Kern Medical Center Foundation

Kern Medical Foundation continues to steward funds from the $9.2M received from California Health Facilities Authority for Kern Medical Pediatrics inpatient and outpatient renovation. Kern Medical Foundation, on behalf of Kern Medical, applied for CalMedForce funding. Kern Medical was awarded $780,000 to support Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Programs, including Medical Education training and development. Kern Medical Foundation, on behalf of Kern Medical, applied for Song Brown funding. Kern Medical was awarded $2.2M to support its primary care residency programs, including Internal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology. This state funding helps increase primary care education and training in areas of unmet need throughout California. Kern Medical Foundation, on behalf of Kern Medical, applied for state funding (HCAI) to support Kern Medicals Health Career Pipeline Program. Kern Medical was awarded $2.9M to increase efforts, and expand health career opportunities for Kern County students ranging in ages from middle school through college. Kern Medical Foundation, on behalf of Kern Medical, applied for state funding (HCAI) to support the expansion of Kern Medicals Psychiatry Residency Program and Kern Medicals Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program. Kern Medicals Psychiatry Residency Program was awarded $1M to support the expansion of the program by 1 additional residency position and an additional position in the Fellowship Program. Federal Communications Commission awarded $600,000 to the Kern Medical Foundation for acquiring IT equipment to assist physicians with remote visits and remote work amid the challenges posed by COVID-19. Secured $4,500 in funding from First 5 Kern to support our Reach Out and Read Program, which helped purchase and distribute over 1,620 books to Kern Medical pediatric patients. American Cancer Society awarded $50,000 to Kern Medical Foundation to help support Kern Medical Oncology patients and provide transportation and lodging assistance to patients with needs. Kern Medial Foundation received $120,000 from CA Bridge Program to support substance use and MAT navigation services to patients in the Emergency Department at Kern Medical. Kern Medical Foundation received $2.5M from Kern Health Systems to support the renovation and acquisition of new imaging equipment at Kern Medicals Q Street Imaging Center. Kern Medical Foundation received continued to receive $200,000 from the CDC for Valey Fever Education and Awareness through our Cooperative Agreement; Improving Clinical and Public Health Outcomes through National Partnerships to Prevent and Control Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Threats. Kern Medical Foundation also continued to receive funding for education of outdoor workers through a Susan Harwood Grant with the Department of Labor. Kern Medical Foundation, on behalf of the Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical, was awarded a subaward agreement under a U19 Research Grant with UCLA. Enrollment in Host Immunogenetics and fungal virulence mechanisms in Coccidioidomycosis started in 2022 and will continue through 2027.Kern Medical Foundation, on behalf of the Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical, was awarded a subaward agreement with UC Davis to for a retrospective study of patients treated with Cresemba for Valley Fever.Kern Medical Foundation, on behalf of the Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical, enrolled in a clinical trial of a novel antifungal; Olorofim for treatment of invasive fungal infections (IFI) due to moulds in patients with limited or no treatment options: Interim results from a Phase 2b open-label study (NCT03583164, Study 32).Kern Medical Foundation, on behalf of the Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical, continued to provide administrative oversight for an NIH research study; An Observational Study to Assess the Prevalence and Outcomes of Primary Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis (SAnds-PPC).Kern Medical Foundation, on behalf of the Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical, solicited and was awarded a contract with the CDC to provide serum specimens from Valley Fever patients for a BioBank.