Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2021


2021 Marc and Lisa Cummins-PCF Young Investigator Award

Targeting Macrophage Lipid Metabolism to Combat Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Asmaa El-Kenawi, PhD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Mentors: Kosj Yamoah, MD, PhD, Robert Gatenby, MD, Amina Zoubeidi, PhD

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2021 John Black Charitable Foundation-PCF Young Investigator Award

Identifying and Overcoming Resistance to AR/DDR-Targeting Therapies using Orthogonal Single-Cell CRISPR and Peptide Screening Platforms

Harveer Dev, MD, PhD
University of Cambridge

Mentors: Stephen Jackson, PhD, Charlie Massie, PhD, Ian Mills, PhD

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2021 Pfizer-PCF Young Investigator Award

Identifying and Targeting Immunogenic Prostate Cancer

David Einstein, MD
Harvard: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Mentors: Steven Balk, MD, PhD, Kai Wucherpfennig, MD, PhD

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2021 Larry Ruvo-PCF Young Investigator Award

Development of Biomarker-Based Approaches to Optimize PSMA-Targeted Therapeutics for Advanced Prostate Cancer

Andrei Gafita, MD
University of California, Los Angeles

Mentors: Johannes Czernin, MD, Jeremie Calais, MD, Matthew Rettig, MD

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2021 John Black Charitable Foundation-PCF Young Investigator Award

Genomic Tracking of Advanced Prostate Cancer Leveraging Bespoke Assays

Emily Grist, MBBS
University College London Cancer Institute

Mentor: Gerhardt Attard, MBBS, PhD

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