Grantee: The Bullet Related Injury Clinic (BRIC)

This video features the life-changing work of the Bullet Related Injury Clinic (BRIC), a grantee of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education. The BRIC is a community-based clinic in St. Louis that provides trauma-informed, accessible, and culturally competent care and services to gunshot victims and their families. Through holistic, patient-centered care, the BRIC strives to help people regain their personal agency to heal physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Founded in 2020 by LJ Punch, MD — a trauma surgeon who continues to serve as the clinic’s medical director — the BRIC serves 250 patients annually through direct care, while also supporting families and community members indirectly impacted by bullets. The grant from the Center will help to strengthen care for more patients and families, fuel the clinic’s community engagement, and sustain the hardworking team as they advance the BRIC’s mission. Learn more about the Center’s 38 grantees working to address the root causes of violence in 20+ states at www.kpcenterforgunviolenceresearch.org.