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
Co-designing a digital health intervention to support compassionate survivorship care after cardiac arrest
Katie Dainty
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Developing a digital communication tool to support compassionate care in long-term care homes
Lisa Cranley
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Building compassion in digital nursing mentorship
Marissa Bird
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Enhancing compassion in technology-enabled care: Training and guidance for practitioners supporting autistic children and youth
Amanda Binns
Education Scientist (TIER), University Health Network
Education Development Lead, Clinical Teaching, Centre for Faculty Development
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Developing Ethical AI for compassionate delivery of precision medicine
Jennifer Bell
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
From depersonalization to compassion: co-creating better ways to use messaging technology in primary care
Jennifer Shuldiner
Award: 2023 Compassion and AI 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