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
Exploring compassionate telerehabilitation delivery for adults with spinal cord injury
Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Grant
Facilitating code status companion – using AI to support compassionate decision – making in end of life care
Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Grant
Supporting the breast cancer journey through co-creation of a compassionate nurse-led digital program
Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Grant
Prompting compassion: Mitigating stigmatizing language related to mental illness with generative AI
Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Grant
Scaling with compassion: Exploring patient partner’s perspectives on sustaining compassionate care while scaling AI and digital health innovations
Award: 2025 Compassion & Artificial Intelligence Grant
AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowships
2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Amy Lang is the Executive Director of Patient Oriented Research at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada’s federal…
Show Me More >
2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Atena Keshavarzian is an impact-driven leader with over 10 years of experience at the intersection of technology, strategy, system thinking…
Show Me More >
2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Tanya Horsley is the Director of Research and Evaluation at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, where…
Show Me More >
2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Nihal Haque is a geriatrician at North York General Hospital in Toronto and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University…
Show Me More >
2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Anne Dabrowski is Director of Information Services at the Centre for Effective Practice, where she leads strategy at the intersection…
Show Me More >
2025 AMS-Fitzgerald Fellow
Tabitha Chiu blends engineering expertise with real-world insight. With a passion for improving healthcare systems, Tabitha is a strategic problem…
Show Me More >