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Remembering Atul Butte, Inaugural Director of Bakar Institute at UCSF
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UCSF BCHSI

In Loving Memory of Atul Butte, 1969-2025

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Why Do Some Brain Regions Resist Alzheimer’s?
Source: UCSF

BCHSI faculty Ashish Raj, et al. publish in Brain - create "Google Maps” for how tau moves in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients.

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UCSF Bioinformatics Pioneer Atul Butte Dies at 55
Source: UCSF

A transformational figure, he bridged the worlds of science and technology, helping to usher in the era of precision medicine.

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Researchers consider innovative, inclusive ways to develop and scale computational health
Source: UC Berkeley CDSS

The Frontiers of Computational Health conference gathered more than 150 academic and industry researchers, staff and students from disciplines across varied health specialties, computer science,…

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Could What Makes Multiple Sclerosis Worse Lead to a Cure?
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UCSF
July 18, 2023

BCHSI Sergio Barazini / Team Science effort: Scientists discover a genetic clue to why some people with MS become disabled faster than others.

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What is Generative AI and How It Can Transform Business Process Management: from ChatGPT to ProcessGPT?
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BCHSI
July 14, 2023

The recording of this seminar is now available here via BOX - UCSF-access only.

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A certified de-identification system for all clinical text documents for information extraction at scale
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JAMIA Open
July 10, 2023

UCSF BCHSI team published in JAMIA Open - Clinical notes are a veritable treasure trove of information on a patient’s disease progression, medical history, and treatment plans, yet are locked in se

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Not-so-plain sight
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Department of Energy
June 30, 2023

The connection between concepts can be compared with curated biomedical KGs, such as UCSF’s SPOKE. 


 

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New Research Effort to Use Data Driven Approaches to Study Recurrent Pregnancy
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March of Dimes
June 14, 2023

Marina Sirota and Aleksandar Rajkovic co-lead / apply machine learning to mine EMR databases across CA and beyond in search of links between RPL clinical diagnoses and possible environmental risk f

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Using AI to Predict an Important Measure of Heart Performance
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UCSF
May 26, 2023

Bakar faculty Geoff Tison et al published about the AI algorithm provides novel information about cardiac pumping function (LVEF) from standard coronary angiograms.

JAMA Announces Appointment of Atul Butte to their Editorial Board
JAMA Announces Appointment of Atul Butte to their Editorial Board
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JAMA
April 4, 2023

BCHSI Director Butte will bring decades of experience in data analytics for health care to JAMA.

S.F. composers meld sound with science for new perspective on Alzheimer’s
S.F. composers meld sound with science for new perspective on Alzheimer’s
Source:
CBS News
February 24, 2023

Srikantan Nagarajan, UCSF BCHSI faculty / neuroscientist, provided data to young composers.

UCSF, Stanford researchers predict newborn health outcomes using AI, EHR data
UCSF, Stanford researchers predict newborn health outcomes using AI, EHR data
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Becker's Healthcare
February 16, 2023

Marina Sirota, UCSF BCHSI and Stanford collaborators publish in Science Translational Medicine.

High Honors for Outstanding Science Contributions
High Honors for Outstanding Science Contributions
Source:
UCSF
January 31, 2023

Atul Butte is named 2022 fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Big Little Lives
Source:
UCSF Magazine
January 20, 2023

Bakar faculty Marina Sirota et al microbiome work highlighted in the context of pregnancy outcomes.

Travel time to abortion facilities grew significantly after Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
Travel time to abortion facilities grew significantly after Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
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JAMA
November 1, 2022

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