Just when the campus community could use a reason to party, Campus Life Services is hosting its third annual shindig at UCSF Mission Bay on October 7.

A $600,000 grant from the Sontag Foundation will allow Daniel Lim to explore how brain tumor cells acquire and retain their malignant properties.

UCSF has launched a web portal dedicated to stimulating and supporting the campus community by providing information about comprehensive wellness programs and resources designed to promote mental, physical, social and cultural balance at UCSF.

Claire Brindis, director of UCSF’s Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, weighs in on the public option, preventive care, physician reimbursement, and other thorny issues related to reform.

Private cord blood banking is not cost-effective because it costs an additional $1,374,246 per life-year gained, according to a new analysis by UCSF researchers. The research team also concluded that private cord blood banking is cost-effective only for families with a child with a very high likelihood of needing a stem cell transplant.