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

Building pathways to compassionate AI through children’s and families’ voices

Catharine Walsh


Staff Gastroenterologist, Senior Scientist and Education Researcher, The Hospital for Sick Children

Award: 2026 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Building trust by design: Patient-centered education for accountable AI in healthcare

Laura Williams


Senior Director, Patient Experience, University Health Network

Award: 2026 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Using secure, open-weight AI to protect compassionate care in family medicine

Zachary van Allen


Senior Research Associate, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa

Award: 2026 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Advancing Compassion by design: An AI-driven frailty score to advance equitable care for people experiencing homelessness

Stephanie N. Dixon


Research Scientist, London Health Sciences Centre Research Institution (LHSCRI)

Award: 2026 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Developing CARE-NAV: Compassionate AI-supported REsource NAVigation: A nested qualitative and implementation study

Benjamin Rosen


Psychiatrist, Sinai Health

Award: 2026 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Introducing code status companion – Using AI to support compassionate decision- making in end-of-life care

Kieran Quinn


Clinician-Scientist, Sinai Health

Award: 2026 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

Research Impact

Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Small Grants

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