Grants 2023–2024
In fiscal year 2023-2024, the MZHF Board of Directors awarded new grants totaling approximately $2,500,000. Of this total, $855,000 was allocated from unrestricted funds, $705,000 was allocated from patient care and education funds, and $940,000 was allocated from research funds. Additionally, MZHF’s Fishbon Fund Committee awarded $1,000,000 to establish the Fishbon Endowed Chair for Complex Pediatric to Adult Primary Care Transition at UCSF Mount Zion, and $240,000 for 3-year program startup of the UCSF Complex Pediatric to Adult Primary Care Transition Program at Mount Zion. The following grants listing summary includes a selection of awards approved by Mount Zion Health Fund’s Board of Directors during fiscal year 2023-2024.
Jewish Legacy Awards
Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation – SF Campus for Jewish Living
SFCJL-UCSF Clinical Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine – to place UCSF Fellows in rotations in geriatric medicine and medical directorship at Jewish Home & Rehab Center, providing exposure to and training in the skilled nursing environment and building a pipeline of geriatricians interested in providing care in the skilled nursing environment in the future
$150,000
Expanding Palliative Care Services, Training and Education – to expand hours for a palliative care nurse specialist and expand palliative care training and education for LVN and CNA staff to improve symptom management and support for residents; initiate a new SFCJL-UCSF fellowship partnership by bringing on the first UCSF Palliative Care Physician Fellow
$50,000
Institute on Aging
Building a Bridge to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Dementia Payment and Program Model – to support preparatory and implementation activities necessary to Institute on Aging’s application to participate in CMS’ new GUIDE opportunity, an 8-year pilot which will reimburse for a comprehensive package of dementia care coordination and care management, caregiver education and support, and respite services, with the potential to create a sustainable pathway to equity in access to dementia care and services
$110,000
Shalom Bayit
San Francisco Healthy Jewish Families Project – to support provider training, teen and adult abuse prevention/education, early intervention, and direct care to victims, to reduce and prevent violence in Jewish homes, improve community response, increase provider competence, and ensure that those affected are met with adequate intervention wherever they seek help
$80,000
Jewish Vocational Service
JVS Healthcare Training Programs – to support JVS’ partnership with UCSF to provide underserved jobseekers with healthcare training, preparing clients for living-wage, career-track UCSF medical positions, increasing capacity, cultural competency and diversity of UCSF’s frontline, patient-facing workforce
$75,000
Northern California Board of Rabbis
Chaplaincy Program – to employ a part-time rabbi to provide spiritual care through hospital visits for Jews who are sick and/or dying, and unaffiliated with a synagogue
$65,000
Community + UCSF Mount Zion Awards
UCSF MERI Center in partnership with Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) and SF African American Faith-based Coalition (SFAAFBC)
Poetic Medicine for Grief: Creating Safe Space for Diverse Stories of Loss – Building Racially-Tailored Bereavement Programs in two UCSF Mount Zion/SF BIPOC Communities – to promote health equity as an academic/community collaboration by developing racially-tailored bereavement services that are feasible, sustainable locally, and disseminatable nationally
$130,000 (per year for two years for total award of $260,000)
UCSF Pediatrics in partnership with SF Unified School District Hilltop High School
Allies for Health: Partnership between UCSF and Hilltop High School – to provide empowerment, mentorship and a supportive community where parent-students can work towards completion of high school graduation requirements and receive assistance to become responsible, effective parents, while also enabling a two-way partnership providing UCSF pediatric residents with the opportunity to teach, engage with, and learn from the community they serve
$2,000 (per year for three years for total award of $6,000)
UCSF Pediatrics in partnership with Glide Center for Social Justice
Trauma-informed Care Training for Pediatric Residents with Glide Center for Social Justice – to grow the connections between pediatric trainees and Glide clients and staff, so as to engender more understanding and trust in the medical system and to inspire interest in healthcare professions, while deepening providers’ understanding of trauma-informed care and their role in mitigating childhood trauma
$7,478 (per year for three years for total award of $22,434)
UCSF Mount Zion Campus-based Awards
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program – Physician-ordered Genetic Testing for Ovarian, Breast, and Prostate Cancer Patients: Improving Access and Equity through Mainstreaming
$39,970
Breast Oncology – Extending WISDOM Personalized Risk Assessment and Counseling to Identify Younger Underrepresented Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer
$39,959
Art for Recovery (FY24-25)
$40,000 (per year for three years for total award of $120,000; year two)
Cancer Supportive Programming (FY24-25)
$30,000 (per year for three years for total award of $90,000; year two)
UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine
Supported Spaces: Primary Care Resident Curriculum to Enhance Community, Connection and Reflection
$5,000
Improving the Logistical and Emotional Processing of Patient Death for Ambulatory Care Providers
$28,900
Ambulatory Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Program
$13,000
Curbsiders Teach Podcast: Asynchronously Elevating Mount Zion Clinician Educators’ Leadership and Teaching Skills
$32,000
Filling the Gaps in Mental Health Education with PsychSnaps: An Enhanced Electronic Curriculum in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine for Outpatient Practitioners
$26,000
UCSF Mount Zion Hospital
UCSF Mount Zion Mock Code Program
$38,000
UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Prenatal Care Fund (FY24-25)
$7,500 (per year for three years for total award of $22,500; year two)
UCSF Black Wellness Center
$15,000
Women’s Health Primary Care Medication Abortion Initiative
$35,000
Women’s Health Primary Care Serenity Art Exhibition
$19,500
OB/GYN Early Pregnancy Assessment and Miscarriage Management Clinic (EPAC)
$40,000
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health
Community Care Fund (FY24-25)
$40,000 (per year for three years for total award of $120,000; year two)
Improving Access to Clinical Innovations through Integrative Health Group Medical Visits
$40,000
An Integrative Health Equity Toolkit for Inter-professional Education
$40,000
UCSF Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Sleep Tracking and Sleep Apnea Care in Women: Lower Cost Alternatives and New Options for Management
$40,000
Post-Radiation Dental Care Assessment in Underserved Head and Neck Cancer Patients
$17,500
Enhancing Patient Care and Education: Addressing Hearing Health at UCSF Mount Zion Campus
$25,000
UCSF Department of Pathology at Mount Zion
Genomic Access Program: Bridging GAPs in Patient Care for Those at Highest-Risk
$39,620
UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology at Mount Zion
Trismus Mitigation after Head and Neck Radiotherapy and Surgical Reconstruction with Custom 3D-Printed Intra-Oral Device
$40,000
UCSF Department of Surgery at Mount Zion
What To Do When Things Go Wrong: A Perfused Model and Simulation for High-Volume Hemorrhage Control
$19,536
UCSF Mount Zion Campus-based – other grants
Block Grant for General Pilot Research Awards in FY24-25 (to support 4-6 studies selected through UCSF RAP)
$250,000
Block Grant for Cancer Pilot Research Awards in FY24-25 (to support 2-3 studies selected through UCSF RAP)
$150,000
UCSF Mount Zion-based Watson Scholars (to support two awardees in the FY24-25 spring cycle)
$450,000
UCSF Mount Zion Perstein Award (to support one awardee in the FY24-25 spring cycle)
$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
(to support awards to 4 Residents and 4 Nurses)
$8,000