A nonprofit affiliate of Tury Research Institute. 501(c)(3)
Kindstone
Developing and testing interventions for survivors of violence-related injuries
Support the Foundation
This foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations are tax-deductible. EIN: 87-2498732
This foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations are tax-deductible. EIN: 87-2498732
This foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations are tax-deductible. EIN: 87-2498732
This foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations are tax-deductible. EIN: 87-2498732
This foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations are tax-deductible. EIN: 87-2498732
This foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations are tax-deductible. EIN: 87-2498732
Our Mission
- To advance violence survivor-centered research.
- To research what happens after injury and after trauma, across health, social and economic outcomes.
- To translate evidence into tools that public health agencies and community health organizations use to prevent harm and support recovery
Focus Areas
Survivorship after firearm injury
Survivorship after trauma and victimization
Survivorship after trauma and victimization
- Recovery trajectories and quality of life
- Re-injury risk and protective factors
- Access to follow-up care and barriers
Survivorship after trauma and victimization
Survivorship after trauma and victimization
Survivorship after trauma and victimization
- Mental health and functional outcomes
- Service pathways after crisis events
- Secondary harms and system friction
Systems and Equity
Survivorship after trauma and victimization
Systems and Equity
- Structural drivers and place-based risk
- Program effectiveness and implementation
- Policy impact and unintended effects
What the Foundation does
Internal Research
- Build original datasets and measures focused on survivorship
- Conduct longitudinal and multi-level analyses where data permit
- Publish methods, findings, and tools
Partner Research
- Study design and protocol development
- Program evaluation for violence prevention and survivor support programs
- Evidence synthesis and translation for policy and practice
Public Health Technology
The Foundation builds technology with Tury Research Institute to improve data capture, service tracking, and decision support for violence-related public health work.
Survivor pathway data systems
- Referral, follow-up, and service utilization tracking
- Cross-agency workflow support
Measurement and reporting
- Standardized indicators for survivorship outcomes
- Dashboards for program monitoring
Responsible data practices
- Privacy-by-design workflows
- Role-based access and audit logs
Published Research
- Kalesan B, Siracuse JJ, Cook A, Prosperi M, Fagan J, Galea S. Prevalence and hospital charges from firearm injuries treated in US emergency departments from 2006 to 2016. Surgery. 2021 May;169(5):1188-1198. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.009. Epub 2020 Dec 29. PMID: 33384161.
- Janeway MG, Zhao X, Rosenthaler M, Zuo Y, Balasubramaniyan K, Poulson M, Neufeld M, Siracuse JJ, Takahashi CE, Allee L, Dechert T, Burke PA, Li F, Kalesan B. Clinical diagnostic phenotypes in hospitalizations due to self-inflicted firearm injury. J Affect Disord. 2021 Jan 1;278:172-180. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.067. Epub 2020 Sep 15. PMID: 32961413.
- Kalesan B, Zhao S, Poulson M, Neufeld M, Dechert T, Siracuse JJ, Zuo Y, Li F. Intersections of Firearm Suicide, Drug-Related Mortality, and Economic Dependency in Rural America. J Surg Res. 2020 Dec;256:96-102. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.06.011. Epub 2020 Jul 17. PMID: 32688080.
- Siracuse JJ, Farber A, Cheng TW, Jones DW, Kalesan B. Lower extremity vascular injuries caused by firearms have a higher risk of amputation and death compared with non-firearm penetrating trauma. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Oct;72(4):1298-1304.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.12.036. Epub 2020 Feb 27. PMID: 32115320.
- Bailey HM, Zuo Y, Li F, Min J, Vaddiparti K, Prosperi M, Fagan J, Galea S, Kalesan B. Changes in patterns of mortality rates and years of life lost due to firearms in the United States, 1999 to 2016: A joinpoint analysis. PLoS One. 2019 Nov 22;14(11):e0225223. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225223. PMID: 31756227; PMCID: PMC6874349.
- Cook A, Hosmer D, Glance L, Kalesan B, Weinberg J, Rogers A, Schultz CS, Gilligan CT, Gross B, Vernon T, Ward J, Osler T, Rogers F. Population-Based Analysis of Firearm Injuries among Young Children in the United States, 2010-2015. Am Surg. 2019 May 1;85(5):449-455. PMID: 31126354.
- Siracuse JJ, Cheng TW, Farber A, James T, Zuo Y, Kalish JA, Jones DW, Kalesan B. Vascular repair after firearm injury is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. J Vasc Surg. 2019 May;69(5):1524-1531.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2018.07.081. PMID: 31010517.
- Kalesan B, Vyliparambil MA, Zuo Y, Siracuse JJ, Fagan JA, Branas CC, Galea S. Cross-sectional study of loss of life expectancy at different ages related to firearm deaths among black and white Americans. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2019 Apr;24(2):55-58. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111103. Epub 2018 Dec 4. PMID: 30514715.
- Siracuse JJ, Farber A, James T, Cheng TW, Zuo Y, Kalish JA, Jones DW, Kalesan B. Readmissions after Firearm Injury Requiring Vascular Repair. Ann Vasc Surg. 2019 Apr;56:36-45. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2018.09.026. Epub 2018 Nov 27. PMID: 30500659.
- Reeping PM, Cerd√° M, Kalesan B, Wiebe DJ, Galea S, Branas CC. State gun laws, gun ownership, and mass shootings in the US: cross sectional time series. BMJ. 2019 Mar 6;364:l542. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l542. PMID: 30842105; PMCID: PMC6402045.
- Kalesan B, Zuo Y, Vasan RS, Galea S. Risk of 90-day readmission in patients after firearm injury hospitalization: a nationally representative retrospective cohort study. J Inj Violence Res. 2019 Jan;11(1):65-80. doi: 10.5249/jivr.v11i1.979. Epub 2019 Jan 28. PMID: 30686818; PMCID: PMC6420916.
- Kalesan B, Sampson LA, Zuo Y, Galea S. Sex and age modify the relationship between life circumstances and use of a firearm in suicide deaths across 17 U.S. states. J Affect Disord. 2018 Aug 15;236:105-111. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.04.094. Epub 2018 Apr 22. PMID: 29727798.
- Kalesan B, Mobily ME, Vasan S, Siegel M, Galea S. The Role of Interpersonal Conflict as a Determinant of Firearm-Related Homicide-Suicides at Different Ages. J Interpers Violence. 2018 Aug;33(15):2335-2351. doi: 10.1177/0886260516629387. Epub 2016 Feb 3. PMID: 26843182.
- Zuo Y, Pino EC, Vyliparambil M, Kalesan B. Sex Differences in Early Cardiovascular and All-Cause Hospitalization Outcomes After Surviving Firearm Injury. Am J Mens Health. 2018 Jul;12(4):1029-1038. doi: 10.1177/1557988318761989. Epub 2018 Mar 14. PMID: 29540125; PMCID: PMC6131471.
- Kalesan B, Zuo Y, Xuan Z, Siegel MB, Fagan J, Branas C, Galea S. A multi-decade joinpoint analysis of firearm injury severity. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2018 Feb 13;3(1):e000139. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000139. PMID: 29766128; PMCID: PMC5887778.
- Siegel M, Xuan Z, Ross CS, Galea S, Kalesan B, Fleegler E, Goss KA. Easiness of Legal Access to Concealed Firearm Permits and Homicide Rates in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2017 Dec;107(12):1923-1929. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304057. Epub 2017 Oct 19. PMID: 29048964; PMCID: PMC5678379.
- Smith VM, Siegel M, Xuan Z, Ross CS, Galea S, Kalesan B, Fleegler E, Goss KA. Broadening the Perspective on Gun Violence: An Examination of the Firearms Industry, 1990-2015. Am J Prev Med. 2017 Nov;53(5):584-591. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.05.002. Epub 2017 Jun 22. PMID: 28648260.
- Díez C, Kurland RP, Rothman EF, Bair-Merritt M, Fleegler E, Xuan Z, Galea S, Ross CS, Kalesan B, Goss KA, Siegel M. State Intimate Partner Violence-Related Firearm Laws and Intimate Partner Homicide Rates in the United States, 1991 to 2015. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Oct 17;167(8):536-543. doi: 10.7326/M16-2849. Epub 2017 Sep 19. PMID: 28975202.
- Kalesan B, Galea S, Fagan JA. Three Authors reply. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 Oct 1;186(7):897-898. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx280. PMID: 28978196.
- Kalesan B, Lagast K, Villarreal M, Pino E, Fagan J, Galea S. School shootings during 2013-2015 in the USA. Inj Prev. 2017 Oct;23(5):321-327. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042162. Epub 2016 Dec 6. PMID: 27923800.
- Siegel M, Pahn M, Xuan Z, Ross CS, Galea S, Kalesan B, Fleegler E, Goss KA. Firearm-Related Laws in All 50 US States, 1991-2016. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jul;107(7):1122-1129. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303701. Epub 2017 May 18. PMID: 28520491; PMCID: PMC5463202.
- Kalesan B, Galea S. Patterns of gun deaths across US counties 1999-2013. Ann Epidemiol. 2017 May;27(5):302-307.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2017.04.004. Epub 2017 Apr 27. PMID: 28528742.
- Kalesan B. The Cost of Firearm Violence Survivorship. Am J Public Health. 2017 May;107(5):638-639. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303724. PMID: 28398796; PMCID: PMC5388970.
- Kalesan B, Adhikarla C, Pressley JC, Fagan JA, Xuan Z, Siegel MB, Galea S. The Hidden Epidemic of Firearm Injury: Increasing Firearm Injury Rates During 2001-2013. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 Apr 1;185(7):546-553. doi: 10.1093/aje/kww147. PMID: 28338922.
- Kalesan B, Weinberg J, Galea S. Gun violence in Americans' social network during their lifetime. Prev Med. 2016 Dec;93:53-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.09.025. Epub 2016 Sep 22. PMID: 27667339.
- Kalesan B, Fagan J, Galea S. Gun violence prevention - Authors' reply. Lancet. 2016 Jul 16;388(10041):234. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31044-3. PMID: 27479565.
- Kalesan B, Villarreal MD, Keyes KM, Galea S. Gun ownership and social gun culture. Inj Prev. 2016 Jun;22(3):216-20. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041586. Epub 2015 Jun 29. PMID: 26124073; PMCID: PMC4809774.
- Kalesan B, Dabic S, Vasan S, Stylianos S, Galea S. Racial/Ethnic Specific Trends in Pediatric Firearm-Related Hospitalizations in the United States, 1998-2011. Matern Child Health J. 2016 May;20(5):1082-90. doi: 10.1007/s10995-015-1894-8. PMID: 26645619.
- Kalesan B, Mobily ME, Keiser O, Fagan JA, Galea S. Firearm legislation and firearm mortality in the USA: a cross-sectional, state-level study. Lancet. 2016 Apr 30;387(10030):1847-55. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01026-0. Epub 2016 Mar 11. PMID: 26972843.
- Kalesan B, Vyliparambil MA, Bogue E, Villarreal MD, Vasan S, Fagan J, DiMaggio CJ, Stylianos S, Galea S; Firearm Injury Research Group. Race and ethnicity, neighborhood poverty and pediatric firearm hospitalizations in the United States. Ann Epidemiol. 2016 Jan;26(1):1-6.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.10.009. Epub 2015 Oct 30. PMID: 26596958.
- Kalesan B, Galea S. The relation of depression to in-hospital outcomes among adults hospitalized for firearm-related injury. J Affect Disord. 2015 Sep 1;183:166-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.05.010. Epub 2015 May 16. PMID: 26021965.
- Kalesan B, Vasan S, Mobily ME, Villarreal MD, Hlavacek P, Teperman S, Fagan JA, Galea S. State-specific, racial and ethnic heterogeneity in trends of firearm-related fatality rates in the USA from 2000 to 2010. BMJ Open. 2014 Aug 14;4(9):e005628. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005628. PMID: 25239291; PMCID: PMC4185336.
- Kalesan B, French C, Fagan JA, Fowler DL, Galea S. Firearm-related hospitalizations and in-hospital mortality in the United States, 2000-2010. Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Feb 1;179(3):303-12. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt255. Epub 2013 Oct 22. PMID: 24148708.
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