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

Scientists show how EMR may be used to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists show how EMR may be used to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease
Source: NIA NIH

The NIA NIH highlighted work by BCHSI faculty lead Alice Tang, Sirota Lab and Information Commons team.

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Joint Computational Health PhD Program Opens Applications Today
Source: UC Berkeley

Program is administered in partnership with the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society at Berkeley and UCSF BCHSI.

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UCSF AI4ALL Summer 2022 Wraps Up with Final Symposium
UCSF AI4ALL Summer 2022 Wraps Up with Final Symposium
Source: BCHSI

29 talented high school students learned about AI applications in biomedicine.

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De-ID Clinical Notes Scale Project Wins Golden Sautter Award
De-ID Clinical Notes Scale Project Wins Golden Sautter Award
Source: UCOP

BCHSI faculty gain highest UC Tech award honor for Deidentifying Clinical Notes at Scale.

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