YI Awards

Amado Zurita

The 2010 David and Judy Fleischer – PCF Young Investigator Award

Amado Zurita, MD:

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center – Houston, TX

Mentor:

Sue-Hwa Lin, PhD, Professor and Deputy Chair, Molecular Pathology, Professor in Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Jay Shendure

The 2010 Lowell Milken – PCF Young Investigator Award

Jay Shendure, MD, PhD:

University of Washington – Seattle, WA

Mentor:

Peter Nelson, MD, Co-Head, Program in Prostate Cancer Research, Member, Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Genome Sciences at the University of Washington.

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.

Kenneth May

The 2010 David Epstein – PCF Young Investigator Award

Kenneth May, MD, PhD:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Boston, MA

Co-Mentor:

Glenn Dranoff, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Human Gene Transfer Laboratory Core and Co-Leader, Cancer Vaccine Center, Medical Oncology, at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Co-Mentor:

Phil Kantoff, MD, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Christopher Maher

Award:

The 2010 Stewart Rahr – PCF Young Investigator Award

Christopher Maher, PhD:

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

Mentor:

Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Director of Pathology Research Informatics, Director of Cancer Bioinformatics, S.P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology, American Cancer Society Research Professor, Professor of Urology, at the University of Michigan.

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.

Kamlesh Yadav

2014 The LeFrak Family-PCF Young Investigator

Kamlesh Yadav, PhD :

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mentors:

Ash Tewari, MD

Proposal Title:

Rational Design of Effective Prostate Cancer Combination Therapies

Yu Wang

2014 Thomas H. Lee-PCF Young Investigator

Yu Wang, MD, PhD:

New York University Lagone Medical Center

Mentors:

Susan Logan, PhD, Michael Garabedian, PhD

Proposal Title:

Multivalent Peptidomimetic Conjugates in CRPC Treatment

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.

Felix Feng

The 2010 The Republic of Tea – PCF Young Investigator Award

Felix Feng, MD:

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

Mentor:

Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Director of Pathology Research Informatics, Director of Cancer Bioinformatics, S.P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology, American Cancer Society Research Professor, Professor of Urology, at the University of Michigan.

Justine Bruce

The 2010 PCF Young Investigator in Honor of Our Soldiers and the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for Prostate Cancer

Justine Bruce, MD:

University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center – Madison, WI

Mentor:

Glenn Liu, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology and Hematology, at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Andreas Varkaris

The 2011 John Tyson – PCF Young Investigator Award

Andreas Varkaris, MD:

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Mentors:

Gary Gallick, PhD and Christopher Logothetis, MD

Timothy Showalter

The 2011 Ben Franklin – PCF Young Investigator Award

Timothy Showalter, MD:

University of Virginia

Mentors:

Adam Dicker, MD, PhD and Theresa Hyslop, PhD

Sumit Subudhi

2014 Stewart Rahr-PCF Young Investigator

Sumit Subudhi, MD, PhD:

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Mentors:

James Allison, PhD, Padmanee Sharma, MD, PhD

Proposal Title:

Improving Patient Selection for Immune Checkpoint Therapy: Maximizing Benefit and Minimizing Toxicities