Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2020


2020 Tad Smith & Caroline Fitzgibbons-PCF Young Investigator Award 

Juan Arriaga, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center

Mentors: Cory Abate Shen, PhD; Andreas Califano, PhD; Mark Rubin, MD

Investigating Novel Epigenetic Drivers of Bone Metastasis and Treatment Response in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer 

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2020 Lowell Milken-PCF Young Investigator Award

Wayne Brisbane, MD
University of California, Los Angeles

Mentors: Leonard Marks, MD

Micro-Ultrasound and MRI Investigation of Human Prostate Cancer 

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2020 Larry Ruvo-PCF Young Investigator Award

Jeremie Calais, MD
University of California, Los Angeles

Mentors: Johannes Czernin, MD; Matt Rettig, MD; Robert Reiter, MD

Validating a PET Imaging Biomarker for Targeting Fibroblast Activation Protein in Prostate Cancer Stroma 

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2020 James Maguire-PCF VAlor Young Investigator Award

Lisa Chesner, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Mentors: Felix Feng, MD; Lawrence Fong, MD; Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH

Understanding the Role of Androgen Signaling in Facilitating Immune Evasion in Advanced Prostate Cancer 

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2020 Rob & Cindy Citrone-PCF Young Investigator Award

Jonathan Chou, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Mentors: Alan Ashworth, PhD; Felix Feng, MD

Discovering Precision Oncology Approaches for CDK12-Deficient Prostate Cancer 

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