Eugene Manley, Jr., PhD
@emanleyjr.bsky.social
Biomedical Engineer, Molecular Biologist, and Patient Advocate. Founder and CEO, STEMM & Cancer Health Equity (SCHEQ). Inspirational speaker, STEMM workforce advocate, and health equity champion. #Lungcancer #Research
I recently joined Sam on You, Me, & a #Podcast to to discuss my career, navigating #racism, #medicalbias, #inspiration, and my work helping underserved communities through @scheq.org.
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Eugene Manley Jr.
Podcast Episode · You, Me & a Podcast · 02/01/2026 · 38m
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February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I recently joined Sam on You, Me, & a #Podcast to to discuss my career, navigating #racism, #medicalbias, #inspiration, and my work helping underserved communities through @scheq.org.
Check it out.
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Check it out.
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Caregiving does not always start in adulthood. Sometimes it starts when you are still a child.
I shared my story on the Sharegiving Secret #podcast. Caregivers are not invisible, and their stories are not small.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS86...
#caregiving #HealthEquity #PatientAdvocacy
I shared my story on the Sharegiving Secret #podcast. Caregivers are not invisible, and their stories are not small.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS86...
#caregiving #HealthEquity #PatientAdvocacy
Ep 057 When Caregiving Begins Too Early: Dr. Eugene Manley on Health Equity
YouTube video by Deborah Greenhut
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January 30, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Caregiving does not always start in adulthood. Sometimes it starts when you are still a child.
I shared my story on the Sharegiving Secret #podcast. Caregivers are not invisible, and their stories are not small.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS86...
#caregiving #HealthEquity #PatientAdvocacy
I shared my story on the Sharegiving Secret #podcast. Caregivers are not invisible, and their stories are not small.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS86...
#caregiving #HealthEquity #PatientAdvocacy
I joined Karen Jagoda on the Empowered Patient #Podcast to talk about health equity, lung cancer, and why workforce diversity matters upstream of patient outcomes.
Equity requires intentional design, not assumptions.
🎧 Listen: empoweredpatientradio.com/addressing-h...
#AI #workforcediversity
Equity requires intentional design, not assumptions.
🎧 Listen: empoweredpatientradio.com/addressing-h...
#AI #workforcediversity
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 5:37 PM
I joined Karen Jagoda on the Empowered Patient #Podcast to talk about health equity, lung cancer, and why workforce diversity matters upstream of patient outcomes.
Equity requires intentional design, not assumptions.
🎧 Listen: empoweredpatientradio.com/addressing-h...
#AI #workforcediversity
Equity requires intentional design, not assumptions.
🎧 Listen: empoweredpatientradio.com/addressing-h...
#AI #workforcediversity
External mentors provide perspective and protection.
No one should be trapped in one system.
No one should be trapped in one system.
January 21, 2026 at 7:21 PM
External mentors provide perspective and protection.
No one should be trapped in one system.
No one should be trapped in one system.
Equity doesn’t fail from lack of ideas.
It fails from lack of runway.
Scale requires infrastructure, not just pilots.
It fails from lack of runway.
Scale requires infrastructure, not just pilots.
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Equity doesn’t fail from lack of ideas.
It fails from lack of runway.
Scale requires infrastructure, not just pilots.
It fails from lack of runway.
Scale requires infrastructure, not just pilots.
I joined The Jali #Podcast (Episode 181) for a real conversation about equity beyond intentions.
We talked about representation in research, patient advocacy, and what accountability actually looks like when systems fail people.
Watch here:
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We talked about representation in research, patient advocacy, and what accountability actually looks like when systems fail people.
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6nm...
The Jali Ep 181: Equity Beyond Intentions: Turning Research, Community, and Accountability into I...
YouTube video by The Jali Podcast, Hosted By Melyssa Barrett
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January 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I joined The Jali #Podcast (Episode 181) for a real conversation about equity beyond intentions.
We talked about representation in research, patient advocacy, and what accountability actually looks like when systems fail people.
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6nm...
We talked about representation in research, patient advocacy, and what accountability actually looks like when systems fail people.
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6nm...
Community engagement ≠ community extraction.
Ask one question: who benefits when the project ends?
Ask one question: who benefits when the project ends?
January 18, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Community engagement ≠ community extraction.
Ask one question: who benefits when the project ends?
Ask one question: who benefits when the project ends?
New #podcast convo w/ Danise Sugita (Voices That Propel Us): “From STEMM Access to Health Equity.” Health equity shows up at the bedside + in the chart.
🎧https://tinyurl.com/DSugitaManley
You can find her series here: tinyurl.com/DSugitaVoices
#podmatch #advocacy #healthcare
🎧https://tinyurl.com/DSugitaManley
You can find her series here: tinyurl.com/DSugitaVoices
#podmatch #advocacy #healthcare
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January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
New #podcast convo w/ Danise Sugita (Voices That Propel Us): “From STEMM Access to Health Equity.” Health equity shows up at the bedside + in the chart.
🎧https://tinyurl.com/DSugitaManley
You can find her series here: tinyurl.com/DSugitaVoices
#podmatch #advocacy #healthcare
🎧https://tinyurl.com/DSugitaManley
You can find her series here: tinyurl.com/DSugitaVoices
#podmatch #advocacy #healthcare
Mentorship is important, but it cannot substitute for structure.
Workforce equity requires systems that hold up even when individual champions move on.
Would your pathway still work tomorrow?
#mentorship
Workforce equity requires systems that hold up even when individual champions move on.
Would your pathway still work tomorrow?
#mentorship
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Mentorship is important, but it cannot substitute for structure.
Workforce equity requires systems that hold up even when individual champions move on.
Would your pathway still work tomorrow?
#mentorship
Workforce equity requires systems that hold up even when individual champions move on.
Would your pathway still work tomorrow?
#mentorship
I joined Life & In-Between #podcast with Diana & Patrick for “When the System Doesn’t See You.”
Opus Clips scored every segment 80–99 (never seen that before). We talked patient advocacy, medical mistrust, & AI in healthcare.
🎧 tinyurl.com/LAIBManley
#podmatch #PatientAdvocacy #CancerCare
Opus Clips scored every segment 80–99 (never seen that before). We talked patient advocacy, medical mistrust, & AI in healthcare.
🎧 tinyurl.com/LAIBManley
#podmatch #PatientAdvocacy #CancerCare
January 14, 2026 at 11:57 PM
I joined Life & In-Between #podcast with Diana & Patrick for “When the System Doesn’t See You.”
Opus Clips scored every segment 80–99 (never seen that before). We talked patient advocacy, medical mistrust, & AI in healthcare.
🎧 tinyurl.com/LAIBManley
#podmatch #PatientAdvocacy #CancerCare
Opus Clips scored every segment 80–99 (never seen that before). We talked patient advocacy, medical mistrust, & AI in healthcare.
🎧 tinyurl.com/LAIBManley
#podmatch #PatientAdvocacy #CancerCare
Some systems stay complicated because complexity protects someone’s convenience.
If a system can’t work for someone with limited time, transport, internet, and margin for error, it’s not a system. It’s a test.
If a system can’t work for someone with limited time, transport, internet, and margin for error, it’s not a system. It’s a test.
January 14, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Some systems stay complicated because complexity protects someone’s convenience.
If a system can’t work for someone with limited time, transport, internet, and margin for error, it’s not a system. It’s a test.
If a system can’t work for someone with limited time, transport, internet, and margin for error, it’s not a system. It’s a test.
Paeto hosted me on the Bioinventors #Podcast: Cancer, Bias, and the Cost of Being Underserved.
We explored how #stigma, inequities in #screening, and lack of representation in #STEMM and medicine shape outcomes, and what we can do about it.
#podmatch
🎧 bioinventors.buzzsprout.com/2315496/18450033
We explored how #stigma, inequities in #screening, and lack of representation in #STEMM and medicine shape outcomes, and what we can do about it.
#podmatch
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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 8:07 PM
Paeto hosted me on the Bioinventors #Podcast: Cancer, Bias, and the Cost of Being Underserved.
We explored how #stigma, inequities in #screening, and lack of representation in #STEMM and medicine shape outcomes, and what we can do about it.
#podmatch
🎧 bioinventors.buzzsprout.com/2315496/18450033
We explored how #stigma, inequities in #screening, and lack of representation in #STEMM and medicine shape outcomes, and what we can do about it.
#podmatch
🎧 bioinventors.buzzsprout.com/2315496/18450033
Equity programs fail when they’re designed to look good, not hold up.
Red flags: assuming time/transport/internet, measuring attendance not change, “community input” without shared power, no navigation plan.
Equity is design.
Red flags: assuming time/transport/internet, measuring attendance not change, “community input” without shared power, no navigation plan.
Equity is design.
January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Equity programs fail when they’re designed to look good, not hold up.
Red flags: assuming time/transport/internet, measuring attendance not change, “community input” without shared power, no navigation plan.
Equity is design.
Red flags: assuming time/transport/internet, measuring attendance not change, “community input” without shared power, no navigation plan.
Equity is design.
“Noncompliance” is often system failure.
If the plan isn’t understandable or realistic, outcomes won’t follow.
Communication is an intervention.
If the plan isn’t understandable or realistic, outcomes won’t follow.
Communication is an intervention.
January 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
“Noncompliance” is often system failure.
If the plan isn’t understandable or realistic, outcomes won’t follow.
Communication is an intervention.
If the plan isn’t understandable or realistic, outcomes won’t follow.
Communication is an intervention.
Trial diversity is a design issue.
If participation requires time off work, transport, childcare, and confusing paperwork, trials become selectively accessible.
Design for participation, not convenience.
If participation requires time off work, transport, childcare, and confusing paperwork, trials become selectively accessible.
Design for participation, not convenience.
January 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Trial diversity is a design issue.
If participation requires time off work, transport, childcare, and confusing paperwork, trials become selectively accessible.
Design for participation, not convenience.
If participation requires time off work, transport, childcare, and confusing paperwork, trials become selectively accessible.
Design for participation, not convenience.
I was featured on The Elisha Show #podcast in an episode titled Health Equity in Action.
We talked medical racism, patient advocacy, STEM access, and why diversifying the STEMM workforce is essential to improving cancer outcomes.
Health equity is not optional.
🎧 tinyurl.com/TESMANLEY
#podmatch
We talked medical racism, patient advocacy, STEM access, and why diversifying the STEMM workforce is essential to improving cancer outcomes.
Health equity is not optional.
🎧 tinyurl.com/TESMANLEY
#podmatch
Health Equity in Action ⚖️🧬 | Dr. Eugene Manley Jr., PhD on Medical Racism, STEM Access & Patient...
What really happens inside the healthcare system when patients aren’t heard — even those with expertise? ⚠️ In this powerful and eye-opening episode, Dr. Eugene Manley Jr., PhD, biomedical scientist and founder of the STEM & Cancer Health Equity (SCHEQ) Foundation, joins Amb. Elisha to expose the realities of medical racism, healthcare disparities, and the urgent need for patient advocacy 🧬⚖️ Dr. Manley shares his personal journey — from growing up with chronic illness and navigating STEM as a neurodivergent scholar, to launching a national nonprofit after experiencing firsthand medical bias following surgery 🏥💔 His story reveals why health equity is not optional, and how education, data, and lived experience must come together to save lives. In this episode, you’ll learn: • How medical racism shows up in real healthcare settings 🚨 • Why patients must learn to advocate for themselves and others 🗣️ • The mission behind STEM & Cancer Health Equity (SCHEQ) • How students and professionals can enter health equity work without burning out • Why representation in STEM and cancer research truly matters 🌍 This episode is essential listening for patients, caregivers, students, healthcare professionals, educators, and anyone passionate about health equity and justice ✨ 🌐 Learn more about Dr. Manley’s work and advocacy through STEM & Cancer Health Equity 🎓 A must-hear conversation on humanity, accountability, and systemic change Reach Dr. Eugene : https://scheq.org/ ... Want to be a guest on The Elisha Show (formerly WITneSSes) ? Send Elisha Arowojobe a message on #PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/member/Theelishashow Elevate your business with Anastasia’s expert consulting. Use code Elisha3 for an exclusive offer and transform your business today! https://resurrectionmentor.wixsite.com/so/42PDEPEB8?languageTag=en Feel like something’s missing? Start Living the Magical Life today. Buy Now: https://a.co/d/4sHrFx2
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January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I was featured on The Elisha Show #podcast in an episode titled Health Equity in Action.
We talked medical racism, patient advocacy, STEM access, and why diversifying the STEMM workforce is essential to improving cancer outcomes.
Health equity is not optional.
🎧 tinyurl.com/TESMANLEY
#podmatch
We talked medical racism, patient advocacy, STEM access, and why diversifying the STEMM workforce is essential to improving cancer outcomes.
Health equity is not optional.
🎧 tinyurl.com/TESMANLEY
#podmatch
Complexity is not neutral.
In healthcare and leadership, complexity becomes a burden, and it falls unevenly.
Good leaders reduce unnecessary complexity for the people with the least room to absorb it.
In healthcare and leadership, complexity becomes a burden, and it falls unevenly.
Good leaders reduce unnecessary complexity for the people with the least room to absorb it.
January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Complexity is not neutral.
In healthcare and leadership, complexity becomes a burden, and it falls unevenly.
Good leaders reduce unnecessary complexity for the people with the least room to absorb it.
In healthcare and leadership, complexity becomes a burden, and it falls unevenly.
Good leaders reduce unnecessary complexity for the people with the least room to absorb it.
Many STEM “pipeline” leaks are economic.
Unpaid internships and hidden costs are filters. If a pathway requires unpaid labor, it selects for privilege.
Design pathways that are financially real.
Unpaid internships and hidden costs are filters. If a pathway requires unpaid labor, it selects for privilege.
Design pathways that are financially real.
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Many STEM “pipeline” leaks are economic.
Unpaid internships and hidden costs are filters. If a pathway requires unpaid labor, it selects for privilege.
Design pathways that are financially real.
Unpaid internships and hidden costs are filters. If a pathway requires unpaid labor, it selects for privilege.
Design pathways that are financially real.
Science translation is not only about simpler words.
It’s about whether people can act on the info given real barriers: time, transport, internet, trust, and confusing workflows.
Where does translation break down most for you?
It’s about whether people can act on the info given real barriers: time, transport, internet, trust, and confusing workflows.
Where does translation break down most for you?
January 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Science translation is not only about simpler words.
It’s about whether people can act on the info given real barriers: time, transport, internet, trust, and confusing workflows.
Where does translation break down most for you?
It’s about whether people can act on the info given real barriers: time, transport, internet, trust, and confusing workflows.
Where does translation break down most for you?
Joined Everything’s Not Black and White #podcast to talk about humanizing the healthcare system.
We discussed medical racism, patient advocacy, and why equity must be measurable.
If systems aren’t accountable, patients pay the price.
🎧https://tinyurl.com/ENBWManley
#PatientAdvocacy #SystemsChange
We discussed medical racism, patient advocacy, and why equity must be measurable.
If systems aren’t accountable, patients pay the price.
🎧https://tinyurl.com/ENBWManley
#PatientAdvocacy #SystemsChange
January 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Joined Everything’s Not Black and White #podcast to talk about humanizing the healthcare system.
We discussed medical racism, patient advocacy, and why equity must be measurable.
If systems aren’t accountable, patients pay the price.
🎧https://tinyurl.com/ENBWManley
#PatientAdvocacy #SystemsChange
We discussed medical racism, patient advocacy, and why equity must be measurable.
If systems aren’t accountable, patients pay the price.
🎧https://tinyurl.com/ENBWManley
#PatientAdvocacy #SystemsChange
Patient navigation is infrastructure, not an add on.
Without it: missed appointments, delayed diagnoses, treatment delays, burnout, loss of trust.
What barrier do you see most?
Without it: missed appointments, delayed diagnoses, treatment delays, burnout, loss of trust.
What barrier do you see most?
January 5, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Patient navigation is infrastructure, not an add on.
Without it: missed appointments, delayed diagnoses, treatment delays, burnout, loss of trust.
What barrier do you see most?
Without it: missed appointments, delayed diagnoses, treatment delays, burnout, loss of trust.
What barrier do you see most?
Representation matters, but representation is not power.
If your diversity efforts stop at panels and photos, you are performing diversity, not building it.
If your diversity efforts stop at panels and photos, you are performing diversity, not building it.
January 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Representation matters, but representation is not power.
If your diversity efforts stop at panels and photos, you are performing diversity, not building it.
If your diversity efforts stop at panels and photos, you are performing diversity, not building it.
First gen scholars get hit hardest by the hidden curriculum.
Mentors: do not only ask “How are you doing?” Ask “Do you know what is coming next and do you have what you need to be ready?”
Clarity changes careers.
Mentors: do not only ask “How are you doing?” Ask “Do you know what is coming next and do you have what you need to be ready?”
Clarity changes careers.
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
First gen scholars get hit hardest by the hidden curriculum.
Mentors: do not only ask “How are you doing?” Ask “Do you know what is coming next and do you have what you need to be ready?”
Clarity changes careers.
Mentors: do not only ask “How are you doing?” Ask “Do you know what is coming next and do you have what you need to be ready?”
Clarity changes careers.
New Year reflection: titles do not build systems. People do.
@scheq.org exists because awareness without tools is not equity.
In 2026 I’m building infrastructure that holds up.
@scheq.org exists because awareness without tools is not equity.
In 2026 I’m building infrastructure that holds up.
January 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
New Year reflection: titles do not build systems. People do.
@scheq.org exists because awareness without tools is not equity.
In 2026 I’m building infrastructure that holds up.
@scheq.org exists because awareness without tools is not equity.
In 2026 I’m building infrastructure that holds up.
Myth: education protects you in healthcare.
Reality: it can help you ask questions, but it does not erase bias or fix broken systems.
Systems matter.
Reality: it can help you ask questions, but it does not erase bias or fix broken systems.
Systems matter.
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Myth: education protects you in healthcare.
Reality: it can help you ask questions, but it does not erase bias or fix broken systems.
Systems matter.
Reality: it can help you ask questions, but it does not erase bias or fix broken systems.
Systems matter.