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
Using machine learning to predict cognitive decline among long-term care residents in Ontario
Wenshan Li, PhD
Award: 2022 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Exploring how older adults and carers perceive and experience a real-time location system in a long-term care home
Alisa Grigorovich, PhD
Award: 2022 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Building an automated titration model on the optimization of guideline-directed medical therapy for patients with heart failure
Shumit Saha, PhD
Award: 2022 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Using immersive virtual reality to decrease pain and distress in patients in complex continuing care
Lisa Sheehy, PT, PhD
Award: 2022 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Co-designing a Fairness Dashboard for clinical applications of Artificial Intelligence in mental health
Laura Sikstrom, PhD
Award: 2022 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Evaluating digital interventions to reduce distress among health care providers
Dr. Venkat Bhat, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Award: 2021 Compassion and 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
