My Hometown Heroes is accepting applications through Jan 31, 2026 for their Fall scholarship program. Candidates must be a young adult surivor of cancer, aged 17-39, US resident, and enrolling in a #university, #communitycollege, or #tradeschool. More info below: myhometownheroes.org/2025scholars...

I joined Sarah Olivieri on Inspired Nonprofit Leadership to talk cancer equity, lived experience, and how nonprofits can drive community-centered change. 🎧 www.inspirednonprofitleadership.com/podcast/lead... 🎥 share.descript.com/view/ZCO99wy... #HealthEquity #NonprofitLeadership #CancerEquity

Just joined Varyas Pila on the BioCircuit Podcast to talk lung cancer health equity, SCHEQ’s work in plain-language education, and why #AI must be validated across diverse populations and used to augment human care, not replace it. #LCSM #lungcancer #STEMcareers open.spotify.com/episode/06PL...

We are booking speaking opportunities for next year. If you are interested in #keynotes, #workshops, or #trainingprograms reach out to us. We provide practical steps to make measureable interventions. #keynotespeaking #publicspeaking

Natalie Brown will be the next guest on the Just Breathe: SCHEQing on Lung Cancer free webinar series on 12/15 from 3:15 - 4 PM (ET). She will be discussing her lung cancer journey and her double lung transplant. #LCSM #lungcancer #lungcancertransplant Here is the link: tinyurl.com/SCHEQJBSLC5

🎙️ Just wrapped a fantastic conversation with Daniel Lucas. We dive deep into AI's impact on healthcare. The conversation took some fascinating turns, especially when we explored: "How AI algorithms might miss diverse populations, affecting early disease detection." The full episode, coming soon!

It was a pleasure to be on the Unveiling Journeys Podcast by Tiffany Alexander. Episode 101 was "Closing the Gap in Cancer Care: Equity, STEM & Data That Saves Lives". We discussed: ✅ Academia and Career navigation ✅ Health disparities ✅ The work at @scheq.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fp8...

Dr. Barned gave her lung cancer patient story at #NLCRT2025 this morning.

Dr. Kathuria at #NLCRT2025 showed some studies that suggest that offering tobacco cessation regardless of patient intent, leads to decreased utilization. Also touched on disparities in cessation, increased risk of lung cancer with tobacco +Vaping or tobacco + cannabis.

Dr. Wentworth gave an overview of #survivorship and a program/ workflow that she developed for patients. #NLCRT2025.

Natalie Brown kicked off #NLCRT2025 for her patient advocate story. She talked about the Northwestern transplant program and her diagnosis.

Dr. Kazerooni started off #NLCRT2025 by acknowledging the Steering Committee members rotating off service.

Off to National Lung Cancer Roundtable with my 2 posters.

Podiatrist officially discharged me. I still have 6 PT visits left to go. Sadly due to 6 months in boot, the other ortho surgeon is getting an MRI of my hip on Dec 24. Some progress has happened.

AI is reshaping care. As we kick off our AI in the Black Community series: I’m not anti-AI. I’m anti-inequitable AI. Models learn from incomplete, unrepresentative data, and teams often don’t include impacted communities. Trust is an outcome driver. Full post + infographics: tinyurl.com/SCHEQAI

Who counts as a “professional” now? Recent US loan rule changes keep a tiny list of fields (medicine, law, etc.) as “professional” and push out nursing, SLP, social work, education, public health + more. That shrinks equity-focused career pipelines. #healthequity #studentloans #STEMM

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

Operationalized medical racism is when you are given a discharge notice at 6:30 PM on a Saturday that was "written" at 9:30 AM and told you have to appeal to insurance by noon the next day. However, there is no clarity on the number and they signed it as self when I refused to sign. Document it all.

I came to the orthopedic surgeon about my right hip, and will have an MRI late December. I left with additional hardware since I tweaked my left knee on Monday just walking. I hope the knee can resolve before I return to PT.

Thanks Jasmine Smith at BlackDoctor for the write up of our Patient Experience in Lung Cancer Panel at the 3rd SCHEQ Lung Cancer Interventions Summit. One memorable quote was "They all had lives before lung cancer. Now their lives are different". #lungcancer #LCAM blackdoctor.org/5-lessons-fr...

A walk through Tubes Square after a podcast recording and then I hit up the Empanada Mama in Hells Kitchen. I love these empanadas but I try to not come here very often.

Why did I launch #SCHEQ? Part of it is helping underserved patients navigate care and teaching them how to address medical racism.

At FLASCO Breaking Barriers Summit, I was asked how to address #misinformation in the #socialmedia for cancer education. Part of my response was you can't control what others do, but you can control your content and be certain that it is factual and accurate.

I had breakfast with a friend at the Waffle House in Miami Gardens. The food and service were great, but I didn't see any chairs flying. And she was giving me the evil eye, so I had to stop recording before I started laughing

Dr. Rodriguez moderated the #SocialMedia for #Cancer Care & #Education at FLASCO Breaking Barriers that includes me, Heidi Onda, Sarah Louden, and Dr. Fabregas. We discussed authenticity, being factual, determining engagement, and developing your messaging. It is not a race to get on every platform.

Dr. Rodriguez and Heidi Onda were at the FLASCO Breaking Barriers Summit. Thanks for all the work you do in #lungcancer.

Vedner Guerrier moderated Access and Misinformation to Improve Patient Representation at FLASCO Breaking Barriers Summit. Rocio, Mary, Lisa , & Rochelle discussed ways to increase patient clinical trials participation, creation of online resources and handouts, & stakeholder partnerships.

Dina McHenry & Oneida McEachin moderated Enhancing Cancer Care Access for #Veterans and #Rural Communities: Tackling SDOH at FLASCO Breaking Barriers Summit. Sarbajit Mukherjee, Noman Ashraf, and Nancy Rufino talked about clinical trials, changing policies, and working around patients' schedules.

This session at FLASCO Breaking Barriers Summit touched on ways to get #caregivers and #survivors to engage in #research, #advocacy, and #policy.

Great insights on this session on clinical research to expand cancer prevention and treatment at Florida Society of Clinical Oncology Breaking Barriers Summit.

The Hilton Aventura

Finally landed in Ft. Lauderdale

This @milkeninstitute.org Future of Health Summit session discussed how to facilitate and improve outcomes in community-based research, cost of trials, and trust building. Kavita Patel mode, and she was joined by Paul Burton, Debra Fraser-Howze, Vicky Leamy, and Kent Thoelke. #clinicaltrials

This panel "Clear Vision and Bold Action: Funding #HealthEquity in a Challenging Environment" at @milkeninstitute.org Future of Health Summit. Mod by Akilah Johnson, Dr.Burvell, Dr. Blackstock, Silas Buchanan, and Dr. Joseph discussed #communityengagement, racial concordant care, and trust .

That is a wrap on Millen Future of Health Summit. Now trying to leave DCA and get to FLL for FLASCO Breaking barriers conference.

Bertha Coombs moderated the Next Era in Women's Health @milkeninstitute.org Future of Health Summit 2025. Her panelists were Dr. Jill Biden, Lupita Nyong'o and John Whyte. Key takeaways are not all care is delivered equally and too many women are getting hysterectomies. #womenshealth #ruralhealth

Opening panel on #Ventures, #Founders, and #Funders at #milkenstitute. They discussed the funding environment and how to embed #healthequity into program evaluation. @scheq.org

Kickoff reception for the 2025 Milken Future of Health Summit.

Dr. Mohammed Orloff, Jeff Owens, and Dr. Nan Sethakorn gave three great presentations in the "Advances in #Biomarkers, #Diagnostics, and #Therapeutics" Session at the 3rd @scheq.org #LungCancer Interventions Summit. #LCSM #SCHEQ #LCIS2025

Dr. Sethakorn from Loyola discussed various ways therapeutics are used to treat #lungcancer at the 3rd @scheq.org Lung Cancer Interventions Summit. #LCSM #LCIS2025 #SCHEQ

Almost had to run to make this train.

Jeff Owens presented work on #biomarkers for detection of leptomeningeal disease and patient rebate coupons at the 3rd #SCHEQ Lung Cancer Interventions Summit. @scheq.org #Lungcancer #LCSM

My friends visiting from Boston to see one of their friends running in the marathon tomorrow. We went to Serendepity 3 for lunch and I had to Jalapeno Burger. That is the only thing I need to eat today.

This is the start of #lungcancerawarenessmonth. @scheq.org works to get information and resources to underserved populations navigating lung cancer, runs 2 webinar series, and holds an annual Lung Cancer Interventions Summit that is focused on solutions. Check out the website to learn more. #LCSM

Dr. Orloff discussed #earlydetection and #Biomarkers, as well as additional risk factors at the 3rd @scheq.org Lung Cancer Interventions Summit. #LCIS2025 #SCHEQ #LCSM #lungcancer

Drs. Villena-Vargas, Faubert, and Mitchell presented in the "Bench and Translational Research: Barriers and Challenges" session at the 3rd @scheq.org Lung Cancer Interventions Summit. They touched on #IO, #metabolism, #genetics, and #SDOH. #LCIS2025 #SCHEQ

Dr. Mitchell discussed some of her bench to the community #lungcancer research at the 3rd @scheq.org Lung Cancer Intervention Summit. She touched on #SDOH, #epigenetics, #genomics, and disparities. #SCHEQ #LCIS2025

Dr. Faubert gave a very cool talk on tumor #metabolism in #NSCLC and he identified a therapy that while it does not slow tumor growth, it does stop #metastasis. @scheq.org #SCHEQ #LCIS2025

Dr. Villena-Vargas discussed his translational work on tumor draining lymphocytes in #NSCLC at the @scheq.org 3rd Lung Cancer Interventions Summit. #SCHEQ #LCIS2025

Drs. @laurengroner.bsky.social, Trenard, and Carter-Bawa presented frameworks, interventions, and meeting people where they are in the "Innovations in Lung Cancer Screening and Diagnosis: Success Stories" session at @scheq.org #SCHEQ #LCIS2025 #lungcancerscreening #lungcancer