Cesar Milstein, PhD
Cesar Milstein was born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina in 1927 to immigrant parents. His father immigrated from Ukraine and his mother was also from a Ukrainian immigrant family. In his early life, his parents sought to ensure their children’s education and encouraged all of them to go to university. In 1952, he graduated with a […]
Domingo Santo Liotta, MD
Domingo Liotta was born to Italian immigrant parents on November 29th, 1924, in Diamante, Argentina. He received his MD (1949) from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina, He stayed as a Surgical Resident and went on to obtain his Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery (1953). While his doctorate work was on the Clinical Anatomy of Common […]
Mario Molina, PhD
Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez was born in Mexico City, Mexico, on March 19th, 1943. At a young age, Mario showed an aptitude for chemistry, which his family nurtured. He received a BS (1965) in Chemical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He spent two years studying Polymer Kinetics at the University of Freiburg, […]
Baruj Benacerraf, MD
Baruj Benacerraf was born in 1920 in Caracas, Venezuela to Spanish-Jewish parents. His early childhood was spent in Paris, France where his family stayed until the early 1930s before fleeing back to Venezuela under the threat of the Second World War. Benacerraf’s father was a textile merchant and importer, and hoped his son would follow […]
Carlos Juan Finlay, MD
Born in 1833 in Cuba, Carlos Juan Finlay was a physician and scientist credited with discovering that mosquitoes spread yellow fever. Both of Finlay’s parents were European and he pursued his early education in France. Finlay earned his Medical Degree from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1855. During his medical studies, he befriended and […]
IASLC 2024 World Congress on Lung Cancer in San Diego
The IASLC (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) is holding the 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer in San Diego from September 7-10, 2024. This event is being held at the San Diego Convention Center. This year is also the 50th year anniverary of IASLC. The conference presents the latest breakthroughs in thoracic […]
SCHEQ Presenting at Cancer Patient Lab’s Webinar Series about Disparities
SCHEQ Founder, Dr. Eugene Manley, Jr., will be presenting at the Cancer Patient Lab Meeting on Wednesday August 28, 2024 from 12 -1 PM (ET). His webinar will discuss “How disparities and workforce diversity impact cancer patients and caregivers”. He will discuss STEMM access, workforce diversity, cell line diversity, clinical trial diversity, and community engagemetn.
SCHEQ Speaking at NCCN Policy Summit
SCHEQ‘s Founder and CEO will be speaking at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Oncology Policy Summit: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Cancer Workforce on September 10, 2024 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. His panel will be discussing “Maintaining the Committment: Navigating the Policy Landscape to Advance Diversity, Equity, and […]
Save the Date: 2nd Lung Cancer Health Equity Summit
We are organizing the 2nd Lung Cancer Health Equity Summit to be held in Atlanta Nov 18-19. The theme is “Black and Latino populations navigating lung cancer: problems and solutions”. We often talk about the problems these communities face, but rarely do we bring together stakeholders from all levels that are or have created solutions […]
2024 National Medical Association (NMA) Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly
August 3, 2024 – August 7, 2024 Start: August 3, 2024 7:30 AM (ET) End: August 7, 2024 1:30 PM (ET) SCHEQ will be attending the 2024 NMA Annual Convention in New York. This year’s theme is – “The Quest for Healthcare Transformation”. The NMA was founded in 1895 and is the oldest association of Black […]