UCSF AI News

  • How UCSF Is Helping African Infectious Disease Researchers Take the Lead 

    By Victoria Colliver on

    UC San Francisco’s Paul Farmer African Initiative for Research (PFAIR) supports African scientists in infectious disease research via mentorship, international collaboration, and sustainable funding.

  • Why This Video Producer Says ‘Teamwork Makes the Dream Work’

    By Eric Brooks on

    This is part of our UCSF People series, highlighting employees from across UCSF with diverse roles and backgrounds through a day in their work life. Here we meet Isaac Conway-Stenzel, an ETS senior video producer/director.

  • Gift Launches $200M Initiative for the Weill Cancer Hub West

    By Kristen Bole on

    A $100 million matching grant from the Weill Family Foundation is bringing together two leading cancer centers to launch the Weill Cancer Hub West — an innovative collaboration among some of the nation’s most talented scientists that aims to transform cancer research and care in the next decade.

  • This is How AI Can Help Us Make New Medicines Faster

    By Laura López González on

    UCSF researchers recently created the world's first shape-shifting synthetic proteins using artificial intelligence (AI). The breakthrough opens the door to developing entirely new proteins that could, one day, produce medicines to stop diseases like cancer.

  • UCSF Bioinformatics Pioneer Atul Butte Dies at 55

    By Laura Kurtzman on

    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 clinical bioinformatics — died on June 13 at the age of 55.

  • Five Questions for Joanne Chun

    By Kira Goldenberg on

    The School of Pharmacy’s Joanne Chun, PharmD ’93, PhD ’96, leads a new master’s degree program focused on AI’s transformation of drug discovery and development.

  • Your Fitness Tracker Could Help Doctors Spot Health Risks Early

    By Laura López González on

    Health trackers keep tabs on nearly 1 in 4 Americans at this point. Professor of Medicine Sandeep Kishore, MD, PhD, MSc, answers questions about the future of these ubiquitous gadgets and the data they collect, share, and analyze.

  • New and Easier Way to Monitor Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Kids

    By Jess Berthold on

    This spring, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Walnut Creek Outpatient Cetner will become one of the only children's hospital on the West Coast to have an intestinal ultrasound (IUS) machine for children with IBD, making for a much better patient experience.

  • How a Paralyzed Man Moved a Robotic Arm with His Thoughts

    By Robin Marks on

    A paralyzed man was able to move a robotic arm and fingers simply by imagining himself doing so, with the help of brain signals decoded through a computer.

  • How Artificial Intelligence is Fostering Human Connection in Health Care

    By Laura López González on

    AI has come to doctors’ office near you. With patients’ consent, physicians and patients across the country are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to note-take during visits to foster better discussions during visits, and help save time afterwards.