We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We are grateful for those that believed in our Lung Cancer Health Equity Summit #LCHES24 before we had funding. Now we have laid the foundation for an impactful program to be done annually. @emanleyjr.bsky.social

Michelle Kirschner presented on behalf of Jill Squire at at 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HealthEquity Summit at PCOM - Georgia on #patientadvocacy and #Shareddecisionmaking. #LCHES24 #LCSM #SCHEQ @oncoalert.bsky.social

Chris Conneran talked about KRAS Kickers, #biomarker testing, and driver mutation #patientadvocacy groups at the @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer#
#HealthEquity Summit. No one should be blamed. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ #LCSM @jfreemandaily.bsky.social @jillfeldman4.bsky.social @oncoalert.bsky.social

Melissa Buffalo at the American Indian Cancer Foundation discussed programs to bring #lungcancerscreening, #lungcancerawareness, and #smokingcessation to American Indian and Alaskan Native Communities. #LDCT #LCSM #LCHES24 #SCHEQ #lungcancer @oncoalert.bsky.social

Michelle Ottersbach showed how to set up encompassing #lungcancerscreening programs to capture as many people as possible at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HealthEquity Summit. ##LCSM #LCHES24 #SCHEQ #disparities @oncoalert.bsky.social @oncogenecancer.bsky.social @laurengroner.bsky.social

Dr. Estelamari Rodriguez at U Miami gave the Day 2 Keynote at the @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HealthEquity Summit. She touched on tx and #biomarker #disparities and ways to improve access and outcomes. #LCHES24 #LCSM #SCHEQ @oncoalert.bsky.social @oncogenecancer.bsky.social

Jacquelyn Nixon at Citizens 4 Radioactive #Radon Reduction showed some radon hotspots, #mentorship programs, and their efforts to get younger people into radon education at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HealthEquity Summit. #LCSM #LCHES24 #SCHEQ @oncoalert.bsky.social

Dr. Christopher Ervin from Morehouse School of Medicine moderated the Q&A for the #Mentorship and #TrainingPrograms to increase workforce diversity with Kofi Khamit-Kush and Dr. Coral Olazagasti. 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HealthEquity Summit. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ @oncoalert.bsky.social

Dr. Greg Holt from U of Miami moderated our #Insurers and #Payers panel at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #Lungcancer #HealthEquity Summit at PCOM. He was joined by Dr. Sharon Robinson from #BCBSIL and Teresa Zayas from #CMS. We heard some programs and policies to reduce #disparities. #LCSM #LCHES24

Michelle Kirschner stepped in to cover for Jill Squire to present on Shared -Decision Making at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HeakthEquity Summit at PCOM Georgia. #LCSM #LCHES24

Dr. Coral Olazagasti talked about the importance of #mentorship and trying to keep your identity in a medical training system that wants you to conform. Thanks for stopping by on your way back from IASLC Latin America to present your story at @scheq.bsky.social #LCHES24 #SCHEQ. #LatinasinMedicine

Our Breakfast breakouts on Day 2 of the @scheq.bsky.social Lung Cancer Health Equity Summit. #SocialMedia, #SDOH, and Implementation Science. I moderated nonTradtional #communityengagement, but I didn't take a selfie. #lungcancer #LCSM #LCHES24 #SCHEQ

Briana White at Superior Clinical Research LLC describes some best practices for engaging Black and LatinX communities to increase diversity in #clinicaltrials at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HealthEquit Summit. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ #tlust #communityengagement

Dr Frank Weinberg at @uicancercenter.bsky.social described reasons why people did or didn't participate in #clinicaltrials and their great diversity. He compared how patients access care at northwestern vs UMich vs his #FQHC. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ #LCSM @laurengroner.bsky.social @oncoalert.bsky.social

Danielle Mitchell at Black Women in Clinical Research (BWICR) talked about her family story with #Lungcancer and how she centers #healthequity in her work to increase #clinicaltrial diversity. It was so awesome that you brought your father. I hope he enjoyed it. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ

Dr. Christopher Kunney At Iotech Consulting Moderated our #AI in Screening and Detection with Drs. Ameen Salahudeen @uicancercenter.bsky.social and Lecia Sequist at MGH. They talked about #bias, #ML, drift, #multipleximaging, and #SYBIL in #lungcancer. #LCSM #LDCT #LCHES24 #SCHEQ

Our Lunch Roundtables at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HealthEquity Summit at PCOM Georgia #LCHES24 #SCHEQ 1. #CommunityEngagement 2. #RiskPeediction Models 3. #clinicaltrial partnerships 4. Policy. Not having flip boards actually made the conversations more interactive.

Dr. Aaron Neely at City of Hope identified differences in Glut2 in patients of African Ancestry that contribute to #lungcancer #disparities at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #HealthEquity summit. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ. #LCSM

Dr. Khadijah Mitchell at Fox Chase showed #DNA breaks and #epigenetic differences in Black patients with #lungcancer at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social lung Cancer #healthequity Summit. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ. Her lab is studying and characterizing these differences.

Aminah Abdullah from @uicancercenter.bsky.social moderated #CommunityEngagement Panel at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HealthEquity Summit. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ. Drs. @laurengroner.bsky.social, Lovoria Williams UKy, and Sophia Brown (Strat Informatics) talked about #disparities and programs.

Dr. Loretta Erhunmwunsee gave the day 1 Keynote at the @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HealtgEquity Summit. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ #disparities #LCSM. She touched on the impact of #structuralracism and #sysytemicracism in lung cancer.

Dr. Daniel Sumarriva from Caris Life Sciences moderated the Q&A for our speaker from the Advances in #Biomarkers and #EarlyDetection Session at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social #LungCancer #HealthEquity Summit. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ #LCSM Drs. Ite Offringa (USC), Nitika Sharma (COH Atlanta), & Luis Raez (MHS)

Dr. Ite Offringa at Keck SOM at USC showed the racial disparities in #lungcancer cell lines, the few lung cancer cell lines from Black patients, and how cell lines inform therapy creation. @scheq.bsky.social lung cancer #healthequity summit. #LCSM #basicresearch #clinicaltrials #LCHES24 #SCHEQ

Dr. Luis Raez at Memorial Cancer Institute showed some of the barriers and challenges in #biomarker testing and #IO trials at the @scheq.bsky.social #LCHES24 #SCHEQ. He also showed #SDOH measures his #healthcare system is using to address #lungcancer #disparities. #LCSM #clinicaltrials

Dr. Nitika Sharma at City of Hope Atlanta showed how biomarker testing impacts survival and therapies for other #NSCLC driver mutations at the @scheq.bsky.social Lung Cancer Health Equity Summit. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ #clinicaltrials #healthequity #LCSM

Dr. Nitika Sharma at the City of Hope Atlanta showed why #biomarker testing is important and how it can increase survivorship at the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social Lung Cancer Health Equity Summit. #LCSM #LCHES24 #SCHEQ #lungcancer

Dr. Jason Porter at West Cancer kicked off the 2nd @scheq.bsky.social Lung Cancer Health Equity Summit by discussing #disparities in #lungcancer #LDCT and access and how to mitigate them. #LCHES24 #SCHEQ

#LCHES24 was a total success! Leaving encouraged/enlightened with many new friends/collaborators who feel like old friends!

The 🍒 on top of an incredible 2 days was meeting and riding to the airport with Dr. Estela Rodriguez, who is every bit as cool/humble as she is successful 🫁🤍 #lcsm #LCAM

Superstar⭐️ physician-scientist Dr. Coral Olazagasti at #SylvesterCancerCenter #UMiamiHealth talks about the importance of #mentorship to enhance workforce #diversity 🤩

Dr. Olazagasti is brilliant, kind, passionate, engaging, and lovable as all get-out! Sky is the limit for her! #lcsm #LCHES24