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
Advancing health data justice: Integrating compassion and artificial wisdom in AI
Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Exploring the role of immersive virtual reality simulation to enhance compassionate interprofessional collaboration
Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Automating the evaluation of clinical large language models to support compassionate care
Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Engaging people in compassionate care through patient portals and artificial intelligence
Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Reimagining health apps for inclusive and equitable access through artificial intelligence
Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Fostering compassionate engagement in AI research for major trauma patients: A Delphi study and best practice guidelines
Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Research Impact
Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Small Grants
Developing compassionate virtually guided infant development abilities (VIDA) monitoring technology with children who were born preterm and their families
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Supporting migrants and refugees with compassionate care: A study to develop and test digitally enabled care by community organizations (e-COMPASS)
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Improving healthcare professional competencies through critical conversations about inclusion, diversity, fairness, and accessibility
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Optimizing the impact of a monitor configuration on alarm fire rate, alarm fatigue, and nurse well-being
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Designing self-compassion treatment for people with multiple sclerosis
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Building compassionate practitioners for the future: Leveraging simulation-based learning in cardiac sonography education
Award: 2023 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowships
2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Andrea Waddell is a psychiatrist and the Medical Director of Clinical Informatics and Quality Standards at Waypoint Centre for Mental…
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2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Paul Sharma is Director of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention at Peel Public Health, Region of Peel. He previously managed…
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2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Louise Pichette leads Health Sciences at MaRS Discovery District, a non-profit organization supporting over 1,200 Canadian science and technology companies.…
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2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Laila Nasser is an Emergency Physician and Director of Quality Improvement, Innovation, and Human Factors at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.…
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2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Ryan MacNeil is a health leader based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a background in engineering and health system transformation.…
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2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Briana Layard is a healthcare leader and Registered Nurse currently serving as Clinical Lead for Research and AI at the…
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