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              • David Heber, MD, PhD

                David Heber, MD, PhD

                Development of an Ex Vivo Bioassay to..

                David Heber, MD, PhD

                David Heber, MD, PhD

                Creativity Award

                University:

                University of California, Los Angeles

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              • Andrew C. Hsieh

                Andrew C. Hsieh

                Decades of research have revealed the cascade..

                Andrew C. Hsieh

                Andrew C. Hsieh

                The 2010 PCF Young Investigator Award (Anonymous Donor)

                Andrew C. Hsieh, MD:

                University of California, San Francisco – San Francisco, CA

                Mentor:

                Davide Ruggero, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

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              • Hannelore Heemers

                Hannelore Heemers

                Androgens (testosterone and related sex hormones) drive..

                Hannelore Heemers

                Hannelore Heemers

                The 2010 Heritage Medical Research Institute – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Hannelore Heemers, PhD:

                Roswell Park Cancer Institute – Buffalo, NY

                Mentor:

                James Mohler, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology and Associate Director and Senior Vice President for Translational Research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

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              • Julia Hayes

                Julia Hayes

                Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) screening is widely..

                Julia Hayes

                Julia Hayes

                The 2010 Ressler-Gertz Family Foundation – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Julia Hayes, MD:

                Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Boston, MA

                Co-Mentor:

                Philip Kantoff, MD, Chief Clinical Research Officer, Director of the Lank Center of Genitourinary Oncology and Chief of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

                Co-Mentor:

                Michael Barry, MD, Director of the Health Services Research Program and Chief of the General Medicine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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              • Daniel Hamstra

                Daniel Hamstra

                The molecular processes that predict who will..

                Daniel Hamstra

                Daniel Hamstra

                The 2010 Charles Dolan-Mark Walter – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Daniel Hamstra, MD, PhD:

                University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

                Mentor:

                Kenneth Pienta, MD, Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Urology, Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor, Director, Experimental Therapeutics, Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, Director, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, at the University of Michigan.

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              • Hans Hammers

                Hans Hammers

                Dr. Hammers has initiated a project to..

                Hans Hammers

                Hans Hammers

                The 2010 William Bikoff – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Hans Hammers, MD, PhD:

                Johns Hopkins University Medical School – Baltimore, MD

                Mentor:

                Michael Carducci, MD, Professor of Oncology and Urology, Co-Director Genitourinary Prostate Cancer Program, Co-Director Chemical Therapeutics, at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University.

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              • Michael Haffner

                Michael Haffner

                Genomic rearrangements that lead to the juxtaposition..

                Michael Haffner

                Michael Haffner

                The 2011 Richard and Ellen Sandler – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Michael Haffner, MD:

                Johns Hopkins University

                Mentor:

                Srinivasan Yegnasubramanian, MD, PhD

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              • Franklin Huang

                Franklin Huang, MD, PhD

                Dr. Franklin Huang is an assistant professor..

                Franklin Huang

                Franklin Huang, MD, PhD

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              • Christopher Heaphy

                Christopher Heaphy

                Telomeres are repeating sequences of DNA located..

                Christopher Heaphy

                Christopher Heaphy

                2014 Bonnie Pfeifer Evans-PCF Young Investigator

                Christopher Heaphy, PhD:

                Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

                Mentors:

                Alan Meeker, PhD, Angelo De Marzo, PhD, Elizabeth Platz, PhD

                Proposal Title:

                The Telomere Biomarker for Individualized Prostate Cancer Risk Stratification and Prognostication

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              • Sarah Holt

                Sarah Holt

                Dr. Holt earned a BA in Biology..

                Sarah Holt

                Sarah Holt

                The 2008 Meister Family – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Sarah Holt, PhD:

                Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – Seattle, WA

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              • Andrea Harzstark

                Andrea Harzstark

                Dr. Harzstark earned a BS degree in..

                Andrea Harzstark

                Andrea Harzstark

                The 2008 DeFeo Family – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Andrea Harzstark, MD:

                University of California, San Francisco – San Francisco, CA

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              • Airi Harui

                Airi Harui

                Dr. Harui earned a BS in Pharmaceutical..

                Airi Harui

                Airi Harui

                The 2008 Lynda and Stewart Resnick – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Airi Harui, PhD:

                University of California, Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA

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              • Hao Hu

                Hao Hu

                Dr. Hu’s research program will focus on..

                Hao Hu

                Hao Hu

                2013 PCF China Young Investigator in Honor of Stanley Zax

                Hao Hu, MD, MBBS:

                People’s Hospital, Peking University

                Mentors:

                Kexin Xu, MD, MBBS and Xiaofeng Wang, MBBS

                Project Title:

                EMI1 and its role in prostate cancer initiation and progression.

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              • Lauren Harshman

                Lauren Harshman

                Immunotherapy has come of age with the..

                Lauren Harshman

                Lauren Harshman

                2013 PCF Young Investigator
                Lauren Harshman, MD
                Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

                Mentors:

                Philip Kantoff, MD and Christopher Sweeney, MBBS

                Project Title:

                Clinical exploration of innovative targeted and immune modulating therapies in prostate cancer

                :

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              • Amanda Hargrove

                Amanda Hargrove

                Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a critical..

                Amanda Hargrove

                Amanda Hargrove

                2015 Brent Nicklas–PCF Young Investigator

                Amanda Hargrove, PhD:

                Duke University

                Mentors:

                Hashim Al-Hashimi, PhD; Peter Dervan, PhD

                Proposal Title:

                Targeting the lncRNA SChLAP1 in Aggressive Prostate Cancer by the Assembly of Multivalent Small Molecule Inhibitor

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              • Stein Erik Hagen

                Stein Erik Hagen

                Stein Erik Hagen

                Stein Erik Hagen

                Bio:

                Chairman
                Orkla ASA

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              • Stuart Holden

                Stuart Holden, MD

                Stuart Holden, MD, is a Health Sciences..

                Stuart Holden

                Stuart Holden, MD

                PCF:

                Board Member & Medical Director

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              • Clark Howard

                Clark Howard

                Clark Howard

                Clark Howard

                Bio:

                Syndicated TV and Radio Host at clark.com

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              • Helen Hsieh

                Helen Hsieh

                Prior to joining PCF, Ms. Hsieh was..

                Helen Hsieh

                Helen Hsieh

                PCF:

                Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration

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              • Jan Haber

                Jan Haber

                Ms. Haber has been with PCF since..

                Jan Haber

                Jan Haber

                PCF:

                Vice President, Events

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              • Michael Hofman, MBBS

                Michael Hofman, MBBS

                Professor Michael Hofman is a nuclear medicine..

                Michael Hofman, MBBS

                Michael Hofman, MBBS

                Institution:

                Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

                Discipline:

                Nuclear Medicine

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