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              • Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD

                Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD

                Pro-Senescence Therapy for Cancer: A Novel Approach..

                Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD

                Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD

                Creativity Award

                University:

                Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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              • Edwin Posadas

                Edwin Posadas

                Dr. Posadas’ research goal is to identify..

                Edwin Posadas

                Edwin Posadas

                The 2010 Stewart Rahr – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Edwin Posadas, MD:

                Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles, CA

                Co-Mentor:

                Walter Stadler, MD, Fred C. Buffett Professor, Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Director, Genitourinary Oncology and Associate Dean of Clinical Research at the University of Chicago.

                Co-Mentor:

                Carrie Rinker-Schaeffer, PhD, Associate Professor for Surgery, Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of Urological Research, the University of Chicago

                Co-Mentor:

                Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Director of Thoracic Oncolgoy Research Program and Aerodigestive Tract Program Translational Research Laboratories at the University of Chicago.

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              • Akash Patnaik

                Akash Patnaik

                Obesity has been identified as an important..

                Akash Patnaik

                Akash Patnaik

                The 2010 Stewart Rahr – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Akash Patnaik, MD, PhD:

                Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School – Boston, MA

                Mentor:

                Lewis Cantley, PhD, William Bosworth Castle Professor of Medicine, Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Cancer Center and the Chief of the Division of Signal Transduction at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

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              • Renata Pasqualini, PhD

                Renata Pasqualini, PhD

                Implications of Obesity in Prostate Cancer Recurrence..

                Renata Pasqualini, PhD

                Renata Pasqualini, PhD

                The Evensen Family - PCF Creativity Award

                University:

                The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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              • Antoinette Perry

                Antoinette Perry

                A critical unmet need for prostate cancer..

                Antoinette Perry

                Antoinette Perry

                The 2011 Richard B. Handler – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Antoinette Perry, PhD:

                Trinity College Dublin – Institute of Molecular Medicine

                Mentors:

                William Watson, PhD and Donal Hollywood, MD PhD

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              • Kathryn L. Penney

                Kathryn L. Penney

                The Gleason score (derived from the microscopic..

                Kathryn L. Penney

                Kathryn L. Penney

                The 2011 Joel Pashcow – PCF Young Investigator Award

                Kathryn L. Penney, ScD:

                Harvard Medical School

                Mentors:

                Massimo Loda, MD and Meir J. Stampfer, MD, DrPH

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              • William Polkinghorn, MD

                William Polkinghorn, MD

                Defining the role of AR Signaling in..

                William Polkinghorn, MD

                William Polkinghorn, MD

                The Susan and James Blair-PCF Creativity Award

                Designation:

                Research Fellow

                University:

                Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

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              • Mark Pomerantz

                Mark Pomerantz

                Dr. Pomerantz earned a BS degree in..

                Mark Pomerantz

                Mark Pomerantz

                Award1:

                The 2008 William L. Edwards – PCF Young Investigator Award (first and second year)

                Award2:

                The 2008 David Epstein – PCF Young Investigator Award (third year)

                Mark Pomerantz, MD:

                Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Boston, MA

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              • Colin Pritchard

                Colin Pritchard

                Colin Pritchard

                Colin Pritchard

                2013 D. Wayne and Anne Gittinger - PCF Young Investigator

                Colin Pritchard, MD, PhD:

                University of Washington

                Mentors:

                Peter Nelson, MD

                Project Title:

                Targeting the ‘Hypermutated Subtype’ of Prostate Cancer: From Mechanism to Implementation of Genomic Testing for Precision Therapy”

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              • Niv Papo

                Niv Papo

                Angiogenesis is the process of new blood..

                Niv Papo

                Niv Papo

                2013 Joseph Neubauer-PCF Young Investigator

                Niv Papo, PhD:

                Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)

                Mentor:

                Eyal Mishani, PhD

                Project Title:

                Developing novel dual-specific proteins that target multiple receptors for applications in prostate cancer imaging and therapy

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              • Saul Priceman

                Saul Priceman

                Supplementing a patient’s immune response by engineering..

                Saul Priceman

                Saul Priceman

                2015 Lori Milken–PCF Young Investigato

                Saul Priceman, PhD:

                City of Hope National Medical Center

                Mentor:

                Stephen Forman, MD

                Proposal Title:

                Targeting Metastatic Prostate Cancer with PSA-Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Engineered T-Cells

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              • PCF

                Dr. Antoinette Perry

                Whether an individual chooses to support prostate..

                PCF

                Dr. Antoinette Perry

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              • Drew Pinsky, MD

                Drew Pinsky, MD

                Drew Pinsky, MD

                Drew Pinsky, MD

                Bio:

                Internist, Addictionologist
                Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry
                University of Southern California Radio and Television Host

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              • Kenneth Pienta, MD

                Kenneth Pienta, MD

                Dr. Pienta has international expertise in the..

                Kenneth Pienta, MD

                Kenneth Pienta, MD

                CHAIRPERSON:

                Scientific Advisory Board

                Institution:

                John Hopkins School of Medicine

                Discipline:

                Medical Oncology

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