face that programs overlook?
Equity is a responsibility, not a slogan.
SCHEQ Founder & CEO Dr. Eugene Manley Jr. joined Everything’s Not Black and White #podcast to discuss medical racism, patient advocacy, and measurable systems change.
🎧https://tinyurl.com/ENBWManley
#HealthEquity #HealthcareReform #STEMM #PatientVoice
SCHEQ Founder & CEO Dr. Eugene Manley Jr. joined Everything’s Not Black and White #podcast to discuss medical racism, patient advocacy, and measurable systems change.
🎧https://tinyurl.com/ENBWManley
#HealthEquity #HealthcareReform #STEMM #PatientVoice
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Equity is a responsibility, not a slogan.
SCHEQ Founder & CEO Dr. Eugene Manley Jr. joined Everything’s Not Black and White #podcast to discuss medical racism, patient advocacy, and measurable systems change.
🎧https://tinyurl.com/ENBWManley
#HealthEquity #HealthcareReform #STEMM #PatientVoice
SCHEQ Founder & CEO Dr. Eugene Manley Jr. joined Everything’s Not Black and White #podcast to discuss medical racism, patient advocacy, and measurable systems change.
🎧https://tinyurl.com/ENBWManley
#HealthEquity #HealthcareReform #STEMM #PatientVoice
Navigation affects outcomes.
Transportation, insurance confusion, language access, language access, delayed referrals, caregiver burnout.
What barrier do you wish decision makers would address urgently?
Transportation, insurance confusion, language access, language access, delayed referrals, caregiver burnout.
What barrier do you wish decision makers would address urgently?
January 5, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Navigation affects outcomes.
Transportation, insurance confusion, language access, language access, delayed referrals, caregiver burnout.
What barrier do you wish decision makers would address urgently?
Transportation, insurance confusion, language access, language access, delayed referrals, caregiver burnout.
What barrier do you wish decision makers would address urgently?
Visibility matters, but it is not the finish line.
Equity becomes real when funding, hiring, promotion, mentorship, and accountability structures change.
Equity becomes real when funding, hiring, promotion, mentorship, and accountability structures change.
January 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Visibility matters, but it is not the finish line.
Equity becomes real when funding, hiring, promotion, mentorship, and accountability structures change.
Equity becomes real when funding, hiring, promotion, mentorship, and accountability structures change.
Workforce diversity requires navigation.
Structured mentorship replaces hidden rules with clear milestones, multiple mentors, and transparent expectations.
Clarity is equity.
Structured mentorship replaces hidden rules with clear milestones, multiple mentors, and transparent expectations.
Clarity is equity.
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Workforce diversity requires navigation.
Structured mentorship replaces hidden rules with clear milestones, multiple mentors, and transparent expectations.
Clarity is equity.
Structured mentorship replaces hidden rules with clear milestones, multiple mentors, and transparent expectations.
Clarity is equity.
Happy New Year from SCHEQ.
In 2026 we are focused on building what holds up: health literacy, navigation support, workforce pathways, and partnerships that listen and act.
In 2026 we are focused on building what holds up: health literacy, navigation support, workforce pathways, and partnerships that listen and act.
January 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Happy New Year from SCHEQ.
In 2026 we are focused on building what holds up: health literacy, navigation support, workforce pathways, and partnerships that listen and act.
In 2026 we are focused on building what holds up: health literacy, navigation support, workforce pathways, and partnerships that listen and act.
Health literacy matters, but it is not a shield.
Systems should be safe and understandable for everyone, not only navigable for people with insider knowledge.
Systems should be safe and understandable for everyone, not only navigable for people with insider knowledge.
January 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Health literacy matters, but it is not a shield.
Systems should be safe and understandable for everyone, not only navigable for people with insider knowledge.
Systems should be safe and understandable for everyone, not only navigable for people with insider knowledge.
Innovation becomes impact only when people can access it.
SCHEQ focuses on the “how” behind access: health literacy, navigation, and trusted partnerships that reduce delays and missed care.
Equity lives in the details.
SCHEQ focuses on the “how” behind access: health literacy, navigation, and trusted partnerships that reduce delays and missed care.
Equity lives in the details.
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Innovation becomes impact only when people can access it.
SCHEQ focuses on the “how” behind access: health literacy, navigation, and trusted partnerships that reduce delays and missed care.
Equity lives in the details.
SCHEQ focuses on the “how” behind access: health literacy, navigation, and trusted partnerships that reduce delays and missed care.
Equity lives in the details.
Awareness alone rarely changes outcomes.
SCHEQ focuses on infrastructure: health literacy, navigation support, and trusted community partnerships so people can act on information, not just receive it.
SCHEQ focuses on infrastructure: health literacy, navigation support, and trusted community partnerships so people can act on information, not just receive it.
December 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Awareness alone rarely changes outcomes.
SCHEQ focuses on infrastructure: health literacy, navigation support, and trusted community partnerships so people can act on information, not just receive it.
SCHEQ focuses on infrastructure: health literacy, navigation support, and trusted community partnerships so people can act on information, not just receive it.