Compassionate Health Technology:
People and Projects

See how our funding recipients are making a difference

Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowships

Being resilient together: Compassionate virtual peer support for aging HIV communities

Kristina Kokorelias

Program Manager and Associate Scientist, Sinai Health

Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Using large language models to support resident-centered decision-making about transfers from long-term care to hospital

Daniel Kobewka

Investigator and Attending Physician, Bruyère Health Research Institute

Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Examining virtual cancer care in Ontario: Integrating big data, machine learning, and patient perspectives to explore compassionate care delivery and access

Katherine Cole

Medical Oncologist, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Co-designing an educational framework to foster meaningful patient and caregiver engagement in AI research and development to enable compassionate healthcare technology

Meghan Gilfoyle

Postdoctoral Fellow, Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care

Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Exploring forward-looking AI competencies in academic nursing education to enhance compassionate care

Ryan Chan

Assistant Professor – Teaching Scholar, Western University

Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Exploring technology, compassion, and equity in traumatic brain injury care for underserved populations

Vincy Chan

Assistant Scientist, KITE Research Institute-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network
Assistant Professor (Status), the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation and the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto

Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

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Research Impact

Filling one’s own cup first: Self-compassion can reduce burnout among rehabilitation providers

Robert Simpson

Predicting the preventable: Using machine learning to lower the risk of blood clots in patients with cancer

Robert Grant

All’s fair in health and AI: Building fairness into health AI models from the start

Laura Sikstrom

Innovation isn’t enough: Why health tech needs to be meaningful

Carolyn Steele Gray

Clicking into healthcare: How newcomers to Canada perceive and experience virtual care

Ibukun Aberijinde

Algorithms with heart: Using machine learning to improve health care and patient outcomes

Amol Verma

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

Harnessing AI for compassionate care: Identifying and supporting patients with social determinants and medical complexity

Karen Okrainec

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

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AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowships

2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow

Andrea Waddell

Award: 2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship

2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow

Paul Sharma

Award: 2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship

2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow

Louise Pichette

Award: 2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship

2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow

Laila Nasser

Award: 2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship

2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow

Ryan MacNeil

Award: 2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship

2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow

Briana Layard

Award: 2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship

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