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sebtong.bsky.social
Family doc, addiction med specialist and clinician researcher at University of Washington. Interests in practice-based research, behavioral health, substance use
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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...

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!

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

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...

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!