Announcing the 2023-2025 Picker Gold GME Challenge Grants

November 13, 2023

Irene Zampetoulas, MPA

Initiatives from The Ohio State University and University of Minnesota aim to prepare trainees to address microaggressions and to learn from community specialists in youth HIV care, respectively. The Arnold … Read more

Gold launches “Dismantling Structural Racism to Advance Health Equity,” a free online course in partnership with NextGenU

May 17, 2023

Irene Zampetoulas, MPA

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a new NextGenU.org course, “Dismantling Structural Racism to Advance Health Equity,” developed by Gold Course Directors Ruth S. Shim, … Read more

2022 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Award is presented to Dr. Thuy D. Bui

December 12, 2022

Irene Zampetoulas, MPA

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2022 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award will be presented to Dr. Thuy “Twee” D. Bui, a beloved professor at … Read more

Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – September 2022

September 28, 2022

Bharat Kumar, MD

The Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup features summaries of recently published studies on humanism in healthcare. To receive email notification of new studies once per month, enter your information here and select “Jeffrey Silver Research … Read more

2021 Conference | Keynote: Partnership with HBCUs: Challenging Systemic Racism in Health Education, A Nursing Story

August 23, 2022

This session was part of Day two of the 2021 Humanism and Healing Conference: Structural Racism and Its Impact on Medicine, hosted by the Gold Humanism Honor … Watch

Book review: Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion

February 23, 2022

By Dorothy Levine, MD Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion by Arielle Silverman, PhD, is a wonderful mix of autobiographical stories and expert social scientific analysis. … Read more

2021 Picker Gold projects to address infant health disparities, vaccine deliberation and perinatal mental health

November 22, 2021

Irene Zampetoulas, MPA

Three initiatives from NYU, Johns Hopkins, and Stanford aim at ensuring humanistic care for all The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Picker … Read more

2021 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Award is presented to Dr. Ruby Mendenhall

October 13, 2021

Munira Syeda

The Gold Foundation hosted a virtual celebration of the 2021 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award honoree, Dr. Ruby Mendenhall, on Monday, Feb. 28. Gold Foundation President/CEO Dr. Richard … Read more

Q&A with professors of Humanism in Health & Healthcare course live cohort

August 7, 2020

Earlier this year, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation launched the free virtual course “Humanism in Health and Healthcare,” developed in partnership with Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine and … Read more

New Humanism in Health and Healthcare online course available for free at NextGenU.org

April 29, 2020

Developed in partnership with Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine, the competency-based course can be easily used by medical and nursing schools or individual students around the globe. Read more

Announcing the winners of the 2019 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest

July 22, 2019

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the six winners of the 2019 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest. First place is awarded to April Butler … Read more

Dr. Holly J. Humphrey’s introduction of Dr. George Thibault at the 2019 Golden Thread Gala

June 26, 2019

Dr. Holly Humphrey, President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, introduces Dr. George Thibault, immediate Past President of the Macy Foundation, on June 13, 2019, in New York City at … Watch

GHHS members unveil new mural at Bellevue Hospital

April 19, 2019

“The soul’s ability to nourish itself lies in the heart.” This quote by Aristotle now lives on a painted wall in the Coronary Care Waiting Room at Bellevue Hospital, thanks to … Read more

Preventing physician burnout by Health Design Thinking

March 21, 2019

by Kristy Shine, MD, PhD, Geoffrey Hayden MD, Ellen Lupton and Bon Ku, MD, MPP Physician burnout, now declared a public health crisis, demands action. A recent study found that “physicians … Read more

Gold Student Summer Fellow launches Patient Navigator Program at University of Miami student-run clinic

January 29, 2019

By Reina Pattner At the University of Miami’s student-run clinic, a new Patient Navigator Program delivers humanistic medical care to people who inject drugs by linking them to community resources … Read more

Gabriella Amaya (left), Atoofa Baig (not pictured), and Heidi Iskander (not pictured) are senior BSN students at University of Miami who serve as patient navigators for the Patient Navigation Program - the result of a Gold Student Summer Fellowship awarded to Hardik Patel (right), director of the Patient Navigation Program and a second-year MD/MPH student. (Credit: IDEA Wound Care Clinic)

Physician burnout & depression: “I remember feeling overwhelmed by stress and the pressure to succeed.”

September 25, 2017

In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month, we are sharing stories about physician burnout to help raise awareness about this epidemic on the rise. If you’d like to submit a … Read more