Check out Ashish Raj et al Nature Aging publication "Predicting categorical and continuous Alzheimer’s disease outcomes from a single MRI scan" Article and UCSF news piece here! www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/05... @ucsfimaging.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social
UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute
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Building the preeminent foundation of talent and knowledge and bringing together a broad community of innovators to advance computational science in health research, practice, and education in support of improved health for all. bakarinstitute.ucsf.edu
Watch Marina Sirota @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social & @gladstoneinst.bsky.social Huang lab weigh in on their Alzheimer's Disease drug discovery research in this PBS documentary on The Resilient Brain (minute 51)! allhealthtv.com/program/the-...
Listen to a recent Podcast ft. @julianhong.bsky.social! Discussing considerations for optimizing care among patients with mental health disorders (MHDs) who are undergoing treatment for cancer via Cancer Network @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social www.cancernetwork.com/view/providi...
Providing Support for Mental Health Disorders Across Cancer Populations | CancerNetwork
Julian Hong, MD, MS, offered strategies for providing mental health services into routine workflows for patients undergoing anti-cancer treatment.
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We can read the genome. But we can’t fully understand it—yet. Gladstone scientists, including @vram142.bsky.social and @seth-shipman.bsky.social are using AI and experimental tools to decode which DNA changes actually cause disease.
This Is AI Decoding the Genetic Cause of Disease
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Next up at UCSF Research AI Day - Cancer Commons tools and access - uses foundational structure of Information Commons w/ Brinda Venkrtesh @ucsfcancer.bsky.social ai.ucsf.edu/researchday
The legacy of Dr. Felix Feng @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social lives on at the Feng Symposium on Prostate Cancer Revolutions. Dr. Jeremiah Wala @danafarber.bsky.social reported on his YIA-funded research @conquercancer.bsky.social "Abundance lymphocytic clusters in untreated high-grade prostate cancer"
Kudos to Jeremiah Wala, MD, PhD @danafarber.bsky.social on receiving the first Dr. Felix Feng Endowed Young Investigator Award at #ASCO25. Thank you to @ascocancer.bsky.social and all who made this tribute to our beloved Dr. Feng a reality.
Congrats to the @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social and #WayneStateUniversity teams on their work evaluating AI models for prediction of preterm birth! Access the #AI-ready dataset analyzed- via #ImmPortDB here shorturl.at/p214A and the #NSFNAIRRPilot here shorturl.at/h38dS. #OpenData #FAIRdata
Benchmarking Large Language Models for Predictive Modeling in Biomedical Research With a Focus on Reproductive Health https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.07.663529v1
“Over the past several years, we’ve had an increasing appreciation for the important relationship between cancer, its treatment, and mental health,” lead author Julian Hong, MD, MS @julianhong.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Does mental health affect mortality risk in adults with cancer?
In a study of adults with cancer published by Wiley online in CANCER, those who developed a mental health condition within the first year after their cancer diagnosis had a hi...
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Lead author @julianhong.bsky.social et al publish in Cancer "Association of mental health disorders and all-cause mortality for patients with cancer: Large-scale analysis of UC Health System Data" @americancancersoc.bsky.social Read here! acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Association of mental health disorders and all‐cause mortality for patients with cancer: Large‐scale analysis of University of California Health System Data
In a cohort of more than 371,000 patients, early MHD was associated with higher mortality in the first 12 through 35 months after diagnosis, but this risk decreased over time. The findings highlight ...
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Resident Research Day: Driving the Future of Research! Medical & Physics residents presentations, Data Science speakers, Highlights: radonc.ucsf.edu/resident-res... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @sjohnliu.bsky.social @sueyom.bsky.social @ajh.bsky.social @julianhong.bsky.social
Resident Research Day 2026: Driving the Future of Research - UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology
Medical and Physics residents and faculty convened at the end of January 2026 for Residents Research Day – a full day of insightful presentations, engaging round table discussions, a guest faculty lec...
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Check out this latest in NPJ Digital Medicine by Jean Feng et al: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfdocit.bsky.social @ucjointcph.bsky.social
Scaling medical device regulatory science using large language models - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Scaling medical device regulatory science using large language models
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We're excited to announce the 2nd Annual @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Research AI Day w/ keynote Mickey Tripathi, Mayo Clinic Clinic Chief Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer. Submit a poster, attend a panel & more! ai.ucsf.edu/researchday
Assessing both genetics & heart disease risk factors may help clinicians predict a patient's likelihood of developing dementia, a study finds. And by focusing on controllable factors, patients can be proactive, rather than just waiting for symptoms, Dr. Kristine Yaffe says. https://ucsfh.org/3M5cuYh
Could This Precision Medicine Approach Help Patients Delay Dementia? - UCSF MedConnection
Combining genetic risk with cardiovascular disease risk factors — such as high LDL cholesterol, obesity, and hypertension — may predict who is more likely to develop dementia, according to a new study...
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Join us March 21-22 for our UCSF Radiation Oncology Update: The Science and Practice of Reirradiation - a focused training and update on the scientific bases and technological advances enabling reirradiation! Details, Agenda ucsf.cloud-cme.com/course/cours... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social
Spotted this morning, near where Genentech CEO Ashley Magargee and others will speak Monday, during #JPM26, about Genentech's first 50 years
The UCSF NeuroAI Lab operates from the @ucsfmac.bsky.social within the Department of Neurology at the Weill Institute of Neuroscience. Our work is deeply collaborative, bringing together an exceptional team of clinicians from @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social , @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social, Dyslexia Center.
We hope to see you tomorrow, Wed., 12/10 in-person! 10:30 Network/refreshments, seminar at 11am "All Clinical AI Deployment is Local" professor/guest Michael Brudno, PhD @ucsfdocit.bsky.social Toronto calendar.ucsf.edu/event/ucsf-b...
UCSF BCHSI Seminar Series ft Speaker: All Clinical AI Deployment is Local"
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Excited to announce 1st paper in new Health Affairs Scholar Series #HAS @Health_Affairs by @TuftsCEVR. For almost 20 years, CEVR has been leader on issues pertaining to value, cost-effectiveness, and risk tradeoffs in health care decisions. Watch for more! academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
The unintended consequences of the inflation reduction act on biosimilar market incentives and Medicare savings
AbstractIntroduction. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) authorizes Medicare price negotiation but includes a “special rule” deferring negotiation for biolo
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Congrats Alice Tank on being a Forbes 30 Under 30 - Scientist! www.forbes.com/profile/alic... "Tang is using AI computational tools to understand & diagnose complex diseases like Alzheimer's..." @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfmac.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social
Alice Tang - University of California, San Francisco
Alice Tang is on Forbes' 2026 30 Under 30 - Science list. Read more about Alice Tang, their experience, their asset summary, and more here.
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Join us Monday, Dec. 8 at 10am to hear from David Raleigh, faculty / PI for the Brain Tumor Center on "Molecular classification of meningioma for clinical risk stratification and therapeutic innovation" @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social calendar.ucsf.edu/event/comput...
Computational Cancer Community (C3) Monthly Meeting
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Thrilled to share our new paper comparing different LLMs to extract TNFi reasons and treatment trajectories from UCSF de-identified EHR data with @bmeow19.bsky.social, A. Garcia-Agundez and @jyazdanymd.bsky.social published in JAMIA open. academic.oup.com/jamiaopen/ar... @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social
Osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease often occur together, and it turns out it's not just because age is a major risk factor for both conditions. @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social @perroninstitute.bsky.social tinyurl.com/f862kfc8
Congratulations 2026 FAMIA Inductees @julianhong.bsky.social ! Applied Informatics Recognition Program amia.org/news-publica...
Congratulations 2026 FAMIA Inductees
Congratulations to the 2026 class of Fellows of
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Large Language Models in Population Oncology: A Contemporary Review on the Use of Large Language Models to Support Data Collection, Aggregation, and Analysis in Cancer Care and Research | @julianhong.bsky.social @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social team via #JCOCCI ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Join our special Oct. UCSF AI Seminar Series, 10/31! Costumes Encouraged/Refreshments served (or Zoom)! We'll honor Atul Butte's enduring legacy showcasing projects built on the computational ecosystem he created @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @julianhong.bsky.social calendar.ucsf.edu/event/semina...
AI is transforming healthcare fast—but how do we ensure it actually improves diagnosis? UCSF CODEX brought together 30 healthcare leaders to develop practical metrics for measuring AI's impact on diagnostic excellence. Full story: codex.ucsf.edu/news/healthc...
It's #ArchivesMonth!👏 🎉 Join us TODAY to learn how our #Opioid #Archives have been used to examine opioid marketing to veterans. Click to register: jhjhm.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Opioid Documents in Action: Examining Opioid Marketing to Veterans. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join Christopher K. Haddock and Andrew Kolodny for a Q&A about their research team's recently published article, "Imagine the Possibilities Pain Coalition and Opioid Marketing to Veterans: Lessons for...
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@pinheirochagas.bsky.social et al publish their first AI-Human paper! Generated using AI Scientific Writer "Redefining Language & Neurodegeneration Through PPAClinical Phenotypes, Network Vulnerability & Global Research Directions" bakarinstitute.ucsf.edu/news/ai-huma... @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social
Save the date! 📅 Our annual symposium is April 13, 2026, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. We are honored to welcome our keynote speaker, Marina Sirota, PhD, @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social. Visit lnkd.in/giui77Ej for details. #SaveTheDate #DataScience #Biostatistics #Informatics #Symposium #I2DB
Join us Tuesday, Sept. 16th at 10am @gladstoneinst.bsky.social in person or online. Computational Cancer Community (C3) "Decoding Human Cell Architecture – from Spatial Proteomics to Cell Modeling" w/ special guest Emma Lundberg, PhD calendar.ucsf.edu/event/comput...