Compassionate Health Technology:
People and Projects
See how our funding recipients are making a difference
Funding recipients and featured projects
We fund projects that improve the delivery of compassionate care and build healthcare's future leaders.
Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowships
Providing compassionate virtual and in-person family physician care
Dr. Bridget Ryan, PhD
Award: 2021 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Facilitating communication between persons with dementia and their family caregivers through a multisensory virtual reality intervention
Dr. Raheleh Saryazdi, PhD
Award: 2021 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Exploring how compassion-centered communication of risk can be applied to self-administered on-line health assessments
Dr. Connie Schumacher, RN, PhD
Award: 2021 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Imagining Compassionate Consent for Digital Mental Health Services
Dr. Nelson Shen, NHA, PhD
Award: 2021 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Applying novel technologies to promote compassionate, user-centered, and equitable access to sleep apnea care in people experiencing homelessness
Dr. Azadeh Yadollahi, PhD
Award: 2021 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Understanding AI implications for stigma and compassion in mental health and addiction
Dr. Daniel Buchman, PhD RSW
Award: 2020 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Research Impact
Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Small Grants
Exploring compassionate telerehabilitation delivery for adults with spinal cord injury
Lovisa Cheung
Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Grant
Facilitating code status companion – using AI to support compassionate decision – making in end of life care
Kieran Quinn
Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Grant
Supporting the breast cancer journey through co-creation of a compassionate nurse-led digital program
Quynh Pham
Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Grant
Prompting compassion: Mitigating stigmatizing language related to mental illness with generative AI
Marta Maslej
Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Grant
Scaling with compassion: Exploring patient partner’s perspectives on sustaining compassionate care while scaling AI and digital health innovations
Celia Laur
Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Grant
