2025 Igor Tulchinsky – PCF Challenge Award
Harnessing Extracellular Vesicle and Cell-Free RNA Transcriptomics to Identify Novel Targets in Lethal Stem Cell-Like mCRPC
Principal Investigators: Oliver Sartor, MD (Tulane University), Jacob Orme, MD, PhD (Mayo Clinic), Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD (Mayo Clinic), Elisa Ledet, PhD (Tulane University), Fabrice Lucien-Matteoni, PhD (Tulane University), Russell Pachynski, MD (Washington University), Christopher Maher, PhD (Washington University)
Co-Investigator: Jingqin Luo, PhD (Washington University)
Young Investigator: Pradeep Chauhan, PhD (Mayo Clinic)
2025 Republic National Distributing Company-PCF Challenge Award
Elucidating New Molecular Targets and Defining the Androgen Spatial Heterogeneity in Lethal Prostate Cancer
Principal Investigator: Nima Sharifi, MD (University of Miami)
Co-Investigators: Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD (Harvard: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Sanoj Punnen, MD (University of Miami), Brandon Mahal, MD (University of Miami)
Young Investigator: Pedro Freitas, MD (University of Miami)