Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2022


2022 Todd Boehly – PCF Young Investigator Award

STEAP1 Directed Next-Generation Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapies for Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)

Vipul Bhatia, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Research Center

Mentors: John K. Lee, MD, PhD, Peter Nelson, MD

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2022 CRIS Cancer Foundation, Eustace Wolfington and Larry Leeds – PCF Young Investigator Award

Exploring Synthetic Lethality of Targeting miR346-Unfolded Protein Response Dependent DNA Damage Response Mechanisms in Treatment-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Dimitrios Doultsinos, PhD
University of Oxford

Mentors: Claire Fletcher, PhD, Ian Mills, PhD

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2022 Michael & Lori Milken – PCF Young Investigator Award

The Clinical and Immune Landscape Changes in Response to Upfront Lutetium PSMA Therapy in Patients with High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer

Renu Eapen, MBBS, FRACS (Urology)
Peter MacCallum Cancer Center

Mentors: Michael Hofman, MBBS, Declan Murphy, MC BCh BaO, FRCS Urol, FRACS, Paul Neeson, PhD

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2022 Foundation Medicine – PCF Young Investigator Award

Developing a Novel ctDNA-Based Approach to Patient Risk Stratification and Treatment Selection in mCRPC: A Large Population-Based Cohort Study

Nicolette Fonseca, PhD
University of British Columbia (UBC)

Mentors: Alexander Wyatt, D. Phil and Kim Chi, MD

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2022 ZERO, John & Amy Phelan, and Alec & Kelly Gores – PCF VAlor Young Investigator Award

A Nationwide VA Study on Systemic Treatment Patterns in Black Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Jun Gong, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Mentors: Stephen Freedland, MD, Edwin Posadas, MD

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