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 Technology to Improve Compassion in Medicine
Bryan MacLeod, MD
Award: 2022 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant
Automating pre-procedure fasting instruction
Aaron Conway, BN(Hons), PhD
Award: 2021 Compassion and AI Grant
Developing strategies to make virtual emergency care more accessible for people from under-served communities
Sander Hitzig, PhD
Award: 2021 Compassion and AI Grant
Exploring how individuals with limb loss perceive and experience compassionate care in virtual rehabilitation
Crystal MacKay, BScPT, MHSc, PhD
Award: 2021 Compassion and AI Grant
Using A.I. to develop a personalized decision tool for managing vasomotor symptoms in breast cancer patients
Sharon McGee, MD, PhD
Award: 2021 Compassion and AI Grant
Creating a compassionate community of digital health care for older adults and their caregivers
Melissa Northwood, RN, PhD
Award: 2021 Compassion and AI Grant
