Toward Algorithmic Justice in Precision Medicine workshop. From left: Chancellor Hawgood, Keynote speaker Alondra Nelson, Vice Chancellor Keith Yamamoto, and Chief Research Information Officer Ida Sim. |
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Toward Algorithmic Justice in Precision Medicine
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2024 Precision Medicine World Conference
January 24-26, 2024
UCSF Co-Sponsors the largest precision medicine conference in the world for its ninth consecutive year and features 29 UCSF speakers and panelists. Highlights include expanded AI and Real World Evidence tracks, Atul Butte receiving its highest honor, the Pioneer Award, the New Federal Programs Driving Transformative Health Breakthroughs panel chaired by Keith Yamamoto, and much more!
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Can Gene Expression Predict if a Brain Tumor Is Likely to Grow Back?
New test could change treatment for 1 in 3 patients with meningioma. The biomarker takes the guessing game out of who should and shouldn’t receive radiotherapy by showing patients who are likely to benefit from radiotherapy and which may get toxicity and possibly no benefit from radiation. Read more
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NAM Genomics Roundtable
Kathryn Phillips, PhD, participated in a lively session on state legislation of biomarker testing to increase access – with both proponents and opponents present. The Roundtable also published Realizing the Potential of Genomics Across the Continuum of Precision Health Care. Read here.
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Global Crowdsourcing Effort Yields Pair of Predictive Models for Preterm Birth
Marina Sirota, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, leads the UCSF Prematurity Research Center site. Machine Learning (ML) experts from around the world have come together to build two successful predictive models for preterm birth risk as part of the first March of Dimes DREAM Challenge. The effort’s findings were recently published in Cell Reports Medicine. Sirota is the founder of the March of Dimes Database for Preterm Birth Research that she co-directs with UCSF Senior Research Scientist Tomiko Oskotsky, MD. Read press release
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Congratulations to Atul Butte, MD, PhD - winner of the 2024 Precion Medicine World Conference (PMWC) Pioneer Award for his outstanding contributions to precision medicine including analyzing large-scale biomedical data, uncovering novel insights to improve patient care, and impacting the field through research on big data analysis, drug repurposing, biomarker discovery, patient stratification, and data-driven clinical decision support. The award ceremony will take place on January 25th. Butte also participated in the Chancellor's State of the University AI Panel and received the AMIA William W. Stead Award for Thought Leadership in Informatics last fall.
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Congratulations to Nevan Krogan, PhD, director at UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute – QBI, recipient of the first annual Discovery, Innovation and Health Prize from Research!America: Discovery. Innovation. Health. supported by Pfizer, at the recent National Research Forum in Washington, D.C. The award recognized the global, transdisciplinary collaborative research network that Nevan motivated and led, which is identifying novel host cell targets and potential therapeutics to combat Covid.
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UCSF Precision Medicine honors the legacy of Nancy E. Adler, PhD. Visionary, trail blazing social scientist, women's health advocate. Adler contributed critical works on social determinants of health that expanded medicine beyond medical care - recognizing the wider set of factors that affect mental and physical health outcomes. Learn more here. |
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Multi-Cancer Early Detection Symposium (MCED)
Topics and issues arising from the advent of MCED tests, including current and emerging technology, clinical implications, reimbursement, access, and equity. Learn more
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Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC)
See headline above for details.
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Inaugural UCSF AI Seminar Series
The second seminar will be on "AI and data science in the medical imaging of COVID and cancer: MIDRC to the real world." Details here
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UCSF Rare Disease Symposium: Catalyzing Innovation and Bridging Gaps in Rare Diseases
In recognition of the over 300 million people worldwide with a rare disease, the UCSF Catalyst Program and Foundation IPSEN would like to cordially invite you to the third UCSF Rare Disease Symposium. Learn more
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2024 AAAS Annual Meeting "Toward Science Without Walls" will explore the consequences of barriers that currently fragment our community, separating us by discipline, approach, institution, nation, access, wealth, seniority, race, and gender. The meeting will consider solutions, and envision a seamless ecosystem that would drive more innovative, equitable, rapid, open science and technology. Learn more
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Office of Science Policy and Strategy |
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Science Technology Action Committee (STAC) Report |
The US can lead in building a diverse, strong STEM workforce and in the State of Science in America report, Keith Yamamoto and others make the case for strengthening the commitment to this fundamental effort. Read it here
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Research!America: CHIPS and Science - One Year Later
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Keith Yamamoto led a conversation at Research!America's National Health Forum about progress and lessons earned after one year with CHIPS and Science with Arati Prabhakar, PhD, director, White House OSTP and Sethuraman Panchanathan, PhD, director, National Science Foundation. Watch here | Learn more about the Health forum
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Toward Bold Science
Keith Yamamoto, leader of the world’s largest general scientific society, remembers his Iowa roots. Sudip Parikh, the CEO of AAAS and executive publisher of the Science journals, said Yamamoto has had a “broad and deep” impact on American science policy. See Iowa Stater story
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The Elements of Precision Medicine |
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