Funding Research, Scholarship and Community Partnerships

Jewish Legacy Awards

SAN FRANCISCO CAMPUS FOR JEWISH LIVING (SFCJL)

FY25 Bridge Year Funding  $150,000

SHALOM BAYIT

FY25 Bridge Year Funding  $88,000

JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE (JVS)

FY25 Bridge Year Funding  $75,000

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF RABBIS

Chaplaincy Program Development: Provided bedside spiritual care and chaplaincy services to Jewish hospital patients in San Francisco. Trained hospital staff on Jewish patients’ unique spiritual and cultural needs. Connected unaffiliated patients with Jewish community resources and support. $65,000

Community + UCSF Mount Zion Awards

UCSF, CHINESE AMERICAN COALITION FOR COMPASSIONATE CARE (CACCC) AND AC CARE ALLIANCE/SAN FRANCISCO AFRICAN AMERICAN FAITH-BASED COALITION (ACCA & SFAAFBC)

Poetic Medicine for Grief: Creating Safe Space for Diverse Stories of Loss — Building Racially-Tailored Bereavement Programs in two Mount Zion/SF BIPOC Communities: MERI Center partnered with CACCC and SFAAFBC to train four Chinese American volunteers who led Mandarin grief workshops. The program evaluated facilitator training and workshop effectiveness through pre/post assessments, comparing racially concordant workshops to English sessions. $130,000

UCSF PEDIATRICS/GLIDE CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Trauma-Informed Care Training for Pediatric Residents with Glide Center for Social Justice: Create more understanding and trust in the medical system and inspire interest in healthcare professions. $7,478

UCSF PEDIATRICS/SFUSD HILLTOP HIGH SCHOOL

Allies for Health: Partnership between UCSF and Hilltop High School: Help parent-students finish high school while building parenting skills and gives pediatric residents the chance to teach and connect with the community they serve. $2,000

UCSF OSHER CENTER/ON LOK, SHANTI PROJECT AND SF HEALTH NETWORK

Building and Sustaining Community Partnerships to Advance Integrative Health Equity: Integrative Health Equity. $150,000

UCSF OTOLARYNGOLOGY/UCSF PEDIATRICS/SF UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Clinical and Educational Partnership to Improve Care for Children for Special Healthcare Needs: Establish a formal, sustainable system of cross-disciplinary care for children with special needs. $150,000

Mount Zion Campus-Based Awards

MZ CANCER CENTER

Cancer Supportive Programming FY24-25: Stress reduction courses, educational materials, videos, and transportation support for underserved patients. $30,000

MZ CANCER CENTER

Art for Recovery FY24-25: Successfully served 200 patients monthly through six therapeutic programs; earned San Francisco MoMA exhibition for Fall 2026. Delivered Open Art Studio, writing workshops, music series, YouTube storytelling, Firefly project, and Artist-in-Residence services. Launched Mandarin-speaking art group to address language and cultural barriers for Chinese immigrant patients. $40,000

OSHER CENTER

Community Care Fund FY24-25: This extended funding cycle has allowed us to expand access to integrative care for economically disadvantaged individuals across a broad spectrum of identities—including race, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, health status, education, language, birthplace, age, and sexual orientation. $40,000

WOMEN’S HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER

Perinatal Care Fund FY24-25: Expand access to prenatal and postpartum education, support services, and hospital breast pump rentals in vulnerable, low-income communities. $7,500

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT

Bridge Year Block Grant: Grant funds improved wellness for Mount Zion Anesthesia faculty and strengthened perioperative workforce relationships. Success was measured through improved on-time case starts and increased faculty satisfaction with upgraded call rooms. $20,000

MZ CANCER CENTER (INCLUDES BREAST CANCER ONCOLOGY, HEM ONC, CGPP)

Bridge Year Block Grant: Digital outreach strategy to offer genetic testing to relatives of UCSF patients with inherited cancer risk (PI: Dr. Bethan Powell, OB/GYN). $50,000

DERMATOLOGY

Bridge Year Block Grant: Track health equity progress related to clinical care. Award micro-grants for faculty pilot projects. $50,000

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Bridge Year Block Grant: Funds supported community-building events for UCSF GI Division including a 40+ attendee summer picnic, faculty luncheons, and monthly IBD meetings (25 attendees). Impact included stronger cross-site connections, improved team morale, better case alignment, and establishment of a new division wellness committee. $12,000

DGIM

Bridge Year Block Grant: Provide activities to build and support a stronger sense of community, diversity and inclusion, and wellbeing in DGIM. $50,000

LAB MEDICINE/CCGL

Bridge Year Block Grant — Genomic Testing for Cancer Patients with Suspicion of Genetic Alterations: Cancer Screening. $12,000

LANGLEY PORTER PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (LPPH)

Bridge Year Block Grant $12,000

NCOE IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

Bridge Year Block Grant — Black Womxn Lead @ UCSF: Address the resulting effects of racism and systemic obstacles that interrupt the advancement and retention of black womxn at UCSF. $40,000

OB/GYN & GYN SUBSPECIALTIES

Bridge Year Block Grant: Faculty & Staff Wellness & Expansion of Ped GYN Patient Navigator Program. $40,000

OTOLARYNGOLOGY (OHNS)

Bridge Year Block Grant: Micro-grants awarded to faculty and residents for faculty & staff wellness; medical education; addressing health disparities; DEI-focused initiatives. $50,000

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Bridge Year Block Grant: Employee wellness and fitness area. $12,000

OSHER CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HEALTH

Bridge Year Block Grant: Integrative Health Equity (IHE) projects; with a focus on patients, practitioners and providers. $50,000

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Bridge Year Block Grant: Faculty & Staff Development; Faculty & Staff Wellness. $40,000

RADIOLOGY

Bridge Year Block Grant: Faculty Wellness — cross-division case conference. Addressing Health Disparities — Health Equity Council. $12,000

SURGERY

Bridge Year Block Grant: Faculty & Staff Wellness; Professional Training; Patient Care Awareness Events. $40,000

UCSF Mount Zion Campus-Based — Other Grants

General Pilot Research Awards: To support 4–6 studies selected through UCSF RAP $250,000

Cancer Pilot Research Awards: To support 2–3 studies selected through UCSF RAP $150,000

UCSF Mount Zion-Based Watson Scholars: To support two awardees $450,000

UCSF Mount Zion Perstein Award: To support one awardee $80,000

Professional Education Courses and Conferences: To support 35–40 awardees from 15 departments/divisions. $75,000

UCSF Mount Zion Resident Awards for Excellence & UCSF Mount Zion Nursing Awards for Excellence: $8,000