2021 Movember-PCF Challenge Award
MET-PAAM: Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Progression in Metastatic Prostate Cancer among Men of African Ancestry
Principal Investigators:
Franklin Huang, MD, PhD (University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center)
Elisabeth Heath, MD (Karmanos Cancer Institute; Wayne State University)
Clayton Yates, PhD (Tuskegee University)
Co-Investigators: Hala Borno, MD (University of California, San Francisco), Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH (San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center; University of California, San Francisco), Nancy Greenland, MD, PhD (San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center; University of California, San Francisco), Felix Feng, MD (University of California San Francisco), Thomas Hope, MD (San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center; University of California, San Francisco)
2021 John Black Charitable Foundation-PCF Challenge Award
Biomarker Profiling in Oligo-Metastatic Prostate Cancer – Interactions Between Systemic Therapy and Radiotherapy in the STAMPEDE Trial
Principal Investigators:
Nick James, MBBS, PhD (Institute of Cancer Research)
Gerhardt Attard, MD, PhD (University College London)
Bissan Al-Lazikani, PhD (Institute of Cancer Research)
Co-Investigators: Julia Murray, PhD (The Royal Marsden; The Institute of Cancer Research), Katharina Von Loga, PhD (The Royal Marsden; The Institute of Cancer Research), Ros Eeles, PhD (Institute of Cancer Research), Noel Clarke, PhD (Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Christie NHS Foundation), Emily Grist, PhD (University College London), Felix Feng, MD (University of California at San Francisco), Elai Davicioni, PhD (Decipher Biosciences), Nasir Rajpoot, PhD (University of Warwick), Christopher Brawley, MSc (University College London MRC), Vincent Gnanapragasam, PhD, MBBS (University of Cambridge), Shan Ahmed Raza, PhD (The University of Warwick), Daniel Spratt, MD (Case Western University), Marina Parry, PhD (University College London), Mahesh Parmar, PhD (University College London), Daniel Berney, MBBS (Barts and the London NHS Trust/Barts Cancer Institute Queen Mary University of London), Paolo Cremaschi, PhD (University College London), Syed Adnan Ali, MBBS (The University of Manchester), Áine Haran, MBBS (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust)
2021 AIRA Matrix-PCF Challenge Award
Testing Deep Learning Algorithms for Prognostication and Prediction in Prostate Cancer
Principal Investigators:
Tamara Lotan, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
Angelo De Marzo, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins University)
Co-Investigators: Corrine Joshu, PhD (Johns Hopkins University), Bruce Trock, PhD (Johns Hopkins University), Misop Han, MD, (Johns Hopkins University)
2021 Stewart Rahr-PCF Challenge Award
Metabolic and Inflammatory Response to a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet in Overweight/Obese Men with Prostate Cancer Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy: A Phase II Randomized Study
Principal Investigators:
David Nanus, MD (Weill Cornell Medicine)
Channing Paller, MD (John Hopkins University)
Co-Investigators: Katie Hootman, PhD, RD, CDN (Weill Cornell College of Cornell University), Jan Krumsiek, PhD (Weill Cornell College of Cornell University), Mark Stein, MD (Columbia University Medical College), Victoria Fischer, PhD (Hunter College), Karla Ballman, PhD (Weill Cornell Medicine)
2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Awards
Radiotherapy Deserts in Prostate Cancer: Identifying Regions of Mismatched Resources and Need through Characterization of the Impact of Race, Poverty and the Rural-Urban Continuum on Radiation Resource Density and Utilization in the United States
Principal Investigators:
Theodore DeWeese, MD (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
Sara Alcorn, MD, MPH, PhD (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
Co-Investigators: Anna LaVigne, MD (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Jean Wright, MD (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Todd Adams, MD (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine), Michael Van Wert,MSW, MPH (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)