@carissawtomas
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...
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
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...
Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue
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
I'm very happy that we at @nature.com published this editorial denouncing Trump's assault on science 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Texas announces first death in measles outbreak The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting the first death from measles in the ongoing outbreak in the South Plains and Panhandle regions. The school-aged child who was not vaccinated was hospitalized in Lubbock last week and tested positive for measles. As of Feb. 25, 124 cases of measles have been confirmed in the outbreak since late January. Most of the cases are in children. Eighteen people have been hospitalized over the course of the outbreak.
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.
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.
Interesting read - 'Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality' www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb...
"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."
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
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
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.
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...
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.
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
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/
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!
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
Had the best time team building with the best data team out there #CIC at #MCW.
Hi 👋🏻 PhD in neuroscience now Asst Prof in an Epi dept. Researching mental health outcomes of traumatic injury and contextual factors of injury and violence! Also love all things data science 🤓