Lung Cancer Screening Listening Session at Hasselbring Senior Center
Dr. Manley from SCHEQ will be speaking on a Panel with Drs. Jamie Studts and Lisa Carter-Bawa on April 2 from 4- 6 PM at the Hasselbring Senior Center in Flint, MI. This is part of the Community Listening Sessions on Lung Cancer Screening that are organized by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute – Wayne State University Office of Cancer Health Equity & Community Engagement (OCHECE).
SCHEQ attends Digital Health New York (DHNY) Investment Trends 2024
SCHEQ attended the 10th Annual DHNY (Digital Health New York) Healthcare Investment Trends 2024 that was hosted on Tuesday evening, March 26, at J.P. Morgan. It was a great event that gave a lay of the land on what is moving and what is not moving in the market. Funding and investments have slowed in […]
STEMM & Cancer Health Equity (SCHEQ) Foundation Announces First Presentation at the 2024 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting
Press Release
STEMM & Cancer Health Equity (SCHEQ) Foundation Announces First Presentation at the 2024 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting Presentation.
NEW YORK, NY – March 26, 2024 – STEMM & Cancer Health Equity (SCHEQ) Foundation, a minority-led nonprofit organization, today announced that it will be presenting its first poster at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting that will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California April 5-10, 2024.
NewYorkBIO Patient Engagement Summit
NewYorkBIO partners with patient advocacy groups to connect leaders in the patient community with leaders in the biotech and life science fields. The Summit features panel discussions with representatives from across the patient and life science ecosystems. NewYorkBIO focuses on linking patients with companies and researchers who work to discover and develop treatments and cures.
Dr. Monique Mendes
Dr. Monique Mendes is a Jamaican born neuroscientist whose research currently focuses on the self-renewal process of microglial brain cells and their response to injury.
Dr. Ruth Ella Moore
Dr. Ruth Ella Moore was a bacteriologist whose research led to a better understanding of tuberculosis, gut microbiome, tooth decay, and blood types.
Dr. Jane Hinton
Dr. Jane Hinton was an African American WWII vet who invented a special agar to test antibiotic susceptibility.
Dr. May Edward Chinn
Dr. May Edward Chinn was the first African American woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College and was advocate for poor patients. She was born in MA but grew up in New York City.
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was a renown agricultural scientist, farmer, and inventor. Born enslaved, at the tail end of the Civil War, he was raised by his former owners in Missouri. At one point he and his family were captured by slave raiders, before eventually being returned. He showed a keen interest in nature and plants that permeated through his life and career.
Dr. Lloyd Noel Ferguson
Dr. Lloyd Noel Ferguson born in Oakland in 1918, was a chemist, entrepreneur, mentor, and STEM literacy advocate. Despite growing up in poverty, he had a strong interest in chemistry during his childhood. He created his first lab in his backyard and made several inventions, some of which he sold. After high school he worked in construction and as a porter for a railroad company to save money for college. He received a BS (1936) with honors and PhD (1940) in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, becoming the first person in his family to attend college and the first African American to obtain a Chemistry PhD at Berkeley.