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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Big news! Roy Perlis will join UCSF as our new Director! Editor in Chief of @jama.com AI. medschool.ucsf.edu/news/announc... @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

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Computational Precision Health @ucjointcph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Considering a PhD in CPH? Our first office hours of the admissions season are today from 4:00 to 5:30pm PT. Bring your questions about applying, faculty mentors, and more! Register here: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #UCSF #UCBerkeley #ComputationalHealth #PhDAdmissions #GradSchool

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

From digital health and drug discovery to imaging, survivorship and epidemiology, nine investigators and teams received awards supporting cancer research projects in the Spring 2026 UCSF Resource Allocation Program cycle. @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2026/08...

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From Digital Health to Drug Discovery: Cancer Projects Funded in RAP Spring 2026 Cycle | UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas @pinheirochagas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This work also reflects part of the clinical-translational vision for our UCSF NeuroAI Lab and what we're building at the @ucsfmac.bsky.social We are hiring: neuroailab.ucsf.edu/careers/ @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social @ucjointcph.bsky.social @ucsfci2.bsky.social #Postdoc #DataScience #ClinicalResearch

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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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

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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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-...

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UCSF Radiation Oncology @ucsfradonc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

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...

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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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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

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.

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This Is AI Decoding the Genetic Cause of Disease

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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

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

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

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"

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ImmPort @immportdb.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

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

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

“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...

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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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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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

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UCSF Health @ucsfhealth.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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. ucsfh.org/3M5cuYh

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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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UCSF Radiation Oncology @ucsfradonc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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

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Ron Leuty @rleutybiotech.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Spotted this morning, near where Genentech CEO Ashley Magargee and others will speak Monday, during #JPM26, about Genentech's first 50 years

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Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas @pinheirochagas.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

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.

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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

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...

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UCSF BCHSI Seminar Series ft Speaker: All Clinical AI Deployment is Local"

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Kathryn A Phillips PhD @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

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...

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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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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

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...

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Computational Cancer Community (C3) Monthly Meeting

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Marie Binvignat @mbinvignat.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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

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Wendy Haaf @wendyhaaf.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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

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UCSF Radiation Oncology @ucsfradonc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Congratulations 2026 FAMIA Inductees @julianhong.bsky.social ! Applied Informatics Recognition Program amia.org/news-publica...

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Congratulations 2026 FAMIA Inductees

Congratulations to the 2026 class of Fellows of

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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...

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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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...

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UCSF CODEX @ucsfcodex.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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...

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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

@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

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WashU Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics @washumedi2db.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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

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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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...

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John Liu, MD PhD @sjohnliu.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow in our UCSF lab to work collaboratively on functional genomics methods for brain tumor biology and therapeutics development! opportunities.ucsf.edu/content/post...

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Postdoctoral Scholar - Liu Lab - Neurological Surgery / Radiation Oncology | OCPD Opportunities and Job Board

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Computational Precision Health @ucjointcph.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

How to assess AI fit and function in health, and how does context change the calculus? Hear from Jean Feng @irenetrampoline.bsky.social and Hugo Campos Jr (and others on the CPH YouTube channel). @ajh.bsky.social moderates. buff.ly/YBTvBJD @ucsfdocit.bsky.social

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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

We were honored to share our 10 yr anniversary “A Decade of Impact: Celebrating @atulbutte.bsky.social & BCHSI@10” w/ 200+ people, faculty & community. Read our 10 Yr Report & Watch the recording! bakarinstitute.ucsf.edu/news/decade-... @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social

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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

We look forward to seeing you at our 10 year anniversary symposium Tues., August 19th ""A Decade of Impact: Celebrating @atulbutte.bsky.social & BCHSI@10." Full agenda is up! calendar.ucsf.edu/event/a-deca... @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social

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UCSF Radiation Oncology @ucsfradonc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

For @julianhong.bsky.social the funding opens up opportunities to explore how AI can help personalize cancer treatments - improve data sharing so that patients can more easily understand health history, build out the broader cancer knowledge database... www.sfexaminer.com/news/health/...

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Docs hope UCSF-Stanford hub can set ‘example’

Donor, schools pledge $200 million effort.

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

In efforts to beat Alzheimer's disease, researchers are looking at existing drugs that could tackle the condition. A new study from Gladstone and UCSF identifies two promising candidates that are currently used to treat cancer. @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social

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Scientists Find 2 Existing Drugs Can Reverse Alzheimer's Brain Damage in Mice

In efforts to beat Alzheimer's disease, researchers are looking at existing drugs that could tackle the condition, and a new study identifies two promising candidates that are currently used to treat…

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UCSF Radiation Oncology @ucsfradonc.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Congratulations to @julianhong.bsky.social & team for Project IMPACT - one of the first to be awarded by the new Weill Cancer Hub West! To build artificial intelligence systems that integrate clinical and biological data for precise, personalized cancer treatments @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

We are taking a moment to celebrate the courage of our @ucsfhealth.bsky.social patients, doctors, nurses, researchers, caretakers, friends, and families by participating in the Courage Over Cancer 5K & 10K Run/Walk in beautiful Tiburon! September 7th: calendar.ucsf.edu/event/courag...

RUN TIBURON is a fundraiser for UCSFʻs Survivorship and Wellness Health services

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

New study led by Mack Roach III, MD @ucsfradonc.bsky.social tackles a critical challenge in cancer diagnostics: ensuring that AI performs equitably in prognosis for #ProstateCancer across racially diverse patient populations. www.itnonline.com/article/mult...

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Multimodal AI Shows No Evidence of Bias in Prostate Cancer Study

A new study published in JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics tackles a critical challenge in cancer diagnostics: ensuring that artificial intelligence (AI) performs equitably across racially diverse patie...

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Madhumita Sushil @madhumitasushil.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Looking for a motivated postdoc to work at the intersection of multimodal foundation models and medicine! If you're excited about exploring real-world data and transforming clinical care, please apply! @ucsfdocit.bsky.social @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

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Computational Precision Health @ucjointcph.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

#Breast #cancer screening reduces mortality, but significant controversy exists over optimal screening guidelines. CPH #PhD student, Michael Nercessian, build on Dr. Adam Yala & colleagues' Mirai, a state of the art risk #prediction model. #AI #ML buff.ly/rejSXij

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Mirai-1.5: Assessing Breast Cancer Risk From Any Mammogram

Featuring Michael Nercessian, Computational Precision Health PhD student

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UCSF @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The UCSF community mourns the passing of Atul Butte, MD, PhD, a bold thinker, inspiring mentor and founding director of the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute. tiny.ucsf.edu/tGz3QY

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UCSF Bioinformatics Pioneer Atul Butte Dies at 55

Atul Butte, who championed the use of big data in science and health care and inspired a generation of trainees at UC San Francisco and beyond to pursue the fields he pioneered — translational and cli...

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