Matthias Stephan

2014 Lori Milken-PCF Young Investigator

Matthias Stephan, MD, PhD:

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Mentor:

Peter Nelson, MD

Proposal Title:

In Vivo Programming of Prostate Tumor-Specific T cells using Synthetic Nanoparticles

Daniel Spratt

2014 Rebecca and Nathan Milikowsky-PCF Young Investigator

Daniel Spratt, MD:

University of Michigan

Mentors:

Charles Sawyers, MD

Proposal Title:

Androgen Receptor Signaling Post-Radiotherapy: A Novel Non-Invasive Predictive Biomarker for Locally Advanced and Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer

Jinjun Shi

2014 J. Eustace Wolfington-PCF Young Investigator

Jinjun Shi, PhD:

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Mentors:

Omid Farokhzad, MD, Ulrich von Andrian, MD, PhD

Proposal Title:

mRNA-Based Immuno-Nanotherapeutics for Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatment

Maria Karlou

The 2011 PCF-Hellenic Fund Young Investigator Award

Maria Karlou, PhD:

University of Athens

Mentor:

Christopher Logothetis, MD

Corinne Joshu

The 2011 Kovler Family Foundation – PCF Young Investigator Award

Corinne Joshu, PhD:

Johns Hopkins University

Mentors:

Elizabeth Platz, ScD and Angelo DeMarzo, MD, PhD

David Olmos

2014 Stewart Rahr-PCF Young Investigator

David Olmos, MBBS, MSc, PhD:

Spanish National Cancer Research Centre

Mentors:

Johann de Bono, MD, PhD, Manuel Hidalgo, MD, PhD

Proposal Title:

Integration of Clinical, Molecular and Biological Characteristics to Define an Aggressive Subtype of Prostate Cancer Based on Deficient Homologous Recombination

Himisha Beltran

The 2010 LeFrak Family – PCF Young Investigator Award

Himisha Beltran, MD:

Weill Cornell Medical College – New York, NY

Co-Mentor:

David Nanus, MD, Medical Director of the Genitourinary Oncology Program and Chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Co-Mentor:

Mark Rubin, MD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of Translational Research Laboratory Services, and Vice Chairman for Experimental Pathology at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Yu Chen

The 2011 David H. Koch – PCF Young Investigator Award

Yu Chen, MD, PhD:

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Mentors:

Howard Scher, MD and Charles Sawyers, MD

John Chadwick Brenner

The 2011 Albert Fuss – PCF Young Investigator Award
(first year)

Award1:

The 2011 Cayre Family Foundation – PCF Young Investigator Award (second year)
(first year)

Award2:

The 2011 Robert Kraft – PCF Young Investigator Award (third year)

John Chadwick Brenner, MSc, PhD:

University of Michigan

Mentor:

Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD

Rajan Kulkarni

2014 Bari Milken Bernstein and Fred Bernstein-PCF Young Investigator

Rajan Kulkarni, MD, PhD:

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Mentors:

Matthew Rettig, MD, Dino Di Carlo, PhD

Proposal Title:

Utilizing Vortex Chip for Enumeration and Determination of Single-Cell Heterogeneity of Circulating Tumor Cells in Prostate Cancer

William Polkinghorn, MD

The Susan and James Blair-PCF Creativity Award

Designation:

Research Fellow

University:

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Franklin Huang, MD, PhD

Glenn Liu, MD

The Susan and James Blair-PCF Creativity Award

Designation:

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University:

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health UW Carbone Cancer Center