Challenge Awards
Class of 2021


2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Awards

GPS-P: Guided Patient Support Navigation Programme for Men with Prostate Cancer

Principal Investigator:
Murallitharan Munisamy, MD, PhD (National Cancer Society Malaysia, Malaysia)


2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Awards

Prostate Cancer Care in Western Kenya: The Determination of Barriers to Care, Establishment and Interrogation of Rapid Access Satellite Clinics and Evaluation of Instituted Measures for Improved Outcomes

Principal Investigator:
Pius Musau, MBChB, MMed (Surg), MSc (Urol), PhD (Moi University, Eldoret-Kenya)

Co-Investigators:
Edward Mugalo, MBChB, MMed (Surg), Fellow (Urol) (Moi University, Eldoret-Kenya), Walter Akello, BSc (Med Physio), MBChB, MMed (Surg) (Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya), Dennis Rono, MBChB, MSc (Med Physio), MMed (Ortho)(Egerton University, Njoro-Kenya), Kibet Keitany, MBChB, MMed (Anatomic Pathology) (Moi Teaching and Refferal Hospital, Eldoret-Kenya), Samson Boyo, BBM(marketing), Cert (project mgt), Cert (leadership) (Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret-Kenya)


2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Awards

Understanding Barriers to and Facilitators of Prostate Cancer Screening Among Men in Uganda Prisons so as to Design and Implement Interventions to Increase Prostate Cancer Screening Uptake in Prison Settings

Principal Investigators: 
Jackson Orem (Uganda Cancer Institute, Uganda), Lyn Atuyambe, PhD, MPH (Makerere University)

Co-Investigators: Annabella Habinka Ejiri, PhD, MS (King Ceasor University), Alfred Jatho Lubega, PhD, MPH (Uganda Cancer Institute), Babra Nalwadda, DPH (King Ceasor University), Alphonsina Mujiwimana, MBChB (King Ceasor University), Sibointore Jack, MPH (Uganda Prisons), Justine Ariko, MSc. Nursing (Uganda Prisons), Kajooba Fred, MBChB (Uganda Prisons)


2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Awards

Health Inequity in Sexual Health Services Among Chinese Men with Prostate Cancer in the Public Hospital Setting

Principal Investigator:
Marques Shek Nam Ng, RN, PhD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Co-Investigators: Ka Ming Chow, RN, RM, DN, FHKAN(Education) (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Kai Chow Choi, PhD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Kath Schubach, RN, BSc, MN (Men’s Health Melbourne), Carmen Wing Han Chan, RN, PhD, FAAN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)


2021 PCF-Pfizer Global Health Equity Challenge Awards

Utilization of an Implementation Science Approach to Develop and Evaluate a Systems Strengthening Intervention for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Management in a Low Middle Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa

Principal Investigator:
Musliu Tolani, MBBS, PGcertPH FWACS, FMCS (Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria)

Co-Investigators: Ahmed Muhammed, MBBS, FMCS (Ahmadu Bello University), Agbo Christian Agbo, MBBS, FMCS (Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital), Rufus Wale Ojewola, MBChB, FWACS, FMCS, MPH (University of Lagos), Ernie Kaninjing, DrPH, MPH, MBA, CHES (Georgia College & State University), Rebecca DeBoer, MD, MA (UCSF)