Bakar Institute

Advancing computational health sciences in research, practice and education — in support of
Precision Medicine for all
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Building a foundation of faculty and knowledge assets in computational health sciences and bringing together a community of thinkers interested in this emerging field.

Featured Initiatives

Computational ProjectsInformation CommonsSPOKEWynton
The goal of the Computational Projects initiative is to provide a platform that connects investigators with project needs and individuals with the technical know-how to address those needs. Projects can be posted and explored based on specific technical skillsets. Learn more
Information Commons is a fast and easily searchable and accessible repository of all UCSF clinical data and models, and related basic science & population data, that enables UCSF research and discovery of new health insights underlying precision medicine, to improve patient and health care. Learn more
The Scalable Precision Medicine Oriented Knowledge Engine (SPOKE) is a knowledge network that represents information in the essential structure of biomedicine and human health for discovery. Learn more
Wynton is a large, shared storage and computing cluster underlying UCSF’s Research Computing Capability. Funded and administered cooperatively by UCSF campus IT, key research groups, and the Bakar Institute, it is available to all UCSF researchers, regardless of their ability to contribute funds to the system. Learn more

Of Current Interest

Daniela Ushizima develops image recognition algorithms to diagnose COVID-19
Ushizima develops image recognition algorithms to diagnose COVID-19
Source: BERKELEY LAB COMPUTING SCIENCES

Dani Ushizima explores algorithms and a data analysis pipeline to help accurately distinguish COVID-19 abnormalities in CT scans and chest X-rays.

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UCSF & AWS Collaboration
UCSF and AWS Collaboration
Source: Bakar Institute

Facilitated by BCHSI, AWS connected with the laboratory of Charles Chiu to enable two COVID-19 projects.

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BCHSI Work on COVID-19
Bakar’s Response to COVID-19
Source: BAKAR INSTITUTE

Bakar Institute’s special edition newsletter, responses to, & resources for COVID-19.

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UC Health Data Initiative Launches Daily Updates on COVID-19 Tests
Source: University of California

UC Health will distribute daily updates about SARS-CoV-2 testing volume, the # of positive tests & age distribution of confirmed cases gathered from its 5 medical centers.

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