The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Picker Gold Graduate Medical Education Challenge Grants, three exceptional projects designed to bolster the preparedness of clinical learning environments in caring for diverse families. The newest Picker Gold initiatives are: Improving Maternal and Child Outcomes through Quality Perinatal Mental Healthcare led by Co-Principal Investigators, Jessica Vernon, MD, Assistant Professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and Olivia Myrick, MD, MHPE, Understanding the Family’s Perspective: Development of a Culturally Competent Curriculum to Increase the Acceptability of the COVID-19 Vaccine led by Principal Investigator Marquita Genies, MD, MPH, and Innovative Neonatal Health Disparities Curriculum for Pediatric Residents Informed by Qualitative Research and Community Engagement led by Principal Investigator Elizabeth Blecharczyk, MD.

Read the full announcement.

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is excited to release a new Gold Human InSight Webinar in celebration of World Kindness Day. The webinar features three panelists: Dr. Sandra Gold, EdD, Trustee & Co-Founder of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, Lee Tomlinson, International Businessman, Marketing Professional, and Author of Compassion Heals: From Self-Care to Healthcare, and Dr. Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH, Chief of Medicine at Cooper University Health Care, ​Professor and Chair of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, and Co-Author of Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference.

Thank you to everyone who donated as part of our Giving Thanks campaign and honored a beloved doctor, nurse, student, or healthcare team member. It’s not too late! Giving Tuesday is a day to support nonprofit organizations. With a contribution of any size, the Gold Foundation will add a name and your note to our Wall of Gratitude.

Gold Foundation joins with National Medical Fellowships and BD in free healthcare career webinar on Dec. 1

The Gold Foundation is delighted to be partnering with National Medical Fellowships and Gold Corporate Council member BD to offer a Medical Career Awareness Webinar for medical and graduate-level health profession students and young professionals underrepresented in medicine on Dec. 1, 5:30-7:00 p.m. ET. Gold Trustee and distinguished NMF alumnus Dr. Wayne J. Riley will serve as an Ignitor to a panel of Sy DeReauxchette, Dr. Carol Saieva, and Dr. Kalvin Yu. This free live webinar is limited to 100 attendees; the recording will be made available later.

This year's AAMC Annual Meeting featured a session with 2021 Vilcek-Gold Award recipients Denisse Rojas Marquez, MD, MPP and Jirayut Latthivongskorn, MD, MPH, founders of Pre-Health Dreamers and advocates for immigrant health justice and education equity.

Joined by Dr. Darrell Kirch, Gold Trustee and AAMC President Emeritus, Drs. Rojas Marquez and Latthivongskorn had a wide-ranging discussion that focused on their early encounters with the U.S. healthcare system, their educational paths, and their best practices in caring for patients with humanism. They were also presented with the 2021 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare by Gold President and CEO Dr. Richard I. Levin and Vilcek Foundation Chairman and CEO Dr. Jan Vilcek, along with special remarks from AAMC President and CEO Dr. David Skorton.

Did you miss the session? Read this AAMC story summarizing the session, and get an overview of many conference highlights in our tweet collection from the #AAMC21 conference.

Do you know a foreign-born leader who has made an extraordinary impact on humanism in healthcare in America?

Nominate them today for the 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare, a joint honor from the Gold and Vilcek foundations. The award, which includes a cash prize of $10,000, is presented at the AAMC Annual Meeting.

November's Research Roundup will be combined with December. Look for it in a few weeks. If you would like to receive an email alert when it and future Research Roundups are published, please sign up here.

Glance through previous 2021 Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundups, edited and compiled by Dr. Bharat Kumar.

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Curious about Mindful Practice? Mindful Practice co-founders Dr. Ron Epstein and Dr. Mick Krasner invite you to attend a 3.5-hour introduction to Mindful Practice on Jan. 22 or March 12, or a longer, three-day virtual retreat Feb. 2-5. Use the code GOLD0421 for 5% off.

View more details and the entire schedule of Mindful Practice workshops.

Wishing you could bring Dr. Epstein and Dr. Krasner to your institution? You can! The Gold Foundation helps facilitate workshops for our Gold Partners Council institutions. Reach out to Pia Pyne Miller, MPH, Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development, for more information at pmiller@gold-foundation.org.