Bakar Institute

Advancing computational health sciences in research, practice and education — in support of
Precision Medicine for all
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

Fetal Heart Defect Detection Improved by Using Machine Learning
Source: UCSF

BCHSI Faculty, Rima Arnaout, develops AI-enhanced method to detect complex congenital heart disease in fetuses.

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Opportunities
Current Opportunities
Source: Bakar Institute

See new opportunities in computational health science with BCHSI at UCSF, and beyond.

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AIMBE
AIMBE honors two Bakar Faculty
Source: Bakar Institute

Katie Pollard and Duan Xu are inducted into the prestigious American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows.

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Introducing the enhanced March of Dimes database for preterm birth research
Source: Bakar Institute

Marina Sirota helps establish a new and improved database for preterm birth research as part of the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Network

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More Of Current Interest

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