“Developing and Sustaining Humanism in Medicine” University of Michigan School of Medicine. The Gold Foundation, with support from the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, supported a multi-year grant to ascertain what develops, supports, and sustains humanism among physicians-in-training. $138,000

“An Empirical Study of the Content and Meaning of the White Coat Ceremony” Regenstrief Institute(Indiana University School of Medicine)    Qualitative empirical research of White Coat Ceremonies at medical schools in North America was conducted using a thematic analysis of the content of the ceremonies to determine what can be concluded about professionalism/humanism conflicts, the meaning of the white coat as a symbol, elitism, and the place and contents of oaths. $25,000

“Professionalism Understood: How Professionalism Unfolds Throughout Medical School” University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine. Research to investigate how professionalism, and particularly altruism and humanism develop in medical students, and how an institution’s academic and social environment impacts on this development. $42,400

 “Membership in the GHHS: Has it Had an Impact on Program Directors?“ UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Research to determine the extent to which Residency Program Directors in Internal Medicine and General Surgery are aware of applicants’ membership in the Gold Humanism Honor Society, and use this information in selection of residents for their program.  $6,000