Challenge Awards Class of 2023
2023 PCF Challenge Award
Identifying Drivers of Aggressive Prostate Cancer and Racial Disparities in Patients Presenting with Low-Grade Disease
Principal Investigators: Vanessa Hayes, PhD(The University of Sydney),Gail Prins, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago), Riana Bornman, MD (University of Pretoria)
Co-Investigators:Massimo Loda, MD (Weill Cornell Medicine), Daniel Moreira, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago), Weerachai Jaratlerdsiri, PhD (The University of Sydney)
Young Investigators: Ikenna Madueke, MD, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago), Pamela Soh, PhD (The University of Sydney)
2023 Bayer-PCF Health Equity Research Award
Impact of Genetic Ancestry and DNA Methylation on Prostate Cancer in African and African American Patients
Principal Investigator: Brian Joyce, PhD (Northwestern University)
Young Investigators: Zequn Sun, PhD (Northwestern University)
Co-Investigators: Adam Murphy, MD (Northwestern University), Mamoudou Maiga, MD, PhD (Northwestern University), Lifang Hou, PhD, MD (Northwestern University)
2023 John Black Charitable Foundation-PCF Challenge Award
Metabolic Imaging and Targeted Radionuclide Combination Treatment of Prostate Cancer Bone Metastases
Principal Investigators: Edward O’Neill, PhD (University of Oxford), Claire Edwards, PhD (University of Oxford)
Co-Investigator: Ian Mills, PhD (University of Oxford)
Collaborators: Massimo Loda, MD (Weill Cornell Medicine), Josephine Bunch, PhD (National Physical Laboratory), Mark Konijnenberg, PhD (Erasmus MC), Gail Risbridger, PhD (Monash University), Renea Taylor, PhD (Monash University), Peter Croucher, PhD (Garvan Institute of Medical Research), James McCullagh, PhD (University of Oxford), Daniel McGowan, PhD (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust), Neel Patel, MD, PhD (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust), Price Jackson, PhD (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
2023 Bayer-PCF Health Equity Research Award
Molecular Evaluation of Prostate Saturation and Progression Biopsies for Risk Assessment and Early Intervention
Principal Investigator: Nallasivam Palanisamy, PhD, MSc (Henry Ford Health System)
Young Investigator: Wei Zhao, MD, PhD (Henry Ford Health)
Co-Investigators: Pin Li, PhD (Henry Ford Health), Nilesh Gupta, MD (Henry Ford Health), Daniel Isaac, DO, MSc (Michigan State University), Craig Rogers, MD (Henry Ford Health)
2023 Digital Science Press-PCF Challenge Award
Intercepting the Cancer Endocycle to Cure Lethal Prostate Cancer
Principal Investigators: Kenneth Pienta, MD (Johns Hopkins University), Sarah Amend, PhD (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine), Emma Hammarlund, PhD (Lund University)
Young Investigators: George Butler, PhD (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine), Christopher Carroll, PhD (Lund University), Bryan Lee, PhD (Johns Hopkins School Medicine), Chi-Ju Kim, PhD (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Co-Investigators: Angelo DeMarzo, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine), Bruce Trock, PhD (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine), Alexander Wyatt, PhD (University of British Columbia), Michael Haffner, MD, PhD (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)