Challenge Awards
Class of 2020

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2020


2020 PCF Challenge Award

PC-REACTR: A Multidimensional Tumor Atlas to Overcome Prostate Cancer Therapy Resistance

Principal Investigators: Peter Nelson, MD (University of Washington), Elisabeth Heath, MD (Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Center)

Co-Investigators: Bruce Montgomery, MD (Seattle Puget Sound VA/University of Washington), Jay Shendure MD, PhD (University of Washington), Ivana Bozic, PhD (University of Washington), Gavin Ha, PhD (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center), Larry True, MD (University of Washington), Colm Morrissey, PhD (University of Washington), Wael Sakr, MD (Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Center),  Navonil De Sarkar, PhD (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)

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2020 PCF Challenge Award

Project Title: Dissecting the Prostate Cancer Diaspora

Principal Investigators: Kenneth Pienta, MD (Johns Hopkins University)

Co-Investigators: Sarah Amend, PhD (Johns Hopkins University), Angelo De Marzo, MD, Ph.D (Johns Hopkins University), Peter Kuhn, PhD (University of Southern California), James Hicks, PhD (University of Southern California)

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2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb-PCF Challenge Award

The Role of Precision Therapy in the Treatment of CDK12 Altered Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Principal Investigators: Dan Robinson, PhD (University of Michigan), Felix Feng, MD (University of California, San Francisco), Ajjai Alva, MD (University of Michigan)

Co-Investigators: Marcin Cieslik, PhD (University of Michigan), Jason Brown, MD (University of Michigan), Jonathan Chou, MD, PhD (University of California, San Francisco), Yi-Mi Wu, PhD (University of Michigan)

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2020 Movember – Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride – PCF Challenge Award

Radiolabeled Systemic Therapy with SABR for Castration Sensitive Prostate Cancer Oligometastatic Disease

Principal Investigators: Phuoc Tran, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins University), Kenneth Pienta, MD (Johns Hopkins University)

Co-Investigators: Ana Kiess, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins University), Hao Wang, PhD (Johns Hopkins University), Alexander Wyatt, PhD (University of British Columbia)

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2020 Larry and Camille Ruvo-PCF Special Challenge Award

The Influence of Germline Variation on Prostate Cancer RNA Circularization

Principal Investigators: Paul Boutros, PhD, MBA (University of California, Los Angeles), Robert Reiter MD (University of California, Los Angeles), Huihui Ye, MD (University of California, Los Angeles)

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