Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2023


2023 Igor Tulchinsky – PCF Young Investigator Award

A Novel CBP/p300 PROTAC Degrader Suppresses Prostate Cancer Progression via Re-Shaping the Chromatin Landscape and Acetylome

Jie Luo, PhD
University of Michigan

Mentors: Shaomeng Wang, Arul Chinnaiyan

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2023 Royalty Pharma – PCF Young Investigator Award

Investigating Tumor and Immune Cell Dysregulation for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer Bone Metastases

Shenglin Mei, PhD
Harvard: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

Mentors: David Sykes, Philip Saylor

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2023 John and Amy Phelan – PCF Young Investigator Award

Modulation of Oxidative Stress Responses to Augment Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy

Katherine Morel, PhD
The University of Adelaide

Mentors: Chris Sweeney, Lisa Butler

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2023 Leerom & Karolina Segal – PCF Young Investigator Award

Epigenetic and Metabolomic Vulnerabilities in ASCL1-Driven NEPC Subtype

Shaghayegh Nouruzi, PhD
University of British Columbia (UBC)

Mentor: Amina Zoubeidi

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2023 Jeff & Loyd Zisk – PCF Young Investigator

Conditionally Activated Membrane Binding Probes for Improved Targeted Radiotherapy in Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer

Apurva Pandey, PhD
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Mentors: Michael Evans, Charles Craik, Felix Feng

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