Creativity Award
A Novel Human-to-Mouse-to-Human Approach for the Elucidation of Prostate Cancer Pathways and Druggable Targets—Identifying Shared Human and Mouse Molecules May Eliminate Traditional Limitations of Animal Models and Speed New Drug Intervention
Cory Abate-Shen, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
The Charlie Wilson Creativity Award
Self-Seeding and Radiation Therapy: A New Strategy Against Metastatic Prostate Cancer—Preventing Circulating Prostate Cancer Cells from “Re-Seeding” in the Prostate May Change the Behavior of Metastatic Cells
Adam Dicker, MD, PhD, Karen Knudsen, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University
The Michael Vinecki Creativity Award
Application of Nanotechnology to Novel Models of Prostate Cancer—Nanoscale Fabrication Technology May Provide New Modeling Capabilities and Therapies to Arrest Lethal PCa Progression
Shelton Earp, MD
University of North Carolina
Creativity Award
ETS Protein Targets in Prostate Cancer—Understanding Gene Activity that Likely Causes Up to 60 Percent of Prostate Cancer Cases Can Open Door to New Drug Development
Barbara Graves, PhD
University of Utah
Creativity Award
Development of an Ex Vivo Bioassay to Examine Modulation of PSA-Positive Macrophage Invasiveness and Inflammatory Activities in Prostate Cancer Patients with Abdominal Obesity—The Identification of New Biomarkers May Be Able to Assess the Effectiveness of Diet and Lifestyle Changes
David Heber, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles