All members of the UC Tech community are welcome to join a symposium celebrating 10 years of the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute and honoring the legacy of founding Director, Dr. Atul Butte. In many ways Atul Butte and the institute he directed, represent the history and future of computational health science. Come celebrate their achievements, and understand the vision of where the field is headed – using data, technology and domain expertise to solve the world’s most vexing health challenges.
A Decade of Impact: Celebrating Atul Butte & Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute
Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 1-5 p.m., including a reception from 4-5 p.m.
Host: UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute (UCSF BCSHI)
Location: UCSF and live streaming TBD
Registration link
Themes
- Past – See the remarkable progress made by the UCSF Bakar Health Sciences Institute in advancing the field of computational health science
- Present – Learn about the most advanced computational resources available for research
- Future – Get inspired by the potential of new directions underway
Session topics include:
- Remembering Dr. Atul Butte
- Showcasing the Platform: Information Commons and SPOKE
- Using Trillions of Data to Advance Medicine
- AI As a Scalable Privilege
- Multimodal AI Across the Scales
Featured Speakers
- UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS
- Talmadge King, MD, Dean, SOM
- Marina Sirota, PhD, Interim Director & Professor, BCHSI
- Angela Rizk-Jackson, PhD, Chief Operations Officer, BCHSI
- Sharat Israni, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, BCHSI
- Sergio Baranzini, PhD, Professor, Neurology, BCHSI
- Alice Tang, MD/PhD Student, SOM, BCHSI
- Travis Zack, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, SOM, BCHSI
- Vivek Rudrapatna, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, SOM, BCHSI
- Sara Murray, MD, UCSF Health Chief AI Officer, Professor of Medicine, BCHSI
- Rohit Vashisht, PhD, Clinical Data Scientist, BCHSI
- Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, President, HDFCCC, Professor, Medicine
- Brinda Venkatesh, DrPh, Program Director, Center for Cancer Data Science / HDFCCC,
- Tony Capra, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, BCHSI
- Sharmila Majumdar, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, BCHSI
- Joel Dudley, PhD, Venture Partner at Innovation Endeavors
- Beau Norgeot, PhD, Co-founder and Chief AI Officer at Qualified Health
