Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2020


2020 Tad Smith & Caroline Fitzgibbons-PCF Young Investigator Award

Defining the Role of Natural Killer Cells in the Radiotherapy Treatment Response of Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Momeneh (Sepideh) Foroutan, PhD
Monash University

Mentors: Shahneen Sandhu, MBBS; Nicholas Huntington, PhD; Joseph Cursons, PhD

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2020 CRIS Cancer Foundation-James Blair-PCF Young Investigator Award

A Multi-Center Study to Assess the Impact of MRI for Detection of Aggressive Prostate Cancer in Men on Active Surveillance 

Francesco Giganti, MD
University College London

Mentors: Caroline M. Moore, MD; Monique Roobol-Bouts, PhD

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2020 Tad Smith & Caroline Fitzgibbons-PCF Young Investigator Award

Exploration of Metabolomics for the Prevention of Lethal Prostate Cancer 

Rebecca Graff, ScD
University of California, San Francisco

Mentors: June Chan, ScD; Peter Carroll, MD, MPH; John Witte, PhD

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2020 Tad Smith & Caroline Fitzgibbons-PCF Young Investigator Award

Investigating the Pathological Role of AZI1 RNA in TMPRSS2-ERG Gene Fusion Formation 

Sachin Kumar Gupta, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

Mentors: Laising Yen, PhD

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2020 Neil & Sandra DeFeo Family Foundation-PCF Young Investigator Award

Association of Circulating Markers of Pro-Tumorigenic Inflammation with Clinical Progression and Race-Ethnicity in Men with Prostate Cancer 

Jessica Hawley, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch

Mentors: Charles Drake, MD, PhD

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