Creativity Awards Class of 2009


Creativity Award

A Novel Human-to-Mouse-to-Human Approach for the Elucidation of Prostate Cancer Pathways and Druggable Targets—Identifying Shared Human and Mouse Molecules May Eliminate Traditional Limitations of Animal Models and Speed New Drug Intervention

Cory Abate-Shen, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center

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The Charlie Wilson Creativity Award

Self-Seeding and Radiation Therapy: A New Strategy Against Metastatic Prostate Cancer—Preventing Circulating Prostate Cancer Cells from “Re-Seeding” in the Prostate May Change the Behavior of Metastatic Cells

Adam Dicker, MD, PhD, Karen Knudsen, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University

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The Michael Vinecki Creativity Award

Application of Nanotechnology to Novel Models of Prostate Cancer—Nanoscale Fabrication Technology May Provide New Modeling Capabilities and Therapies to Arrest Lethal PCa Progression

Shelton Earp, MD
University of North Carolina

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Creativity Award

ETS Protein Targets in Prostate Cancer—Understanding Gene Activity that Likely Causes Up to 60 Percent of Prostate Cancer Cases Can Open Door to New Drug Development

Barbara Graves, PhD
University of Utah

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Creativity Award

Development of an Ex Vivo Bioassay to Examine Modulation of PSA-Positive Macrophage Invasiveness and Inflammatory Activities in Prostate Cancer Patients with Abdominal Obesity—The Identification of New Biomarkers May Be Able to Assess the Effectiveness of Diet and Lifestyle Changes

David Heber, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

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