Grants 2016-2017
In fiscal year 2016-2017, MZHF awarded new grants totaling approximately $4,506,000. Of this total, approximately $1,540,000 was allocated from unrestricted funds, $569,000 was allocated from research funds, $566,000 was allocated from patient care funds, $131,000 was allocated from education funds, and $1,700,000 was allocated from advised funds. The following grants listing summary includes a selection of awards approved by the Board of Directors of Mount Zion Health Fund during fiscal year 2016-17 from board-discretionary funds.
Jewish Legacy Awards
Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation
Jewish Home Financial Accessibility Fund – a multi-year award to provide health-related services for low-income, frail elderly residents of the Home’s rental-based assisted living and memory care residential facilities
$1,000,000
Institute on Aging
Systems Integration for Social Determinants of Health Network – infrastructure support to increase capacity for client services referrals and improve client outcomes
$120,000
Jewish Vocational Service
Healthcare Academy Plus – outreach and client recruitment to provide allied health training skills and support services to low-income San Francisco jobseekers
$75,000
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center
Kol Haneshama: Jewish End of Life Care/Hospice Volunteer Program – to recruit, train and support Jewishly-trained hospice volunteers
$55,000
Shalom Bayit
San Francisco Healthy Jewish Families Project – to provide direct care and counseling, outreach and education to address domestic violence in the Jewish community
$25,000
Mount Zion Campus-Community Partnership Awards
UCSF Mount Zion Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery in partnership with Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California
Partnership to Support Musical Training Therapy for Cochlear Implant Recipients
$75,000
UCSF HDFCCC Radiation Oncology in partnership with the Shanti Project
Caring In and Beyond the Clinic: Development of a Community-based Bi-lingual Care Navigation Program for the Radiation Oncology Patients
$75,000
UCSF Mount Zion Pediatrics in partnership with Youth Speaks
Multicultural Tap Water Intake Campaign
$50,000
UCSF Mount Zion Breast Care Center in partnership with HairToStay
Access to Scalp Cooling Subsidies for Low-income UCSF Mount Zion Breast Care Center Patients: Preventing Chemo-Induced Alopecia
$45,000
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine in partnership with SFDPH Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic
Broadening Non-Pharmacologic Options in the Primary Care Safety Net: Partnership to Pilot an Integrative Pain Management Program
$40,000
UCSF Mount Zion Pediatrics in partnership with Tandem
Mount Zion Reach Out and Read Program
$40,000
UCSF Mount Zion Women’s Options Center in partnership with the Women’s Community Clinic
Improving Provider Competency and Sensitivity in Comprehensive Care
$25,000
UCSF Mount Zion Pediatrics in partnership with SFDPH SF Immunization Coalition
Partnership to Bridge the Gaps in Vaccine Knowledge in San Francisco
$9,950
UCSF Mount Zion Campus-based Awards
Department of Anesthesia
Perioperative Pathways Program Data Dashboards
$40,000
Assessment of Postoperative Opioid Usage after Ambulatory Surgery at Mount Zion Surgery Center
$12,935
Point-Of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training for Mount Zion Anesthesia Providers
$9,630
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research – Developing Initiatives Fund
$129,000
Research – Faculty Recruitment
$100,000
Research – Pilot Studies
$100,000
Expanding Access to Integrative Symptom Management for Cancer Patients
$40,000
Molecules to the Mount Zion Community, a Gynecologic Oncology Program to Introduce Molecularly Targeted Therapeutics to the Mount Zion Population
$40,000
Health eHeart: CardioOncology and Immunotherapy Pilot (HeH-COIP) Study
$40,000
Art for Recovery
$39,600
Cancer Supportive Care Services
$38,200
Training in Effective Communication for Clinical Trials Recruitment
$34,503
Survivorship Wellness: A Multi-Session Group Psycho-Educational Program to Promote Physical and Emotional Wellness in Cancer Survivors at Mount Zion
$29,195
New Patient Guidebook and Folder
$15,000
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Community Care Fund
$40,000
Therapeutic Laughter Program
$19,500
Pilot Testing an Integrative Behavioral Medicine Group Treatment Program for Sleep Disorders at Mount Zion Campus: Mindfulness-Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (ME-CBT-I)
$16,500
Education in Massage and Meditation for Medical Students
$15,480
Therapeutic Yoga for People with Cancer
$3,500
UCSF Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Noise Mapping the City of San Francisco
$40,000
Developing Personalized Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatments
$40,000
3D Printing for Facial Reconstructive Surgery: State of the Art
$25,000
UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Centering Pregnancy for Women of Color
$37,570
Embedding Geriatrics and Palliative Care in Women’s Health: An Opportunity for Education and Quality Improvement
$40,000
Athena Wisdom Program
$40,000
UCSF Mount Zion – other grants
General Research – UCSF Mount Zion-based Pilot Research (awarded through UCSF RAP)
$230,000
Mount Zion Campus-based Educational Travel – multiple small awards
$48,000
Dermatology – Making Dermatologic Care More Patient-Centered: A Program of Systematic Measurement and Feedback of Patients’ Experiences to their Clinicians
$40,000
Dermatology – Development of a Computer Aided Tool to Screen for Skin Cancer
$40,000
Pediatrics – Co-located Collaborative Care for Children with Developmental-Behavioral Concerns
$48,475
Pediatrics – Reducing Vaccine Associated Pain and Anxiety in Primary Care Through the Use of Distraction Kits
$3,500
Surgery – Quality of Life After Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
$8,000