2021 Eric Vacca-PCF Young Investigator Award
The αvβ3 Integrin as Therapeutic Target in Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer
Fabio Quaglia, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University
Mentors: Lucia Languino, PhD, William Kelly, DO
2021 National Cancer Institute – PCF Young Investigator Award
Identification and Mechanistic Analysis of RB1/TP53 Loss Dependent Transcription and Epigenetic Factors Encoding Lineage Plasticity and Growth
Sonam Raj, PhD
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Mentors: Kathleen Kelly, PhD, David Takeda, MD, PhD
2021 John Paulson-PCF Young Investigator Award
Neoadjuvant Darolutamide and Abemaciclib in High-Risk Prostate Cancer
Praful Ravi, MD
Harvard: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Mentors: Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD, Heather Jacene, MD, Eliezer Van Allen, MD
2021 Neal Rodin in Honor of Plum and Jonathan W. Simons, MD-PCF Young Investigator Award
Dissecting the Role of Homologous Recombination Deficiency and Immune Response in Early-Stage Prostate Cancer
Keyan Salari, MD, PhD
Harvard: Massachusetts General Hospital
Mentors: Eliezer Van Allen, MD, Adam Feldman, MD, MPH
2021 Michael and Patricia Berns-PCF Young Investigator Award
Using 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) Sequencing to Investigate Treatment Resistance and Develop Liquid Biomarkers for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Martin Sjöström, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Mentors: Felix. Feng, MD, David Quigley, PhD, Alexander Wyatt, DPhil