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
Using machine learning approaches to predict tumour recurrence and progression to provide personalized and compassionate care for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer patients
Andrew Feifer
Award: 2023 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Developing a digital workflow model to advance compassionate care and provide support to athletes undergoing cardiovascular preparticipation screening.
Amer Johri, MD, MSc
Award: 2022 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Using Virtual Patient Simulation as a Training Modality to Build Capacity in Digitally Enabled Compassionate Care Among Nurses and Physicians
GenevièveRouleau, RN, PhD
Award: 2022 Compassion and Artificial IntelligenceGrant
Developing an AI-decision support tool for ED visits in oncology to augment compassion-centered care
William Tran, MRT(T), MSc, PhD
Award: 2022 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Identifying opportunities to deliver compassion in virtual peer-support stroke programs
Hardeep Singh, PhD, MScOT
Award: 2022 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant