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Grant targets firearm-related injuries

January 16, 2026

From left: From the Surgery Department, Warren Hardy, violence prevention professional, Nicholas Haskell, PA-C, MPH and Ashley Weisse, PA-C, MPH; and Jonathan Gates, MD, MBA, FACS, medical director of trauma at Hartford Hospital.

Hartford Hospital is one of seven organizations nationwide to share grants totaling $1.5 million from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education for efforts to prevent, treat and heal firearm-related injuries and related problems.

The $100,000 Hartford Hospital grant will fuel work by acute-care surgery teams and community groups to develop a database, evaluate outcomes of its Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program (HVIP) and generate insights that strengthen firearm violence prevention efforts. The database will include details not typically captured in the electronic health record, providing a culturally competent picture of patients for better care delivery.

Teams with HVIP, launched in 2022 as part of the Hartford HVIP Collaborative, engage patients at the bedside after violent injury, offering wraparound services for immediate safety and long-term recovery, and connecting them to community resources for mental healthcare, housing, education and legal advocacy.

More than 160 proposals were considered for the 2025 Kaiser Permanente grants.