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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

Scientific Associate, KITE

Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

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Exploring the role of immersive virtual reality simulation to enhance compassionate interprofessional collaboration

Research Associate, Science of Care Institute, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI), Sinai Health

Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

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Automating the evaluation of clinical large language models to support compassionate care

Scientific Associate, Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network

Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

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Engaging people in compassionate care through patient portals and artificial intelligence

Learning Health System Scientist, Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners

Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

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Reimagining health apps for inclusive and equitable access through artificial intelligence

Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto

Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

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Fostering compassionate engagement in AI research for major trauma patients: A Delphi study and best practice guidelines

Clinician Scientist and Emergency Physician, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Award: 2025 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship

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Research Impact

All’s fair in health and AI: Building fairness into health AI models from the start

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Innovation isn’t enough: Why health tech needs to be meaningful

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Clicking into healthcare: How newcomers to Canada perceive and experience virtual care

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Algorithms with heart: Using machine learning to improve health care and patient outcomes

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Compassion beyond the screen: Dr. Laura Desveaux’s research shows how compassionate health care can thrive in virtual care

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Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Small Grants

Using a tech-based meditation program to reduce depression and anxiety in the inpatient stroke rehabilitation setting

Award: 2021 Compassion and AI Grant

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Using smart home technology to understand the desires of informal carers of persons with dementia living in the community

Award: 2021 Compassion and AI Grant

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Optimizing interactions between humans and artificial intelligence when administering remote cognitive assessments

Award: 2021 Compassion and AI Grant

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Evaluating implicit bias with contemporary electronic medical records

Award: 2021 Compassion and AI Grant

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AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowships

2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Briana Layard is a healthcare leader and Registered Nurse currently serving as Clinical Lead for Research and AI at the…

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