Dr. Petritsch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Tumor Research Center at UCSF since 2008. Her lab is a group of scientists from all over the world (including an Austrian student) who study the involvement of neural stem and progenitor cells in brain tumorigenesis. Dr. Petritsch holds a doctorate degree in natural sciences from the University of Vienna. Dr. Petritsch has published high-impact factor papers, and has been warded three R01 grants from the National Institute if Health.