BCHSI Director Butte will bring decades of experience in data analytics for health care to JAMA.
Read ArticleOf Current Interest
S.F. composers meld sound with science for new perspective on Alzheimer’s
Srikantan Nagarajan, UCSF BCHSI faculty / neuroscientist, provided data to young composers.
Read ArticleUCSF, Stanford researchers predict newborn health outcomes using AI, EHR data
Marina Sirota, UCSF BCHSI and Stanford collaborators publish in Science Translational Medicine.
Read ArticleHigh Honors for Outstanding Science Contributions
Atul Butte is named 2022 fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Read ArticleBig Little Lives
Bakar faculty Marina Sirota et al microbiome work highlighted in the context of pregnancy outcomes.
Read ArticleTravel time to abortion facilities grew significantly after Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
Bakar faculty, senior author Yulin Hswen publishes on abortion access post: Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Decision.
Read ArticleWin NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Grant
Bakar faculty Hani Goodarzi receives the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award.
Read Article2 BCHSI Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2022
Scientists show how EMR may be used to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease
The NIA NIH highlighted work by BCHSI faculty lead Alice Tang, Sirota Lab and Information Commons team.
Read ArticleJoint Computational Health PhD Program Opens Applications Today
Program is administered in partnership with the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society at Berkeley and UCSF BCHSI.
Read ArticleUCSF AI4ALL Summer 2022 Wraps Up with Final Symposium
De-ID Clinical Notes Scale Project Wins Golden Sautter Award
BCHSI faculty gain highest UC Tech award honor for Deidentifying Clinical Notes at Scale.
Read ArticleMarch of Dimes Launches New Data-Focused Prematurity Research Center at UCSF
BCHSI faculty Marina Sirota et al will focus on data sharing, computational drug discovery, leveraging real world data to help prevent preterm birth.
Read ArticleNew Biomarker Classifications May Improve Treatment for High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients
BCHSI faculty Laura van’t Veer & team findings will guide treatment prioritization.
Read ArticleTwo Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Demonstration Projects Awarded
Towards Continual Monitoring & Updating AI algorithms in Healthcare
Jean Feng, Romain Pirracchio, et al published on Quality Improvement for Clinical AI.
Read ArticleUCSF Awarded $67.5 Million to Develop New Antiviral Therapies
BCHSI Faculty, Andrej Sali, Brian Shoichet, Michael Keiser, are investigators for this QBI Coronavirus Research Group.
Read ArticleInformations Commons Day at UCSF
As researchers who depend on data, join us on Monday, May 9 to learn how to deepen your research inquiry.
See DetailsUCSF Researchers Use Gene Expression Data to Map Cell Types in the CNS
Ashish Raj co-led the development of a computational pipeline, Matrix Inversion and Subset Selection.
Read ArticleSingle-Cell Seq Study Uncovers Blood Cell Type Features for Lupus
Jimmie Ye, et al, published in Science on how they deployed mux-seq to profile 1.2M immune cells for lupus.
Read ArticleA Biomedical Open Knowledge Network Harnesses the Power of AI
Sharat Israni, et al and collaborators publish on knowledge networks identified by NSC as a core component of AI frameworks.
Read ArticleEnd-to-End Information Commons now on Wynton
Building the Brains of Precision Medicine
Atul Butte Testifies before Congress
Butte articulated priorities to Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health “Future of Biomedicine” Hearing.
Read ArticleAn Entirely New Approach to Drug Discovery for AD
UCSF BCHSI data scientist’s research draws attention to an entirely new approach to drug discovery for Alzheimer’s.
Read ArticlePrecision Medicine to Address Prostate Cancer in Veterans
Franklin Huang: Providing precision oncology solutions for veterans using data science and focusing on disparities.
Read ArticleCould an antidepressant prevent more COVID deaths?
A UCSF-Stanford data analysis shows a strong association between taking SSRIs and surviving the virus.
Read ArticleComputational Precision Health Program Funded by $50M Gift Launches
Ida Sim, MD, PhD and new UCSF program faculty will be affiliated with the BCHSI.
Read ArticleDisparities Research in Chronic Diseases with $22.5M Grant
Stuart Gansky, MS, DrPh, co-director, and William Brown III, PhD, DrPH as associate unit director.
Read ArticleCan an Already Approved Drug Treat Alzheimer’s Disease?
Marina Sirota, PhD (co-senior author) published a study using computation to pinpoint an existing drug that may prevent Alzheimer’s Disease.
Read ArticleAI Algorithm Matches Cardiologists’ Expertise, Explaining Its Decisions
UCSF SPOKE featured at NSF Convergence Accelerator Expo

Learn about UCSF’s knowledge network project and other innovative work supported by NSF Convergence Accelerator.
Watch VideoFetal Heart Defect Detection Improved by Using Machine Learning
BCHSI Faculty, Rima Arnaout, develops AI-enhanced method to detect complex congenital heart disease in fetuses.
Read ArticleAIMBE honors two Bakar Faculty
Katie Pollard and Duan Xu are inducted into the prestigious American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows.
Read ArticleIntroducing the enhanced March of Dimes database for preterm birth research
Marina Sirota helps establish a new and improved database for preterm birth research as part of the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Network
Read ArticleUCSF Team Presents Ethical Framework for Effective COVID-19 Contact Tracing
AI4All Summer Program
Bakar Institute sponsors a successful summer Program whose aim is to provide exposure to Artificial Intelligence & Health Data Sciences to high school students who are underrepresented in this field.
Read ArticleBCHSI faculty develops COVIDseeker
NIH funds Yulin Hswen and colleagues to develop a system allowing study participants to donate their Google location history to promote a safer reopening.
Read ArticleNSF Funds SPOKE Knowledge Network Phase Two
This Phase Two award will expand SPOKE’s capacity to do what the human brain cannot – to integrate vast amounts of biomedical information, across many different data types, and to extract new knowledge from correlations and patterns that connect data points.
Read ArticleGeoff Tison is developing a digital biomarker for diabetes
Bakar Institute faculty member is working to develop low-cost digital biomarkers for a leading cause of diabetes disease and mortality
Read ArticleUshizima develops image recognition algorithms to diagnose COVID-19
Dani Ushizima explores algorithms and a data analysis pipeline to help accurately distinguish COVID-19 abnormalities in CT scans and chest X-rays.
Read ArticleUCSF and AWS Collaboration
Facilitated by BCHSI, AWS connected with the laboratory of Charles Chiu to enable two COVID-19 projects.
Read ArticleBakar’s Response to COVID-19
Bakar Institute’s special edition newsletter, responses to, & resources for COVID-19.
Read ArticleUC Health Data Initiative Launches Daily Updates on COVID-19 Tests
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.
Read ArticleBakar Institute Develops COVID-19 County Tracker App
Butte lab developed a COVID-19 County Tracker app to track cases nationwide. It features plots of total cases by states and county, with interactive exploration.
See DetailsAcid Reflux Drug Is a Surprising Candidate to Curb Preterm Birth
Marina Sirota uses a computational study to identify a dozen of other drugs to reduce inflammation.
Read ArticleBCHSI Faculty Named on Forbes’ 30 under 30
Vijay Ramani has been named to Forbes magazine’s annual 30 Under 30 list of rising stars in healthcare.
Read ArticleUnprecedented Partnership to Advance Data in Biomedicine
Sergio Baranzini and Sharat Israni will lead the NSF award & collaborate with Google, Lawrence Livermore Library, and Institute Systems for Biology.
Read ArticleData Science Health Innovation Fellows announced
Julia Adler-Milstein Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2019
Four UCSF faculty members are among the 100 new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine this year, including BCHSI affiliate faculty Julia Adler-Milstein.
Read ArticleBrain Maps Allow Individualized Predictions of FTD Progression
Seeley and colleagues used maps of brain connections to predict how brain atrophy would spread in individual patients with frontotemporal dementia.
Read ArticleUCSF Launches Artificial Intelligence Center to Advance Medical Imaging
Majumdar will run the Center for Intelligent Imaging’s operations to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to radiology.
Read ArticleFDA approves Artificial Intelligence Algorithm That Reads Chest X-Rays
Callcut led the product development of the new AI screening tool, known as Critical Care Suite, which is being licensed by UCSF Innovation Venture to GE Healthcare.
Read ArticleGenetic Test Found a Life-Saving Therapy for an Infant’s Rare Cancer
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, explains how the UCSF500 test can identify inherited predispositions to cancer and help patients design prevention and surveillance strategies.
Read ArticleMobile Devices and Health
UCSF, Cornell Tech, Sage Bionetworks, Open mHealth and The Commons Project are collaborating to integrate EHR data to Android smartphones.
Read ArticleAlzheimer’s Disease Destroys Neurons that Keep Us Awake
Study suggests tau tangles, not amyloid plaques, drive daytime napping that precedes dementia.
Read ArticleAI For All — Data-Driven Summer Program Energizes a New Generation
BCHSI faculty Marina Sirota led the first cohort of the AI4All program, focused on promoting greater diversity and inclusion in the field of AI in biomedicine.
Read ArticleUniversity of California announces data science collaboration with Janssen
New fellowship program from UCSF’s BCHSI, UC Berkeley’s BIDS, and Janssen Research & Development to recruit data scientists for innovative, high-impact, data-driven healthcare research
Read ArticleNew Collaboration To Advance Patient Safety In The Digital Era
Julia Adler-Milstein will lead the new partnership between UCSF and The Doctor’s Company to make substantive advances in patient safety and digital health.
Read ArticleRima Arnaout’s work featured at GTC 2019
NVIDIA features Arnaout’s work using deep learning to analyze medical images in cardiology
Read ArticleAtul Butte Inducted Into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
BCHSI’s Director has been inducted into the College of Fellows of the AIMBE in recognition of his contributions to creating a precision medicine roadmap with open access data
Read ArticleBandyopadhyay Lab uses multi-modal network model to improve cancer pharmacogenomics
A recent Cell Systems paper describes a new approach to the development of biomarkers for therapeutic responses, utilizing both patient and cell line data.
Read ArticleMichael Keiser authors a cover piece for ACS Chemical Biology
Keiser’s “In Focus” piece advocates for stronger experimental controls in research featuring machine learning methods
Read ArticleTed Goldstein talks cancer at TEDx

Ted explains how researchers are using data to target precision treatments for cancer
Watch VideoBig Data Gives a Boost to Immunology Research and Potentially, Treatments
Julia Adler-Milstein receives award from AMIA
Bakar Institute faculty member honored by the American Medical Informatics Association
Read ArticleSeveral Bakar Institute faculty among the selected CZ Biohub Intercampus Research Programs
Rima Arnaout, Atul Butte, Katie Pollard, and Jimmie Ye represent the Bakar Institute Faculty who are part of these extraordinary newly-awarded programs
Read ArticleMapping the human brain to combat Alzheimer’s
The Berkeley Institute for Data Science highlights the work of one of our joint Bakar Institute Fellows
Read ArticleFour Bakar Institute faculty members receive Catalyst Awards
Rima Arnaout, Hani Goodarzi, Steven Altschuler & Lani Wu’s selection for Catalyst Awards recognizes their work as promising early-stage research with commercial potential.
Read ArticleCombination Therapy May Revive Prospects for ‘Embattled’ Breast Cancer Drugs
Sourav Bandyopadhyay recent work published in Nature Chem Biol uncovers a new strategy for promising cancer treatment
Read ArticleAndrej Sali elected to National Academy of Sciences
ICHS Executive Committee member, Andrej Sali, receives the honor of membership into the esteemed NAS in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research
Read ArticleSharmila Majumdar helps celebrate 100 years of women at Yale School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine is celebrating its 100th anniversary of women at the school, and Majumdar (Yale alum) will speak at a seminar in advance of a Symposium honoring the occasion.
See DetailsCZI Funds Draft Human Immune Census
Jimmie Ye receives CZI support to create new computational tools and benchmark datasets in support of the Human Cell Atlas
See DetailsGene Mapping Lays Groundwork for Precision Chemotherapy
Sourav Bandyopadhyay works to map the links between genes and chemotherapy treatments
Read ArticleUCSF Names First-Ever Chief Genomics Officer
The newly appointed CGO, Aleksandar Rajkovic, will help UCSF move closer to realizing the vision of Precision Medicine
Read ArticleOnce-Mysterious ‘Atacama Skeleton’ Illuminates Genetics of Bone Disease
ICHS investigators help unravel the mystery of this rare specimen using genetic analysis
Read ArticleAI is Quicker, More Effective Than Humans in Analyzing Heart Scans
AI researchers embrace Bitcoin technology to share medical data
Researchers like Dexter Hadley are using Blockchain to allow people to share their health records for research without losing control over them.
Read ArticleGladstone launches new Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology
Katie Pollard is tapped to lead the new Institute at Gladstone where mathematicians, engineers, and biologists will work closely together
Read ArticleImproved method for population-scale single cell sequencing
A recent paper from the lab of Jimmie Ye describes a method to decrease cost and improve experimental design for single cell sequencing at the population scale.
Read ArticleFoundation awards transformative software development at UCSF
ICHS collaborative teams will work to make clinical data accessible for massive computational research projects.
Read ArticleNew Data Resource for Preterm Birth Research
Marina Sirota and Atul Butte lead efforts to provide access to data from many studies of premature birth.
Read Article2018 PMWC features several ICHS affiliates
The Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC) in January 2018 will feature the latest in this rapidly evolving space
Read ArticleDexter Hadley Featured at Bloomberg’s The Year Ahead Summit
Dr. Hadley shares the stage with the President of Western Digital to talk about the their partnership and the future of data management at The Year Ahead Summit in Bloomberg headquarters.
Read ArticleBig Data Shows How Cancer Interacts with Its Surroundings
ICHS investigative team uncovers new insights about the mechanisms of cancer dispersion
Read ArticleMarina Sirota receives 2017 AMIA New Investigator Award
ICHS Director named Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Distinguished Professor
Philanthropists Chan and Zuckerberg donate $10M to support Atul Butte’s work and the ICHS
Read ArticleWynton is Here!
Bin Chen uses Big Data analytics for drug discovery
ICHS Faculty, Bin Chen, publishes method of drug discovery using open-access datasets in the latest issue of Nature Communications
Read ArticleAtul Butte receives 2017 Ilchun Molecular Medicine Award
ICHS Director is honored by Korea’s Genome Medicine Institute with the 9th annual Ilchun Molecular Medicine Award
See DetailsArtificial Intelligence Melanoma Detector Wins Cancer Center Impact Grant
Michael Keiser’s project team is awarded the Cancer Center ‘Shark Tank’ top prize!
Read ArticleA Precision Medicine approach to study pre-term birth
UCSF Faculty Tippi MacKenzie (Pediatric Surgery) and Marina Sirota (ICHS) receive a Burroughs Wellcome Fund award to study preterm birth using precision medicine strategies
Read ArticleNIH Director features Michael Fischbach
Francis Collins writes in his NIH Director’s Blog about ICHS Faculty member Michael Fischbach’s work to identify the top 100 molecules in the human gut microbiome.
Read ArticleICHS Faculty, Dexter Hadley, explains how he uses big data to practice medicine
In this article, Dexter gives his perspective on how technology and data science are enabling new ways to deliver healthcare.
Read ArticleICHS Welcomes Two New Members to the UCSF Dept. of Medicine: Julia Adler-Milstein & Udi Manber
Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD, a leading researcher in health informatics and policy, will join the ICHS faculty along with Udi Manber, PhD, a world leader in digital data analytics, who will serve as ICHS’s first Technical Advisor.
See DetailsHow Computers are Searching for Drugs of the Future
This article on computational drug discovery features the work of two ICHS faculty, Brian Shoichet and Michael Keiser
Read ArticleICHS Faculty, Bin Chen, identifies promising drug candidate to treat liver cancer
Using computational methodologies to evaluate drug candidates, Chen and colleagues discover a promising new treatment.
Read ArticleBIDS-ICHS Data Science Fellowship, UC Berkeley/UCSF
ICHS has joined with UC Berkeley’s Institute for Data Science (BIDS) to offer a pair of fellowships, one from each campus, to strengthen the connection between the two campuses in the realm of data science. Graduate students and Postdocs may apply by April 1, 2017; and Fellowships begin in the Fall.
Read ArticleICHS Faculty, Shawn Douglas, receives Presidential Early Career Award
In recognition of his groundbreaking bio-nanotechnology work using DNA origami, Shawn Douglas, is one of 102 researchers recently named as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Read ArticleICHS Faculty, Steven Altshculer & Lani Wu, are developing new methods for drug discovery
Read more about how these long-time collaborators are using computational strategies to rapidly screen libraries of compounds for new therapeutic drugs
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