Grants 2013-2014
In fiscal year 2013-2014, MZHF awarded new grants totaling approximately $2,195,000. Of this total, approximately $735,000 was allocated from unrestricted funds, $515,000 was allocated from patient care funds, $439,000 was allocated from research funds, $93,000 was allocated from education funds, and $413,000 was allocated from advised funds. The following grants listing summary includes a selection of awards approved by the Directors of Mount Zion Health Fund during fiscal year 2013-14 from Board discretionary funds.
Jewish Legacy Awards
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center
Spiritual Care for Jewish Elders
$45,000
Institute on Aging
IOA Connect – to coordinate and expand client intake services
$100,000
Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation
Department of Jewish Life
$125,000
Jewish Vocational Service
Healthcare Academy Plus – to provide allied health training skills and support services to low-income San Francisco jobseekers
$75,000
Shalom Bayit
San Francisco Healthy Jewish Families Project – addressing domestic violence through counseling and education
$20,000
Mount Zion Campus – Community Partnership Awards
UCSF Mount Zion Center of Excellence in Women’s Health in partnership with San Francisco Unified School District
Young Women’s Health and Leadership Programs
$75,000
UCSF Symptom Management Service in partnership with Jewish Family & Children’s Services
Community Bridges: A Community-Academic Collaboration to Orchestrate Palliative Care at Home for Cancer Patients with Limited Function
$75,000
UCSF Osher Center & Family & Community Medicine in partnership with Zen Hospice Project
Caring for the End-of-Life Caregiver – Palliative and Integrative Medicine Training for Direct-care Workers to Improve Quality of Life
$73,723
UCSF Departments of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine & Carol Franc Buck Breast Cancer Center in partnership with San Francisco Women’s Cancer Network
Developing a Low-Literacy, Multi-Lingual Breast Cancer Survivorship Care Plan
$55,000
UCSF Mount Zion Pediatrics in partnership with Huckleberry Youth Programs
Community-based Adolescent Health Care Initiative
$50,000
UCSF Cancer Resource Center & Social Work Dept. in partnership with Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center
Employment & Health Medical-Legal Partnership
$30,000
UCSF Mount Zion Campus-based Awards
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research – Pilot Studies
$115,000
Research – Transdisciplinary Team Award
$100,000
Research – Faculty Recruitment
$100,000
Gynecologic Oncology – Personalized Cancer Prevention and Treatment Based on Genomic Testing
$30,000
Infectious Diseases – Three-dimensional Imaging System for High Resolution Anoscopy
$30,000
Art for Recovery Program
$27,500
Patient Support Corps at UCSF MZ Cancer Center
$23,000
Breast Cancer Center – Development of a Mobile App for Increasing Access to UCSF Clinical Cancer Trials
$23,000
Radiation Oncology – Improving Culture of Safety
$5,500
Cancer Resource Center Volunteer Appreciation & Library Materials
$4,250
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Research – Pilot Studies
$100,000
Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic and Treatment Service
$35,000
Community Care Fund
$30,000
Acupuncture Service for Mount Zion Campus
$30,000
Therapeutic Laughter Inpatient and Outpatient Program
$19,250
Prepare for Surgery Program
$17,000
Medical Yoga for People with Cancer
$7,000
UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Research – Pilot Studies
$100,000
UCSF Mount Zion Community Prenatal Care
$50,000
Fibroid Community Program
$7,150
Women’s Incontinence “Mind Over Bladder” Conference
$4,300
UCSF Mount Zion – other grants
Psychiatry Department- Pediatric Integrated Mental Health Support and Education
$41,000
Mount Zion Campus Educational Travel – multiple small awards
$35,000
Anesthesia Department – Implementation Barriers to the Colorectal ERAS Pathway at Mount Zion
$30,000
Division of General Internal Medicine – Disparities in Readmission Rates for African American Patients in General Medicine Primary Care Practices at MZ
$30,000
Division of General Internal Medicine – Lung Cancer Screening: Development of a Clinic-based Intervention
$30,000
Radiology Department – Breast Biopsy Patient Education Resources
$25,000
Anesthesia Department- Improved Fluid Management in Abdominal Surgery
$23,000
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery – Enhancement of Balance and Falls Center Program
$18,500
Hospitalists – Using Mobile Technology to Improve the Patient Experience
$16,380
Pediatrics Department – Small Grants Initiative for Resident-led Community-based Projects
$7,000
Surgery – Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Project
$2,550