Episode 18: Gold Student Summer Fellowship: Understanding Barriers to Early Antenatal Care in Rural Georgia

April 6, 2023

The Gold Connection is produced by the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a program of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Listen above or at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Overcast, RadioPublic, and many other podcast platforms. … Read more

Episode 17: Gold Student Summer Fellowship: Support for people experiencing incarceration and chronic illness in Los Angeles

March 24, 2023

The Gold Connection is produced by the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a program of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Listen above or at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Overcast, RadioPublic, and many other podcast platforms. … Read more

Episode 16: Gold Student Summer Fellowship: Creating a care pathway for children and adolescents presenting with self-harm or suicidality

March 16, 2023

The Gold Connection is produced by the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a program of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Listen above or at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Overcast, RadioPublic, and … Read more

Episode 12: Gold Student Summer Fellowship: M.E.D.S. program for Florida youth

February 16, 2023

The Gold Connection is produced by the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a program of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Listen above or at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Overcast, RadioPublic, and … Read more

Episode 11: Gold Student Summer Fellowship: Virtual Reality Training for CNAs Caring for Patients with Dementia

February 8, 2023

The Gold Connection is produced by the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a program of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Listen above or at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Overcast, RadioPublic, and … Read more

Gold Foundation joins with National Medical Fellowships and BD in free career webinar

November 18, 2021

The Gold Foundation is delighted to be partnering with National Medical Fellowships and BD to provide the Medical Career Awareness Webinar for medical and graduate-level health profession students and young … Read more

Announcing the winners of the 2021 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest

July 27, 2021

Michelle Sloane, MPA

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the six winners of the 2021 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest: three by medical students and three by … Read more

12 Gold ways we cared in 2020

December 16, 2020

As we bid 2020 goodbye, and hope for a healthier and more just 2021, we reflect here on the milestones we crossed this year with your help. Read more

Icahn medical students create PEERS program to foster resilience and community

September 1, 2020

Co-founders of PEERS, a well-being program for medical trainees at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, share tips for institutions interested in starting their own student-led support program. Read more

Dr. Patricia Garcia selected as the 2020 Gold Humanism in Medicine Award at the AAMC

August 24, 2020

Together with the AAMC, the Gold Foundation is pleased to announce that Patricia Garcia, MD, MPH, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the 2020 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award at the AAMC. Read more

Announcing the winners of the 2020 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest

July 21, 2020

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the six winners of the 2020 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest. First place is awarded to Mahima Sukumar … Read more

Peer-led compassion coaching helps strengthen medical student wellness

April 27, 2020

With support from its GHHS chapter, two students at Wake Forest School of Medicine developed the Compassion Coaches program, a peer-led program for third-year students that allows them to safely debrief emotionally intense experiences and build community through vulnerability and reflection. 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

The Dermatones sing the National Anthem at the 2019 Golden Thread Gala

June 26, 2019

The Dermatones sing the U.S. National Anthem on June 13, 2019, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. This special a cappella group is made up of Uniformed Services University … Watch

The Dermatones sing the Armed Forces Medley Service Song at the 2019 Golden Thread Gala

The Dermatones sing the Armed Forces Medley Service Song on June 13, 2019, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. This special a cappella group is made up of Uniformed … 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

Reflections on my first white coat

August 24, 2018

This essay was first posted on the Baylor College of Medicine website and is reprinted with permission of the college. By Trevor Jamison, MS1 at Baylor College of Medicine It … Read more

MS1 Trevor Jamison, center, at Baylor’s 2018 White Coat Ceremony

Gold Foundation announces winners of the 2018 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest

July 9, 2018

“It’s not what you look at that matters, but what you see.” This quote by American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau sparked reflections from more than 200 medical and … Read more

Thank A Resident Day Book Giveaway

February 20, 2018

The inaugural 2018 Thank a Resident Day was a great success! In honor of the day and in celebration of residents, we have given five signed copies of “Family Doc Diary: … Read more

GHHS rushes to aid chapter in Ponce, Puerto Rico

November 1, 2017

A few weeks after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, the Ponce Health Sciences University Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society reached out to us, desperate for assistance. Ponce Health … Read more

The Lawndale Stories, a Gold Student Summer Project

September 18, 2017

The Gold Foundation sponsors fellowships each summer for medical students to complete a research or service project related to community health. The Gold Student Summer Fellowships focus on studying cultural competency issues, … Read more

This mural was painted by artist Sentrock on a garage in North Lawndale. Titled "From Struggle Comes Strength," it embodies the spirit of the neighborhood. (Credit: Tiffany Huang)

The space where the thymus was

November 18, 2016

by Abbi Davies I always thought I would prefer a male cadaver. I imagined that the trauma of cutting through a breast would make my own ache in sympathy, or … Read more

2015 Gold-Hope Tang Essay Contest Winner

September 19, 2016

Dr. Joanna Sharpless reads her winning essay entitled “Being the Narrator.” Watch

2015 Winning Essay

September 16, 2016

Dr. Joanna Sharpless reads her winning essay at the Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Golden Thread Gala. Watch

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