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...

I heard this morning that my informatics colleague Dr. Atul Butte passed after a battle with cancer. He was a giant in the field & inspired many of us over his distinguished career. He was a passionate champion of the power of big data & his impact on our field is immeasurable. RIP Atul & thanks.

"All the data in the world will not make a difference, unless there are people ready to use it." — Atul Butte, MD, PHD, FACMI 2024 Morris F. Collen Award Winner

So…about AI’s energy use… “…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”

Considerations in Translating AI to Improve Care - Commentary/Oncology by @julianhong.bsky.social Divneet Mandair; Marianna Elia @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucjointcph.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Frontiers in Computational Health conference - Marianna Elia at poster externally validating model Predicting ER visits & hospitalizations during #radonc treatments @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @julianhong.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @UCJointCPH.bsky.social ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

From @julianhong.bsky.social lab led by Chichi Chang - used natural language processing to evaluate symptoms experienced by >28k patients w/ cancer prior to emergency visits and hospitalizations @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social JAMA Network Open: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Editorial: Identifying the appropriate target for an #AI intervention in a health care system is of utmost importance... socioeconomic, behavioral, and systemic issues [are] not easily navigable with technology as it stands @julianhong.bsky.social @jama.com

Excited to share our latest paper in @jmirpub.bsky.social led by Dr. Daphna Spiegel of @bidmc-cancercenter.bsky.social #radonc Social media conversations are important resources for patients making decisions in breast cancer treatment. We applied #AI #NLP to characterize these conversations #bcsm

New in #JCOOP: “Toxicity in phase III oncology clinical trials is often incompletely reported and is frequently minimized in its interpretation. Industry-sponsored trials more comprehensively report toxicity than do cooperative group–sponsored trials.” ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/... #JCOJournals

It is with great sadness that we mourn our cherished friend and colleague Felix Feng, MD. Felix was a distinguished physician-scientist and beloved at @ucsfhealth.bsky.social. His vision, dedication, and commitment inspired colleagues, peers everywhere, and patients. cancer.ucsf.edu/in-memoriam-...

Heartbroken💔we lost Dr. Felix Feng— close friend, selfless collaborator, brilliant scientist. We miss you--too early my friend. To all: please consider supporting this ACS/ASTRO award in Felix name: donate.cancer.org/g/tjjfqwdnrxrl…?

Excited to share our latest paper evaluating large language models in assessing oncology radiology reports. Led by superstars Travis Zack and CPH student Li-Cheng Chen! @atulbutte.bsky.social Annotated reports included @ucsf-bcshi.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

The next offering of the AMIA-OHSU introductory course in biomedical and health informatics begins next week! More information and registration at: www.amia.org/education-ev...

Happy Thanksgiving!

One of the main goals of healthcare #AI has been to reduce burnout. Interesting study showing radiology AI use correlated with burnout (interacting with workload+acceptance). Good accompanying commentary too! Burnout is complex, workflows/human factors matter. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

🎨 In case anyone need… The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏! Check it out 👇 bioart.niaid.nih.gov

How it started: "AI is going to replace randomized clinical trials" How it is going: ai.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

We Need More Randomized Clinical Trials of AI ai.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/... #artificialintelligence #bioinformatics #clinicaltrials