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