Gold Student Summer Fellowships

Gold Student Summer Fellowships

Bernadette Lim’s Gold Student Summer Fellowship project, “We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: A Health Education and Social Justice Art Initiative”, provided a group of underserved Asian-American young women of Oakland a safe, supportive space to learn about health education topics affecting young women and discover new ways to creatively express and interpret their life experiences.

The Gold Student Summer Fellowship program offers opportunities for medical students to undertake a research or service project related to community health and to develop skills to become a compassionate, relationship-centered physician.

We are delighted to announce the 2025 Gold Student Summer Fellows:

  • Melanie Ambler, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Ethan Boyle, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
  • Alexis Haring, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Kate Tolleson, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Read the 2025 announcement.

Read about our past recipients.

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About the Gold Student Summer Fellowship Program

Gold Student Summer Fellowships:

  • improve the health and lives of traditionally underserved populations
  • focus on understanding and/or enhancing cultural humility in delivering care
  • encourage collegial and interprofessional teamwork
  • are designed and implemented by students
  • promote a lasting or systemic change

The grant award includes a stipend for a single project of up to $4,000 for a 10-week period.

Learn more about program criteria and how to apply.

The Gold Foundation champions humanism in healthcare, which we define as kind, safe, and trustworthy care. Grantees are expected to reflect these values in daily practice and to continuously strive to be exemplars of humanism in healthcare.