Jewish Healthcare Foundation Approves over $1.7M in Grants, Including Teen Mental Health Initiatives, Programming to Address Women's Health Inequities as They Age, & Grassroots Efforts to Support the National Patient Safety Board

PITTSBURGH, PA – The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) approved over $1,700,000 in grants, including funds for supporting teen mental health initiatives, addressing women's health inequities as they age, activating Families USA's Heal...
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Youth From Across Pennsylvania Gather at the Capitol to Advocate for Student Mental Health Days Legislation as Part of the PA Youth Advocacy Network

Over 100 students from 10 counties traveled to Harrisburg on November 15 to participate in a Student Mental Health Advocacy Day at the Pennsylvania Capitol. JHF's PA Youth Advocacy Network worked with legislative champions, more than 1...
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JHF Issues Emergency Grants to University-Based Hillels and Chabads

In response to reports of increased antisemitism on university and college campuses throughout the U.S. and growing anxiety among Jewish students, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) has approved $135,000 in emergency grants to Hill...
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November Boasts Record-Setting Number of Patient Safety Innovations and Awards

The Patient Safety Technology Challenge announced the winners of the 12 sponsored events that took place since the last week of October, the greatest number of awards for patient safety technology innovation ever in a four-week pe...
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JHF Sponsors 2nd AI for Patient Safety Conference in Utah

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation was a lead sponsor of the "Augmented Ingenuity: AI for Patient Safety" conference held November 6-8 at the Marriott Hotel University Park in Salt Lake City, Utah, a convening of leaders in artificial in...
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RAPS Salon Highlights Patient Safety Research Support and Projects Underway at the University of Pittsburgh

The November 16 RAPS Salon highlighted some of the patient safety research at the University of Pittsburgh and how it is working with UPMC to become a laboratory for research, discovery, and commercialization of patient safety innovati...
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Salk Health Activist Fellows Strategize for Timely Mental Health Reforms

During an unprecedented public health crisis facing the mental health system, the time is now for overdue mental health reforms. With a President and Governor committed to improving the mental health system, this year's Salk Health Act...
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Death and Dying Series Equips Professionals with Strategies for Improving Conversation Skills

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) completed its second Death and Dying Series for Healthcare Professionals on November 13. This program, inspired by the popular Death and Dying Fellowship for graduate students, was designed to enh...
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JHF Staff and Partners Contribute to New Textbook on Academic-Practice Collaboration in Nursing Homes

The staffing crisis that continues to plague nursing homes is only exacerbated by the shrinking pipeline of nursing school graduates into the long-term care setting. Students continue to have limited exposure to geriatrics coursework, ...
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Karen Feinstein Named Co-Chair on Innamorato’s Health and Human Services Transition Committee

Allegheny County Executive-elect Sara Innamorato announced on November 29 that Jewish Healthcare Foundation President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein has been named to her transition team as a Co-Chair of the Healthy Families & High-Q...
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JHF Releases Pittsburgh: A Safer Childbirth City Program Review

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Women's Health Activist Movement global (WHAMglobal) are grateful for the many collaborators that have worked on making Pittsburgh a safer place to give birth over the past three years during the Pi...
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PA Health Collaborative Defines 2024 Priorities and Strategies

The Pennsylvania Health Funders Collaborative (PHFC)—a network of over 20 health foundations across PA that works at the intersection of health philanthropy and policy—held its 17th Annual Conference in mid-November. PHFC is co-chaired...
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AIDS Free Pittsburgh to Raise Awareness, Build Community on World AIDS Day

You are invited to attend AIDS Free Pittsburgh's next event "The Category is…RED – A World AIDS Day Event" to be held at the Union Project, 801 N. Negley Ave., Pittsburgh from 5-10 p.m. Friday, December 1. World AIDS Day, designated on...
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JHF Board Member Ellen Kessler Receives Squirrel Hill Treasure Award

Ellen Kessler received a Squirrel Hill Treasure recognition at the annual celebration for the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition on November 8. The award honors those who have made a great impact on Squirrel Hill and the city at large. Kess...
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JHF Staff and Board Members Attend Violins of Hope Exhibit

Before the close of the show, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation Aging Team visited the Violins of Hope Pittsburgh exhibit, an effort to bring healing to the region through the power of music and the human spirit. The exhibit was op...
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Feinstein Fellowship Alumni Spotlight: Amy Kowinsky

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation's Fellowship Alumni Spotlight series showcases some of the many incredible alumni of the Feinstein Fellowships.  Death & Dying Fellowship Alumna Amy Kowinsky shares about her 2015 Fellowship ex...
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Dr. Jonas Johnson Centers Patient Outcomes and Patient Safety in Care

Jonas Johnson's, MD, FACS entire career as a head and neck surgeon has been dedicated to creating the best patient outcomes, with astute focus on patient safety. Growing up in Jamestown, NY, near the lake, he was very interested in bio...
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Emergency Grants Approved to Support Medical Needs in Israel

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) approved $150,000 in funding to support the emergency healthcare needs of Israel's citizens in light of the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas that took place on October 7 and the continued viole...
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JHF Recognizes Fifth Anniversary of Oct. 27 Synagogue Shooting

On the five-year anniversary of the attack at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation honors the memory of victims of the horrific attacks on the Tree ...
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Safer Childbirth City Gala Showcases Collaborative Progress Toward Improved Care for Black Mothers

Held October 19 at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh's East End, the Pittsburgh: A Safer Childbirth City Finale Gala was a culmination and celebration of the collaboration of local nonprofits to make Pittsburgh a safer and more...
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