Grant Awardees

Investing in Community-led Solutions

2023 Awardees

In September 2023, the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education awarded $3.2 million in funding to researchers and organizations pursuing innovative approaches to gun violence intervention and prevention that are grounded in equity. Seven researchers, 3 national organizations, and 10 community-based organizations received awards. Funds will support the recipients’ continued efforts to discover and scale effective solutions to gun violence by leveraging the lived experiences and expertise of survivors and their communities.

Tierra D. Burrell, MD (Glen Burnie, MD)
Pediatrics, North Arundel
Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group

Candace Hester, PhD (Arlington, VA)
Principal Researcher
American Institutes for Research

Jonathan S. Jay, DrPH, JD (Boston, MA)
Assistant Professor
Community Health Sciences
Boston University

Sean Joe, PhD (St. Louis, MO)
Founder and Director
Race and Opportunity Lab
Benjamin Youngdahl Professor of Social Development
Washington University in St. Louis

Research Scientists

Regina Miranda, PhD (New York, NY)
Professor
Department of Psychology
Hunter College

Desmond Upton Patton, MSW, PhD (Philadelphia, PA)
Chief Strategy Officer
School of Social Policy and Practice
SAFELab Director
University of Pennsylvania  

Julie Elissa Richards, PhD, MPH (Seattle, WA)
Senior Collaborative Scientist
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems and Population Health
University of Washington School of Public Health

National Organizations

Big Cities Health Coalition (Takoma Park, MD) 

Black & Brown Collective, (Oakland, CA)
Community Initiatives

Fund for A Safer Future, (Washington, DC)

Community-Based Organizations

2022 Awardees

In June 2022, Kaiser Permanente launched the Center for Gun Violence Research and Education and awarded $1.3 million in funding for nonprofit organizational partners with a shared interest in gun violence prevention research, innovation, and education. The grants laid the groundwork for the center's future collaboration with organizations that are addressing gun violence in its many forms across the United States. Grant partners were:

Grant Partners

 The Ad Council

To scale the End Family Fire campaign, which promotes safe gun storage to prevent shootings involving unsecured or misused firearms.

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) To develop materials on evidence-based public health approaches to gun violence and suicide prevention, as well as to plan a national summit and develop collateral materials for broad use.

Big Cities Health Coalition

For public education on public health approaches to gun violence prevention.

Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)

To convene researchers and experts to study the effectiveness of hospital violence intervention programs (HVIPs) and their ability to break and prevent the cyclical nature of gun violence.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

To support the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, including efforts to study the implementation of extreme risk protective orders and the role clinicians can play in raising awareness of these measures.

National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR)

To provide core support for NICJR violence reduction initiatives in states impacted by increased rates of gun violence.

RAND Corporation

To support the 2022 National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention, including dissemination of emerging research that focuses on gun violence prevention through care delivery innovation.

University of California, Davis 

To provide core support for the Violence Prevention Research Program.

University of California, San Diego

To support the Center on Gender Equity and Health, including support for its "California Study on Violence Experiences Across the Lifespan" and related dissemination activities