YI Awards

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.

Amina Zoubeidi, MSc, PhD :

University of British Columbia, Vancouver Prostate Centre – Vancouver, BC

Mentor:

Martin Gleave, MD, Liber Ero British Columbia Leadership Chair in Prostate Cancer Research, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia and Director, The Vancouver Prostate Centre.

Neha Vapiwala, MD:

University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA

Mentor:

Alan Wein, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Chief of Urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

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.

Jennifer Schutzman, MD, PhD:

University of California, San Francisco – San Francisco, CA

Mentor:

Gail Martin, PhD, Professor in the Department of Anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco.

Philip Saylor, MD:

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center – Boston, MA

Mentor:

Matthew Smith, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Genitourinary Oncology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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.

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.

Nicholas Mitsiades, MD, PhD:

Baylor College of Medicine – Houston, TX

Mentor:

Bert W. O'Malley, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine.

Neil Martin, MD, MPH:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Boston, MA

Mentor:

Massimo Loda, MD, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School.

Ram S. Mani, 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.

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.

Stanley Liauw, MD:

University of Chicago – Chicago, IL

Co-Mentor:

Ralph Weichselbaum, MD, Chairman, Radiation and Cellular Oncology Department, Director, Chicago Tumor Institute, and Director, Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research, University of Chicago.

Co-Mentor:

Walter Stadler, MD, Director, Genitourinary Program, Chair, Cancer Research Center's Clinical Trials Review Committee, and Associate Dean for Clinical Research, University of Chicago.

Joshua Lang, MD, MS:

University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center – Madison, WI

Mentor:

Douglas McNeel, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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.

Huihui Ye, MD:

Harvard Medical School: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Mentors:

Steven Balk, MD, PhD

Proposal Title:

Investigation of Molecular Mechanisms and Biomarkers of Treatment Resistance in a Randomized, Phase 2 Neoadjuvant Intense Androgen Deprivation Trial in Patients with Localized, Intermediate to High Risk Prostate Cancer

Kosj Yamoah, MD, PhD:

Thomas Jefferson University

Mentors:

Adam Dicker, MD, PhD, Timothy Rebbeck, PhD

Proposal Title:

Identification and Validation of a Biomarker Signature that can Improve Predictability of Aggressive Disease in Men of African Descent with Prostate Cancer

Kamlesh Yadav, PhD :

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mentors:

Ash Tewari, MD

Proposal Title:

Rational Design of Effective Prostate Cancer Combination Therapies

Kathryn Wilson, ScD:

Harvard School of Public Health

Mentors:

Lorelei Mucci, ScD, Matthew Smith, MD, PhD

Proposal Title:

Bone Metabolism and Bone Metastases in Prostate Cancer

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.

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

Li Wang, PhD:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mentors:

William Oh, MD and Eric Schadt, PhD

Proposal Title:

Integrative Genomics Study of Immune Signatures in Blood and Tumor Tissue for Prostate Cancer

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.

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.

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.

David S. Finley, MD:

University of California, Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA

Mentor:

Robert Reiter, MD, Professor, Urology, Molecular Biology, Co-Director of the Prostate and Genitourinary Oncology Program, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Director of Urologic Research, at the University of California, Los Angeles .

Robert Den, MD:

Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University – Philadelphia, PA

Co-Mentor:

Karen Knudsen, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Cancer Biology and Urology at the Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University.

Co-Mentor:

Adam Dicker, MD, PhD, Interim Chair and Professor, Radiation Research and Translational Biology, at the Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University.

Brett S. Carver, MD:

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – New York, NY

Mentor:

Charles Sawyers, MD, Professor of Medicine, Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program; Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Chair at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

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.

Award1:

The 2011 Earle I. Mack – PCF young Investigator Award (second year)

Award2:

2011 Rebecca and Nathan Milikowsky – PCF young Investigator Award (third year)

Timothy Yap, BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCP:

The Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden Hospital

Mentor:

Johann De Bono, MD, PhD

Kexin Xu, PhD:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University

Mentor:

Myles Brown, MD

Andreas Varkaris, MD:

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Mentors:

Gary Gallick, PhD and Christopher Logothetis, MD

Barry Taylor, PhD:

University of California, San Fransisco

Mentors:

Charles Sawyers, MD and Chris Sander, PhD

Abhishek Srivastava, MD:

University of Michigan

Mentor:

Ashutosh Tewari, MD, PhD

Timothy Showalter, MD:

University of Virginia

Mentors:

Adam Dicker, MD, PhD and Theresa Hyslop, PhD

Yusuke Shiozawa, MD, PhD:

University of Michigan

Mentor:

Russell Taichman, DMD

Sameek Roychowdhury, MD, PhD:

The Ohio State University

Mentors:

Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD and Ken Pienta, MD

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

Dana Rathkopf, MD:

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Mentors:

Howard Scher and MD Neal Rosen, MD, PhD

Tanya Stoyanova, PhD:

University of California at Los Angeles

Mentors:

Owen Witte, MD

Proposal Title:

Proteolytically Cleaved Receptors as Oncogenes and Therapeutic Targets in Advanced Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer