Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education Awards $1.5 Million To Prevent, Treat, and Heal Firearm-Related Harms Through Healthcare
The Center’s 2025 awards invest in grantees advancing trauma-informed, real-world solutions that strengthen clinical and community partnerships, and improve safety and health in the most impacted communities. December 11, 2025 – Today, the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education announced the recipients of its 2025 funding cycle, with grants totaling $1.5 million. […]
New Report from the Kaiser Permanente Center Examines Opportunities for Firearm Suicide Prevention in Healthcare
Recently, the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education’s Scientists in Residence, Dr. Julie Angerhofer and Dr. Jennifer Boggs, published a new study in Morbidity and Mortality Report, on opportunities for firearm suicide prevention in health care systems. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for people aged 10 to 44 in […]
Scientists in Residence Program Advances Prevention of Firearm Harm in Health Care
Dr. Julie Angerhofer and Dr. Jennifer Boggs were appointed as the first Kaiser Permanente Firearm Harm Prevention Scientists in Residence. Their long-standing research in gun violence prevention efforts will further the center’s mission to decrease firearm injury and death and will expand studies for health-focused interventions to prevent firearm harm.