The Arnold P. Gold Foundation champions humanism in healthcare, which we define as clinically excellent care that is kind, safe, and trustworthy. This Gold standard of care embraces all and targets barriers to such care. We empower experts, learners, and leaders to together create systems and cultures that support humanistic care for all.

2026 AACN-Gold Award nominations extended for 1 week

Submit your nominees for the AACN-Gold Interprofessional Humanism in Healthcare Award, which recognizes an outstanding nurse-physician pair or team (two nurses or two physicians) whose collaborative work exemplifies humanism in healthcare. This award is presented by the Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).

**Deadline has been extended by 1 week**

New Deadline: Oct. 12

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Submit an article to the Journal of Patient Experience

The Gold Foundation is collaborating with the journal on a special collection, “The Intersection of Humanism in Healthcare and Patient Experience.” Submit your industry insight, patient perspective, research brief, or research article.

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NEWS
Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup: The Hidden Humanism in Sleep Research
October 2, 2026
Earlier this year I was emailing with Brianne Alcala, Gold Foundation’s Editor in Chief, about humanism researchers to highlight in future Research Roundups. In one of those emails she wrote ... chevron_right Read more
A woman sleeping in a hospital bed with the words "The Hidden Humanism in Sleep Research" and at the top, Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup
Meet the 2026 Essay Contest Winners
July 21, 2026
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is delighted to introduce you to the students who wrote the 2026 winning essays of the Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest, ... chevron_right Read more
2026 Gold Student Summer Fellow projects aim to increase humanism from the EMR to the NICU
May 27, 2026
Five medical student teams in Kansas, Michigan, Puerto Rico, Illinois, and North Carolina undertake research and service projects to support community health The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is delighted to ... chevron_right Read more
Gold, JPX announce special humanism collection and open call for submissions
December 16, 2024
Update: The deadline for submissions has been extended to Dec. 31, 2026. The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, in collaboration with the Journal of Patient Experience, is pleased to announce a ... chevron_right Read more
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8 Questions with Dr. Gauri Agarwal
September 29, 2026
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is a new Hippocrates member of the Gold Partners Council, a group of leading schools and health systems committed to humanism in ... chevron_right Read more
Black-and-white photo of Dr. Gauri Agarwal and her mother, beaming
Dr. Arnold P. Gold: How the Gold Foundation began
January 26, 2026
by Dr. Arnold P. Gold This speech, describing how the Gold Foundation was created, was given in 2016 at a Gold Humanism Honor Society conference by Gold Foundation co-founder Dr. ... chevron_right Read more
Focusing on What Matters: Dr. Mary Tinetti on Patient Priorities Care
June 11, 2025
by Crystal Gwizdala Mary E. Tinetti, MD, Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics), is the co-creator of Patient Priorities Care. This age-friendly approach focuses healthcare and decision-making on what ... chevron_right Read more
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