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Chancellor Celebrates UCSF’s ‘Momentum’ in 2024 State of the University Address
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UCSF

The past decade at UCSF has been propelled by innovation and technology, Hawgood said, highlighting the work being done by BCHSI steered by Atul Butte. Jaysón Davidson (Butte Lab) was also featured in the Future of UCSF.

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UCSF BCHSI Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Comorbidity Project Published in JAMA
Source: JAMA Network

 Habibeh Ashouri Choshali, Gundolf Schenk, Sharat Israni collaborated with Harvard investigators on this longitudinal study.

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Podcast: Could AI Identify Alzheimer’s Risk Factors from Electronic Health Records?
Source: Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Marina Sirota and Alice Tang join the podcast to share their research on how AI could be used to predict one’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease based on their electronic health records.

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Native American Heritage Month and Transgender Day of Remembrance
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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.

Win NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Grant
Win NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Grant
Source:
UCSF School of Medicine
October 31, 2022

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

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2 BCHSI Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2022
Source:
UCSF
October 17, 2022

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

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
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NIA NIH
September 22, 2022

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
September 15, 2022

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

UCSF AI4ALL Summer 2022 Wraps Up with Final Symposium
UCSF AI4ALL Summer 2022 Wraps Up with Final Symposium
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BCHSI
September 8, 2022

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