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
Adding compassion to the consultation: Using AI to create person-centered communication
Geetha Mukerji
Award: 2026 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Deploying a patient self-assessment medical chatbot in the emergency department
Ilitea Kina
Award: 2026 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Moving from understanding to action: Integrating compassion into AI implementation in healthcare
Hwayeon (Danielle) Shin
Award: 2026 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Optimizing patient triage and transfer during mass casualty incidents: An artificial intelligence-based platform
Amin Madani
Award: 2026 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence
Designing practices for trustworthy, compassionate, and pluriversal AI for health
Joseph Donia
Award: 2026 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
Sandra Fucile
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)
Ibukun Aberijinde
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Improving healthcare professional competencies through critical conversations about inclusion, diversity, fairness, and accessibility
David Wiljer
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Optimizing the impact of a monitor configuration on alarm fire rate, alarm fatigue, and nurse well-being
Bren Cardiff
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Designing self-compassion treatment for people with multiple sclerosis
Robert Simpson
Award: 2024 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Building compassionate practitioners for the future: Leveraging simulation-based learning in cardiac sonography education
Babitha Thampinathan
Award: 2023 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant