Since 2015, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation's (JHF) Death and Dying Fellowship has been preparing students in the art of working and talking with patients and families facing the end of life. The healthcare landscape has experienced n...
Project & Program Updates
How will today's technological advances empower patients in their health care and ease the strains on providers? What are the key actions that will make care safer, more accessible, and more affordable? Join host Jewish Healthcare Foun...
Jewish Healthcare Foundation President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD was recognized among the most influential leaders in the region on the "Pittsburgh Business Times Power 100 List." The influencers on the list are connectors...
Jewish Healthcare Foundation Chief Operating Officer and Chief Program Officer Nancy Zionts, MBA was named one of the "20 People to Know in Health Care" by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The list is an effort to con...
To begin the new year, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, Health Careers Futures, and Women's Health Activist Movement (WHAMglobal) – introduced new logos to emphasize their con...
On Wednesday, January 24, youth advocate, Sophie Fontecchio, visited Western Pennsylvania to spread her teen mental health advocacy efforts. In 2021, Sophie founded Let's Bake the World a Better Place – an organization that "engages lo...
On January 24, Ariadne Labs announced the founding members of the JHF-funded Leadership and Innovation Network for the program entitled "Pathway to Accountability, Compassion, and Transparency" (PACT). PACT improves the way healthcare ...
The Patient Safety Technology Challenge announced the winners of three recent events. The NursesKnow Patient Safety Technology Challenge announced Crimson Medical Solutions as the winner of the $5,000 first prize on December 14. The Nu...
Jewish Healthcare Foundation Chief Operating Officer and Chief Program Officer Nancy Zionts, MBA was a guest on the Elevate Elder Care podcast to discuss "Revisiting – and Re-Energizing – Teaching Nursing Homes." Pr...
Jewish Healthcare Foundation President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD was a contributor to the recently published Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance, a reference guide compiled by Dr. Kev...
Jewish Healthcare Foundation Aging Initiatives Program Manager and Dementia Friends Pennsylvania Co-Lead Anneliese Perry, MS, NHA, CECM was recently appointed as a board member of Voice of Inspired Change for Elders (VOICE), a non...
David H. Ehrenwerth, JD has supported the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) since it was established in 1990. As a board member of Montefiore Hospital and one of its lawyers, he handled the sale of Montefiore to UPMC and the tran...
A Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and a Clinical Cytogenetics Consultant in the Pittsburgh Cytogenetics Laboratory from 1987 to 2019, Susanne Gollin, PhD, FFACMGG has built a multifac...
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation's Fellowship Alumni Spotlight series showcases some of the many incredible alumni of the Feinstein Fellowships. Selena Eisenberg is a traditional midwife, founder of Igi Osè - Traditional Birth Se...
Deanna Page, MS, LPC is a program specialist on the JHF's Aging Initiatives team. In her role, she will support Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania, Dementia Friends Pennsylvania, the PA Long-Term Care Learning Network, and related aging an...
PITTSBURGH, PA – For Pennsylvania Maternal Health Awareness Day, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation contributed to a statewide collective plan to raise awareness of recommendations to improve maternal health and reduce racial/ethnic disp...
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation approved emergency grants totaling $25,000 to the P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds for the Tel Aviv Sexual Assault Crisis Center, Israel's first and largest rape crisis center. "Since the attacks of Octobe...
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation's commitment to teen mental health was on full display at its December All-Boards meeting, which included tours of both The Beacon and UpStreet. The Friendship Circle's The Beacon in Squirrel Hill held ...
The Jewish Community Advisory Committee met for the first time on December 4 to begin to develop its working model for 2024 and to discuss potential funding priorities. The Committee is tasked by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) ...
On December 1, AIDS Free Pittsburgh (AFP) with Allies for Health + Wellbeing, TrueT Pgh, and The Q-Munity Center brought together over 130 people for The Category is… Red: A World AIDS Day Event at the Union Project in Highland Park. E...