Funders and Partners

Funders:

• Ronald McDonald House^®- Ronald McDonald House is funding UCSF's Learning from Families and Hospital Leader Views on the Family-Centeredness of Pediatric Care Projects. Through the funding of this research, Ronald McDonald House is advancing family-centered care knowledge, practice, and policy and contributing new evidence in the field through a partnership with the UCSF. 

Academic Partners:

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) - Through funding from the David R. Clare and Margaret C. Clare Foundation, UCSF has established a research partnership with CHOP to explore the feasibility of merging hospital-acquired data with Ronald McDonald House acquired data to advance research on social determinants of health and the impact of family centered care and support services on clinical outcomes of children and their families.
• Institute for Patient-and Family-Centered Care (IPFCC) - IPFCC is partnering with UCSF to conduct a global survey of hospital leaders’ perceptions of family-centered care practices and policies in their organizations. 
• Neonatal Seizure Registry (NSR) - In partnership with the Neonatal Seizure Registry, we are working with a national network of investigators to investigate the well-being of parents and families when children have neonatal seizures and other neurological conditions in childhood. Our work is conducted in partnership with a dedicated group of parents and parent-support organizations.

• University of Pennsylvania - Ronald McDonald House Philadelphia^® is partnering with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and UCSF to learn more about the needs and strengths of families during a child’s hospital treatment and after returning home.