Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2023


2023 Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) – PCF Young Investigator Award

Defining Modifiable Components of the Immune Microenvironment in Patients with Prostate Cancer Nodal Metastases

Christopher Gaffney, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)

Mentors: Howard Scher, David Knorr, Behfar Ehdaie

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2023 John Black Charitable Foundation – PCF Young Investigator Award

Optimal Methods for Identifying and Communicating which Treatments are Best for which People with Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer

Peter Godolphin, PhD
University College London

Mentors: Jayne Tierney, Susan Halabi, Noel Clarke

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2023 Todd Boehly – PCF Young Investigator Award

Discovering Combination Therapeutic Targets in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer using Highly Multiplexed CRISPR Chromatin Perturbations

Chris Hsiung, MD, PhD
Stanford University

Mentors: Luke Gilbert, Felix Feng, Howard Chang

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2023 Milken Scholars, Merkin Family Foundation – PCF Young Investigator Award

Defining Mechanisms of AR Transcriptional Regulation to Improve Outcomes in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Sarah Hsu, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Mentors: Luke Gilbert, Franklin Huang, Eric Small

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2023 Ben Franklin – PCF Young Investigator Award

Optimizing Outcomes in Survivors of Prostate Cancer with Diabetes

Amanda Leiter, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital

Mentors: Juan Wisnivesky, Chung Yin Kong, Matthew Galsky

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