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

Graph of travel time to get to abortion by state
Travel time to abortion facilities grew significantly after Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
Source: JAMA

Bakar faculty, senior author Yulin Hswen publishes on abortion access post: Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Decision.

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Photo of Hani Goodarzi
Win NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Grant
Source: UCSF SOM

Bakar faculty Hani Goodarzi receives the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award.

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Photo of Ida Sims and Katie Pollard
2 BCHSI Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2022
Source: UCSF

Two Bakar Faculty – Ida Sim and Katie Pollard are among the 3 elected.

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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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