Sebastian Tong

Great to see a win for science!

Enjoying just attending a CME to learn all about stimulant use disorder #ASAM2025

Come together, right now The chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific commu...

A poignant call for us to come together to support each other and to advocate for the work we all do!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.

100% of his salary is paid by WA state.

Elon fired him. Share his story.

Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ, Gallup survey finds The percentage of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ or something other than heterosexual increased to 9.3%, from 7.6% in 2023.

Almost 10% of US adults identifies as #LGBTQ+. And gen Z is pushing 25%. No wonder he’s trying to both divide us and eliminate some of us. As they say—there’s power in numbers—but we gotta stick together ❤️

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.

NIH review sections and council meetings still cancelled through a loophole effectively halting the NIH's ability to award any new grants! This will have severely negative effects on research, science and health!

How Should Health Care and Public Health Respond to the New US Administration? This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions, including withdrawing from the World Health Organization, taken so far during the first week of the Trump administration.

Great article from Steve Woolf on how we should respond to best support health care and public health!

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Wondering why there are no study sections and Institute Council meetings? Well, such meetings need to be put on the Federal Register 15 days prior to the meeting. And the Federal Register has not allowed any entries since January 21. This is the reason no grants are being reviewed or approved.

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...

Thank you for your support in fighting against this. I am an addiction and mental health researcher in Washington State and I fully support your efforts in helping Washingtonians get the care they need through our research!

In a brazen & illegal move, the Trump admin is working to freeze federal funding passed into law.

The law is the law—Trump must immediately reverse course, follow the requirements of the law, & ensure the nation’s spending laws are implemented as Congress intended.

Delighted to have spent last week at the NIH CARE for Health Initiative as part of one of 3 inaugural awardees. Our project is a unique collaboration between OHSU and UW and plans to expand primary care engagement in research across 6 NW states. www.nih.gov/news-events/...

Presenting a pre conference workshop at Academy Health’s D&I conference on embedded pragmatic clinical trials! Excited to see a standing room only audience!