Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2022


2022 Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine – PCF Young Investigator Award

Genetic Determinants of Aggressive Prostate Cancer in African American Patients

Indu Kohaar, PhD
Center for Prostate Disease Research, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Mentors: Gyorgy Petrovics, PhD, William Douglas Figg Sr., PharmD

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2022 Tony & Sage Robbins – PCF Young Investigator Award

Investigating the Role of Androgen Signaling in Promoting Genomic Instability in Prostate Cancer

Weiping Li, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center

Mentors: Michael Shen, PhD, Christopher Barbieri, MD, PhD Alberto Ciccia, PhD

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2022 Ronald & Victoria Simms – PCF VAlor Young Investigator Award

Using a Novel 3D Platform to Develop Metabolism-based Prostate Cancer Therapies

Neil Lin, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Mentors: Andrew Goldstein, PhD, Matthew Rettig, MD, Isla Garraway, MD, PhD

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2022 Eustace Wolfingon – PCF Young Investigator Award

Overcoming NRG-1-mediated resistance in CRPC

Jacob Orme, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic

Mentors: Alan Bryce, MD, Sean Park, MD, PhD, Haojie Huang, PhD

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2022 Robert Kraft, Adam Cohn, and Igor Tulchinsky – PCF Young Investigator Award

Modulating T cell State to Prevent Radiation-Induced Lymphopenia and Enhance Anti-Tumor Immunity

Ryan Park, MD
Harvard: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

Mentors: Nir Hacohen, PhD, Anthony D’Amico, MD, PhD

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