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class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/uc-noyce-initiative-researcher-named-aaas-fellow" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/chuah_Kemper_apr2024.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=SqUQHiYQ" width="135" height="135" alt="Chen-Nee Chuah stands outside Kemper Hall at UC Davis Campus" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/uc-noyce-initiative-researcher-named-aaas-fellow" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">UC Noyce Initiative Researcher Named AAAS Fellow</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">Sarah Colwell</span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-04-18T15:52:02-07:00" title="Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 3:52pm" class="datetime">April 18, 2024</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="primary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/cybersecurity" hreflang="en">Cybersecurity</a></li> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>UC Noyce Initiative researcher <a href="/researcher/chen-nee-chuah" rel="nofollow">Chen-Nee Chuah</a> was recently (April 18) selected to be a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society. The prestigious honor is a lifetime achievement and is reserved for researchers who have made significant advancements to science or its applications.</p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/women-first" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/emily-jacobs-ucsb-uc-noyce-initiative.jpeg?h=38b773af&itok=UNkRD027" width="135" height="135" alt="Emily Jacobs sits on a box with hands clasped resting on her knees. She is looking up off to the side of the image. Behind her and covering the box is wall paper that has rows and columns of human brains on a light blue background." class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/women-first" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Women First</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">Nora Drake</span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-03-29T12:00:00-07:00" title="Friday, March 29, 2024 - 12:00pm" class="datetime">March 29, 2024</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Much of Emily Jacobs’ research focuses on how sex hormones — estrogen, progesterone, testosterone — affect the brain. Where are they acting? On what circuits? And over what time span?</p> <p>She studies these changes in both men and women, but Jacobs, a neuroscientist and a professor of psychological and brain sciences, is keenly aware that the female brain has, historically, been overlooked.</p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/three-fixes-ais-bias-problem" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/UC%20Noyce%20Initiative_AI%20and%20Bias%20%28Website%29%20%281%29.jpg?h=125a58ae&itok=daF8MXGB" width="135" height="135" alt="(left to right) Zubair Shafiq UC Davis, Peter Chang UC Irvine, Ziad Obermeyer UC Berkeley" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/three-fixes-ais-bias-problem" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Three fixes for AI's bias problem</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">Julia Busiek</span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-03-25T11:10:17-07:00" title="Monday, March 25, 2024 - 11:10am" class="datetime">March 25, 2024</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="primary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/cybersecurity" hreflang="en">Cybersecurity</a></li> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A few years ago, <a href="/ziad-obermeyer" rel="nofollow">UC Noyce Initiative researcher and UC Berkeley public health scholar Ziad Obermeyer</a> <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax2342" rel="nofollow">found</a> that an algorithm that affected health care for millions of patients routinely gave wealthier, white patients better access to care for chronic conditions compared to sicker, less affluent Black patients. </p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/making-prosthetics-more-lifelike" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/oembed_thumbnails/woWAU7AZZto3EHEQTEb81WEv9RZ2-XaHPz3x4Ql9FN4.jpg?h=144d094f&itok=9fHyclfl" width="135" height="135" alt="" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/making-prosthetics-more-lifelike" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Making Prosthetics More Lifelike</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">Amy Quinton</span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-03-14T11:46:15-07:00" title="Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 11:46am" class="datetime">March 14, 2024</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>David Brockman, a retired CalFire captain and avid outdoorsman, built a deck in the backyard of his home last year, without the use of his dominant right hand, which he lost in an accident. The prosthetic hand he used instead was a crude but functional steel hook-and-harness device.</p> <p>Brockman has tried other artificial limbs, including a high-tech prosthesis called a myoelectric. It looks like a hand and works by using electrical signals from muscles in the forearm. But that one just didn’t work for him.</p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/menstrual-cycle-can-reshape-your-brain" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%209.16.44%20AM.png?h=37c9eeda&itok=gxvnE7Kj" width="135" height="135" alt="Colored coronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain of a healthy." class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/menstrual-cycle-can-reshape-your-brain" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Menstrual Cycle Can Reshape Your Brain</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">Sarah Colwell</span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-02-29T09:08:49-08:00" title="Thursday, February 29, 2024 - 9:08am" class="datetime">February 29, 2024</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In February 2024, <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/menstruation-brain-women-reshape?loggedin=true&rnd=1709226607443" rel="nofollow">National Geographic</a> prominently featured the work of UC Noyce Initiative researcher and neuroscientist from UC Santa Barbara, Emily Jacobs, in an article that focuses on how the brain changes throughout the menstrual cycle. </p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/uc-noyce-initiative-researcher-named-chancellors-fellow" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Brittany%20DuggerProfileShot.jpg?h=12c354dd&itok=4cMAy6x3" width="135" height="135" alt="Brittany Dugger, Ph.D." class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/uc-noyce-initiative-researcher-named-chancellors-fellow" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">UC Noyce Initiative Researcher Named Chancellor's Fellow</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">UC Davis Dateline staff</span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-02-13T14:03:24-08:00" title="Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - 2:03pm" class="datetime">February 13, 2024</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Congratulations to UC Noyce Initiative researcher Brittany Dugger, Ph.D. for being named one of the 2024 Chancellor's Fellows for UC Davis. Dugger was one of nine early career academics who were given this title in recognition of doing exemplary work.</p> <p>“These outstanding faculty members are some of our brightest and most promising scholars,” UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May said. “I know they will continue to impress and shine a light on the groundbreaking work happening here at UC Davis. I expect this recognition and support will help propel them to even greater heights.”</p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/uc-noyce-initiative-researcher-yoshimi-fukuoka-among-24-people-watch-2024" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Yoshimi_24%20in%202024.jpg?h=cdf06e71&itok=Nj6Bpx2o" width="135" height="135" alt="Yoshimi Fukuoka" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/uc-noyce-initiative-researcher-yoshimi-fukuoka-among-24-people-watch-2024" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">UC Noyce Initiative Researcher Yoshimi Fukuoka Among "24 People to Watch in 2024"</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">Sarah Colwell</span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-01-29T12:00:00-08:00" title="Monday, January 29, 2024 - 12:00pm" class="datetime">January 29, 2024</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>UC Noyce Initiative researcher Yoshimi Fukuoka, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N, was recently (Jan 26) named one of UC San Francisco's "24 People to Watch in 2024."</p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/ziad-obermeyer-named-2023-time100-ai-list" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Screenshot%202023-08-18%20at%209.47.41%20AM.png?h=433e9460&itok=dySNFbvy" width="135" height="135" alt="Portrait of Ziad Obermeyer" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/ziad-obermeyer-named-2023-time100-ai-list" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Ziad Obermeyer Named in 2023 TIME100 AI List</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">Sarah Colwell</span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-12-28T14:47:43-08:00" title="Thursday, December 28, 2023 - 2:47pm" class="datetime">December 28, 2023</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Among the many accomplishments UC Noyce Initiative researchers realized in 2023, UC Noyce Initiative research Ziad Obermeyer was name among one of the top 100 leaders in artificial intelligence by <a href="https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/6308242/dr-ziad-obermeyer/" rel="nofollow">TIME</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/when-data-science-meets-medicine-0" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Screenshot%202023-08-10%20at%2010.18.35%20AM.png?h=fec63fdf&itok=9pNUS8lE" width="135" height="135" alt="Asian woman with short hair, wearing a maroon top and a black cardigan sweater stands with her arms crossed in a well lit hallway of windows. 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She fell in love with the structured way of thinking and the concrete answers found in the textbook.</p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/novel-brain-implant-helps-paralyzed-woman-speak-using-digital-avatar" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Screenshot%202023-08-29%20at%204.02.21%20PM.png?h=aaae37dc&itok=fDy0m_JZ" width="135" height="135" alt="Ann, a research participant in a study of speech neuroprostheses led by UCSF's Edward Chang, is connected to computers that translate her brain signals into the speech and facial movements of an avatar. At left is UCSF clinical research coordinator Max Dougherty. (Photo by Noah Berger)" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/novel-brain-implant-helps-paralyzed-woman-speak-using-digital-avatar" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Novel Brain Implant Helps Paralyzed Woman Speak Using a Digital Avatar</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">Marni Ellery</span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-08-23T16:01:53-07:00" title="Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 4:01pm" class="datetime">August 23, 2023</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Emerging speech neuroprostheses may offer a way to communicate for people who are unable to speak due to paralysis or disease, but fast, high-performance decoding has not yet been demonstrated. Now, transformative new work by researchers at UCSF and UC Berkeley shows that more natural speech decoding is possible using the latest advances in artificial intelligence.</p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/can-artificial-intelligence-defeat-countrys-leading-causes-death" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%202.22.23%20PM.png?h=6f8a8954&itok=VWNfm2oW" width="135" height="135" alt="portrait of Yoshimi Fukuoka, RN, PhD, FAAN outside wearing a light blue dress and necklace." class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/can-artificial-intelligence-defeat-countrys-leading-causes-death" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Can Artificial Intelligence Defeat the Country’s Leading Causes of Death?</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">Lisa Klope</span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-05-18T14:24:09-07:00" title="Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 2:24pm" class="datetime">May 18, 2023</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>ChatGPT. Alexa and Siri. Self-driving vehicles. It may seem that artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere – and that’s because it is. <br> </p></div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="node node--type-sf-article vm-teaser"> <div class="vm-teaser__figure"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-primary-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/news/helping-doctors-make-better-decisions-data" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Screenshot%202023-08-18%20at%209.47.41%20AM.png?h=433e9460&itok=dySNFbvy" width="135" height="135" alt="Portrait of Ziad Obermeyer" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="vm-teaser__body"> <h3 class="vm-teaser__title"><a href="/news/helping-doctors-make-better-decisions-data" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Helping Doctors Make Better Decisions with Data</span> </a></h3> <ul class="vm-teaser__byline"> <li>by <span class="byline">MIT Sloan Management Review </span> </li> <li><span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-02-15T09:56:14-08:00" title="Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - 9:56am" class="datetime">February 15, 2023</time> </span> </li> </ul> <ul class="vm-teaser__categories"> <li class="secondary vm-teaser__cat-marker"><a href="/articles/computational-health" hreflang="en">Computational Health</a></li> </ul> <div class="vm-teaser__summary"> <div class="u-space-bottom--small clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>When (UC Noyce Initiative researcher) Ziad Obermeyer was a resident in an emergency medicine program, he found himself lying awake at night worrying about the complex elements of patient diagnoses that physicians could miss. 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