Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2021


2021 Michael and Lori Milken-PCF Young Investigator Award

Molecular Signatures of SupraT Induced Ferroptosis and its Role in Prostate Cancer Growth Inhibition

Rajendra Kumar, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Mentors: Sushant Kachhap, PhD, Sam Denmeade, MD

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2021 Amgen-PCF Young Investigator Award

Integrated Tissue and Circulating Tumour DNA Profiling to Risk Stratify De Novo Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer Prior to Systemic Therapy

Edmond Kwan, MBBS, PhD
Vancouver Prostate Centre

Mentors: Alexander Wyatt, DPhil, Gerhardt Attard, MBBS, PhD

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2021 Emilio Bassini in Honor of Plum and Jonathan W. Simons, MD-PCF Young Investigator Award

Digital Activity Monitoring for Personalized Prediction of ADT-associated Fatigue

Andrew Laccetti, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Mentors: Michael Morris, MD, Jessica Scott, PhD

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2021 Art Kern in Honor of Plum and Jonathan W. Simons, MD-PCF Young Investigator Award

Investigating PTGES3 as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Haolong Li, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Mentors: Felix Feng, MD, Luke Gilbert, PhD, Kevan Shokat, PhD

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2021 Patrice and Precious Motsepe-PCF Young Investigator Award

PARP Inhibitors and Clonal Hematopoiesis in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

Catherine Marshall, MD
Johns Hopkins University

Mentors: Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD, Jun Luo, PhD Lukasz Gondex, MD, PhD

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