Our team is looking at applications of data science in health care. More specifically, we are
attempting to mine data from patients’ notes at UCSF department of gastroenterology. Our question is
whether we can build highly accurate classifiers to successfully predict whether a patient will have a
condition or not based on their previous notes, as well as various scanner reports such as CT and MRI
scanners. This is a novel approach towards diagnostic medicine and is one of the first projects in the field
of health care that is trying to use ML technologies to help with patient care.
Term
Spring 2021
Topic
Public Health