Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2025


2025 Kyle Vogt-PCF Young Investigator Award

Defining Tumor-Immune System Interactions in BRCA2 Deficient Prostate Cancer to Identify Therapeutic Vulnerabilities

Kimberly Rickman, MD, PhD

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Mentors: Alan Ashworth; Eric Small

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2025 Ben Schenkman-PCF Young Investigator Award

Lipid Metabolism as a Key Regulator of Prostate Cancer State Transitions and Therapy Resistance

Silvia Rodrigues, PhD

Weill Cornell Medicine

Mentor: Max Loda; David Goodrich

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2025 Elliot Abramowitz-PCF Young Investigator Award

Mechanisms of RB1-Dependent Epigenomic Regulation of Prostate Cancer Neuroendocrine Plasticity

Rodrigo Romero, PhD

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Mentors: Charles Sawyers, Julien Sage

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2025 Center for Prostate Disease Research-PCF Young Investigator Award

Investigating Mechanistic Role of RAD21/Cohesin in Advanced Prostate Cancers

Allen (Xiaofeng) Su, PhD

Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR)

Mentors: Matt Vander Heiden, Leigh Ellis

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2025 John Paulson-PCF Young Investigator Award

Dissecting the Significance of Immune Infiltration in Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer with Highly-Multiplexed Immunofluorescence

Jeremiah Wala, MD, PhD

Harvard: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)

Mentors: Eliezer Van Allen; Peter Sorger

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