Carissa W Tomas, PhD
@carissawtomas.bsky.social
Assistant Professor and data scientist at the Medical College of WI. Trauma, injury, and violence outcomes researcher. Neuroscientist by training. Here for the science and the science only. Views are my own.
🚨 NEW PUB ALERT 🚨 In a community sample of Black Milwaukeeans, PTSD, depression, and anxiety are predicted by the interconnectedness of individual, social, neighborhood, and community factors. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Social and environmental adversity predict poor mental health in a Milwaukee, WI community sample
Racism functions as a system of continued devaluation, disempowerment, and inequitable allotment driven by racial hierarchy. Operating at multiple lev…
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April 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨 NEW PUB ALERT 🚨 In a community sample of Black Milwaukeeans, PTSD, depression, and anxiety are predicted by the interconnectedness of individual, social, neighborhood, and community factors. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
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March 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
Keep calm and trust science, Wisconsin! @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Keep calm and trust science, Wisconsin! @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Preliminary injunction in nationwide indirect cost rate case.
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments
A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead
www.statnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Preliminary injunction in nationwide indirect cost rate case.
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
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WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
March 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
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I'm very happy that we at @nature.com published this editorial denouncing Trump's assault on science 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
www.nature.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm very happy that we at @nature.com published this editorial denouncing Trump's assault on science 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Texas measles outbreak update: 124 cases, 18 hospitalized, & now the first death of a child, who was not vaccinated.
Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.
Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.
February 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Texas measles outbreak update: 124 cases, 18 hospitalized, & now the first death of a child, who was not vaccinated.
Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.
Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.
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Never heard of Matthew Memoli?
Until recently, I hadn't either.
But he's the acting director behind the ongoing illegal shutdown at NIH. This Atlantic story gets into the weeds to explain why everything is still jammed up.
Until recently, I hadn't either.
But he's the acting director behind the ongoing illegal shutdown at NIH. This Atlantic story gets into the weeds to explain why everything is still jammed up.
February 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Never heard of Matthew Memoli?
Until recently, I hadn't either.
But he's the acting director behind the ongoing illegal shutdown at NIH. This Atlantic story gets into the weeds to explain why everything is still jammed up.
Until recently, I hadn't either.
But he's the acting director behind the ongoing illegal shutdown at NIH. This Atlantic story gets into the weeds to explain why everything is still jammed up.
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Interesting read - 'Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality' www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb...
Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality
Antivaxers, cranks and fantasists thrive in safe, stable societies but the days of consequence-free idiocy may be ending
www.thetimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Interesting read - 'Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality' www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb...
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"AI summaries do very little to help us learn how to listen. Skim and speed-read, no physical discomfort of sitting through a tedious conversation... the summary of the meeting so you don’t have to go, and in the process, you don’t have to engage with the mess that is a bigger set of relations."
February 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"AI summaries do very little to help us learn how to listen. Skim and speed-read, no physical discomfort of sitting through a tedious conversation... the summary of the meeting so you don’t have to go, and in the process, you don’t have to engage with the mess that is a bigger set of relations."
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Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Teacher's College at Columbia University, #SAVIR2025 short courses are now at a substantial discount! Rate is only $75 for professionals and $25 for students. Join us for 3.5 hours of skill-based learning on 4/6. https://buff.ly/3MJ17Sp
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Teacher's College at Columbia University, #SAVIR2025 short courses are now at a substantial discount! Rate is only $75 for professionals and $25 for students. Join us for 3.5 hours of skill-based learning on 4/6. https://buff.ly/3MJ17Sp
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UW-Madison on proposed NIH indirect cost cap: “This proposed change to NIH funding–UW–Madison’s largest source of federal support–will significantly disrupt vital research activity and delay lifesaving discoveries and cures related to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and much more.” 1/x
UW–Madison responds to NIH announcement about indirect cost cap
The following statement is in response to the federal directive issued on February 7, 2025 to change the Facilities and Administration (F&A) rate for all existing and ongoing new National Institutes o...
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February 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
UW-Madison on proposed NIH indirect cost cap: “This proposed change to NIH funding–UW–Madison’s largest source of federal support–will significantly disrupt vital research activity and delay lifesaving discoveries and cures related to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and much more.” 1/x
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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
February 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NEW: I am asking the Trump Administration to immediately reconsider actions aimed at unilaterally forcing all federal agencies to stop nearly all federal assistance and grant and loan funding that support kids, families, and communities in Wisconsin and across our country.
January 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NEW: I am asking the Trump Administration to immediately reconsider actions aimed at unilaterally forcing all federal agencies to stop nearly all federal assistance and grant and loan funding that support kids, families, and communities in Wisconsin and across our country.
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Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
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January 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
Proud to contribute to the latest special issue in the Wisconsin Medical Journal on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our paper out now "A Milwaukee Syndemic? Penetrative Injury and COVID-19"
wmjonline.org/122no5/
wmjonline.org/122no5/
December 21, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Proud to contribute to the latest special issue in the Wisconsin Medical Journal on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our paper out now "A Milwaukee Syndemic? Penetrative Injury and COVID-19"
wmjonline.org/122no5/
wmjonline.org/122no5/
Some of our ur work cited by media in the context of yet another tragedy… #itstheguns www.jsonline.com/story/news/c...
December 20, 2023 at 6:57 PM
Some of our ur work cited by media in the context of yet another tragedy… #itstheguns www.jsonline.com/story/news/c...
So many great discussions, questions, and words on encouragement today at #APHA2023! Proud to contribute to the firearm research field in this community with the CIC at MCW!
November 13, 2023 at 10:12 PM
So many great discussions, questions, and words on encouragement today at #APHA2023! Proud to contribute to the firearm research field in this community with the CIC at MCW!
Excited to be in Atlanta again for #APHA2023! Come find me tomorrow morning in the 3074.0 Firearm Violence Poster Session presenting my recent brief report linked here 👉🏼 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 13, 2023 at 12:48 AM
Excited to be in Atlanta again for #APHA2023! Come find me tomorrow morning in the 3074.0 Firearm Violence Poster Session presenting my recent brief report linked here 👉🏼 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Delighted to share my KL2 work with the Comprehensive Injury Center representing the Medical College of WI and the CTSI of SE WI this year at the #2023FallCTSAmtg #CTSAProgram @ncats_nih_gov @CCOS_CTSA
November 8, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Delighted to share my KL2 work with the Comprehensive Injury Center representing the Medical College of WI and the CTSI of SE WI this year at the #2023FallCTSAmtg #CTSAProgram @ncats_nih_gov @CCOS_CTSA
Had the best time team building with the best data team out there #CIC at #MCW.
October 6, 2023 at 1:54 AM
Had the best time team building with the best data team out there #CIC at #MCW.