Jen Recknagel Director, Innovation and Design, NORC Innovation Centre Jen combines a background in human-centered design to address challenges at the intersection of health and its social determinants. Experienced with executing a variety of service design projects, she is currently the Senior Design Lead at UHN OpenLab, and Director of Innovation and Design at the NORC Innovation Centre. Her work is focused on engaging a diverse set of stakeholders, and using participatory-led approaches to developing solutions to complex organizational and health system challenges, a national award-winning m ..read more

In this conversation, Benjamin Chin-Yee, an AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and AI Clinical Fellow in Hematology at Western University and Post Doctoral Associate at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at Western engages with Jay Shaw, an AMS Healthcare Phoenix Fellow Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto and Research Director of AI Ethics and Health at the University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics discuss digital technologies for healthcare and health equity and the impact these technologies are going to have on how we care for patien ..read more

In this episode, Sarah Munce, Scientist at the KITE Research Institute at the University Health Network, and Assistant Professor in the department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto, and Jennifer Stinson, Nurse and Clinician Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Science Programs within the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children, discuss virtual peer navigation as an avenue for the delivery of compassionate care for youth, and a smartphone based app that has been developed to help young people cope with pain.  Pediatric Patient En ..read more

A Conversational Health Chatbot, Bringing Compassion to a Tailored Digital Health Intervention for Women with Heart Disease. Supervisors and Mentors Dr. Elizabeth Peter, Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. Dr. Peter locates her work in feminist health care and will provide mentorship in compassionate care. Dr. Joe Cafazzo, Executive Director, Healthcare Human Factors, University Health Network. Dr. Cafazzo will provide mentorship on digital technologies that allow for self-care at home. Dr. Mustafa Al-Durra, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft. Dr. Al-Du ..read more

In this episode we have two brilliant scientists, both AMS Fellows in AI and Compassion, discussing how important compassion is in the co-design of digital care allowing for buy- in, ownership and engagement for patient, provider and community alike. Carolyn Steele-Gray, PhD Scientist, Toronto’s Bridgepoint Laboratory for Research and Innovation, Sinai Health Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Management Policy Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Tier Two Canada Research C hair in Implementing Health Innovation 2020 AMS Healthcare Fellow ..read more

In this conversation Nelson Shen NHA, PhD, and Daniel Buchman PhD, RSW discuss patient data privacy and consent in mental health care. Nelson and Daniel are both working on research that will improve the experience of mental health patients and their relationships with health care providers. If you would like more information on Nelson and Daniel and the important work that they are doing here are some links to get you started: Nelson Shen, NHA, PhD: Scientist at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Institute of Health Policy Manag ..read more

In this conversation Nicole Letourneau RN, BN, MN, PhD, Monica Oxford PhD, and Linda Duffet-Leger PhD, MN, BN discuss their study on mothers with depression and how they are developing a technology to improve the serve and return relationship between caregivers and their children.  If you would like more information on Nicole, Monica, and Linda and the important work they are doing here are some links to get you started: Nicole Letourneau RN, BN, MN, PhD: Professor and Research Chair in Parent and Child Mental Health at the University of Calgary Monica Oxford PhD: Professor at the Univers ..read more

Dr. Amy Hsu, PhD: Scientist at Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa and a Faculty Member in the Department of Family Medicine in Ottawa. Amy holds the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind- Bruyère Research Institute Chair in Primary Health Care in Dementia. Dr. Peter Tanuseputro, MHSc, MD, CCFP, FRCPC: Public Health Physician and Family Physician at the Bruyère Research Institute and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.  RESPECT: Risk evaluation for support predictions for elder life in the community tool OSSU: Ontario Spor Support Unit  CIHR: Canadian Institutes of Health Research ..read more

In this conversation Dorothy Kessler PhD, Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, Affiliate Scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute, and a 2020 AMS Compassion and AI Fellow and Babak Taati PhD, PEng, Scientist at the KITE Research institute UHN, Assistant Professor at UofT in the Department of Computer Science and the institute of Biomedical Engineering, and 2020 AMS Compassion and AI Fellow discuss the work they are doing in technology to improve the quality of life for aging populations in long term care facilities and at home.   If you would like more information on Dorothy and ..read more

In this conversation Ed Spilg, Geriatrician at the Ottawa Hospital and Research Chair in Physician Wellness at the University of Ottawa and an AMS Phoenix Fellow and Cynda Rushton, a Nurse and Professor of Bioethics and Nursing and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University discuss moral distress, moral resilience, and mental health in healthcare workers amidst the Covid 19 Pandemic. If you would like more information on Ed and Cynda and the important work that they are doing here are some links to get you started. Ed Spilg Geriatrician in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital, A ..read more