Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2020


The 2020 ASTRO-PCF Early Career Development Award to End Prostate Cancer–Richard and Ellen Sandler Young Investigator Award

Phase II Biomarker Study of Advanced Diffusion MRI in High-Risk, Localized Prostate Cancer Treated with Radiotherapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy

Tyler Seibert, MD, PhD
University of California San Diego

Mentors: Anders Dale, PhD; Michael Hahn,MD, PhD; Loren Mell, MD

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2020Advanced Accelerated Applications-PCF Young Investigator Award

Integrated Single-Cell Analysis of Mechanisms of Therapeutic Resistance in ProstateCancer Patients

Alok Tewari, MD, PhD
Harvard University/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Mentors: Eliezer Van Allen, MD; Myles Brown, MD; Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD

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2020 Michael & Patricia Berns-PCF Young Investigator Award

Refinement, Validation and Clinical Application of a Novel Panel ofHigh-Grade-Cancer-Specific Biomarkers in the Overall and African American Populations

Jeffrey Tosoian, MD
University of Michigan

Mentors: Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD; Todd Morgan, MD; Bruce Trock, PhD

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2020 Emilio Bassini-PCF Young Investigator Award

Biochemical, Structural and Molecular Dissection of Androgen Receptor Transcriptional Activity

Elizabeth Wasmuth, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Mentors: Charles Sawyers, MD; Sebastian Klinge, PhD

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2020 Todd Boehly-PCF Young Investigator Award

HER2 and AR Signaling in Prostate Cancer

Leanne Woods-Burnham, PhD
City of Hope

Mentors: Rick Kittles, PhD; Tanya Dorff, MD

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