Jennifer Rider

2013 Michael & Lori Milken-PCF Young Investigator

Jennifer Rider, ScD:

Harvard School of Public Health

Mentors:

Lorelei Mucci, ScD and Myles Brown, MD

Project Title:

The immunomodulatory and androgen-associated actions of vitamin D in prostate cancer

Atish Dipankar Choudhury

The 2008 Joy and Jerry Monkarsh Family Foundation – PCF Young Investigator Award

Atish Dipankar Choudhury, MD, PhD:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Boston, MA

Tarek Bismar

The 2008 Robbins Family – PCF Young Investigator Award
The 2012 Robbins Family – PCF Young Investigator Award

Tarek Bismar, MD:

University of Calgary – Canada

Antonina Mitrofanova

2013 Stanley Zax-PCF Young Investigator

Antonina Mitrofanova, PhD:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Mentor:

Michael Shen, PhD

Project Title:

A systems biology approach to identify and evaluate novel drug targets for aggressive prostate cancer

Marcin Cieslik

2014 Stewart Rahr-PCF Young Investigator

Marcin Cieslik, PhD:

University of Michigan

Mentor:

Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD

Proposal Title:

Clinical Implications of Expressed Pseudogene Transcripts in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Hao Hu

2013 PCF China Young Investigator in Honor of Stanley Zax

Hao Hu, MD, MBBS:

People’s Hospital, Peking University

Mentors:

Kexin Xu, MD, MBBS and Xiaofeng Wang, MBBS

Project Title:

EMI1 and its role in prostate cancer initiation and progression.

Jennifer Bishop

2013 Millennium Pharma-PCF Young Investigator

Jennifer Bishop, PhD:

University of British Columbia

Mentors:

Martin Gleave, MD and Amina Zoubeidi, PhD

Project Title:

Regulation of cell plasticity by the androgen receptor: A novel mechanism of enzalutamide (Xtandi) resistance

Charles Chan

2013 Steve Wynn-PCF Young Investigator

Charles Chan, PhD:

Stanford University School of Medicine

Mentors:

Irving Weissman, MD and Michael Longaker, MD

Project Title:

Identification and therapeutic targeting of cancer stem cell niche interactions in metastatic prostate bone marrow disease

Jason A. Efstathiou

2013 Astellas Scientific and Medical Affairs, Inc. and Medivation, Inc. – PCF Young Investigator Award

Jason A. Efstathiou, MD, DPhil:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Mentor:

Matthew R. Smith, MD, PhD

Project Title:

Predictors of Response and Failure to Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer in a Randomized Trial

Emmanuel Antonarakis

2013 Steve Wynn-PCF Young Investigator

Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD:

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mentors:

Michael Carducci, MD and Jun Luo, PhD

Project Title:

Understanding mechanisms of response and resistance to abiraterone (Zytiga) and enzalutamide (Xtandi) in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, by interrogation of tumor biopsies for androgen receptor splice variants.

Rendong Yang

2015 Genomic Health–PCF Young Investigator

Rendong Yang, PhD:

University of Minnesota

Mentor:

Scott Dehm, PhD

Proposal Title:

Delineating Coding and Regulatory Indels in Prostate Cancer

Shabnam Shalapour

2015 David Yurman–PCF Young Investigator

Shabnam Shalapour, PhD:

University of California, San Diego

Mentor:

Michael Karin, PhD

Proposal Title:

Development of Immunosuppressive Plasmocytes that Interfere with T-Cell-Dependent Immunogenic Chemotherapy in Prostate Cancer

Sean McGuire

2015 John Paulson–PCF Young Investigator

Sean McGuire, MD, PhD:

Baylor College of Medicine

Mentor:

Bert O’Malley, MD

Proposal Title:

Targeting the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier in Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer