2019 Roxann Taylor, Michael Deaddio, & Thomas H. Lee – PCF VAlor Young Investigator Award
Accurate and Predictive Classification of Prostate Cancers for Therapeutics Targeting DNA Repair
Navonil De Sarkar, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Mentors: Peter Nelson, Robert Bruce Montgomery
2019 Robert Citrone, George Walker, & Mark Weinberger – PCF VAlor Young Investigator Award
Employing murine models with humanized immune systems to study therapeutic approaches for advanced prostate cancer
Steven Kregel, PhD, MSc
University of Michigan
Mentors: Weiping Zou, Arul Chinnaiyan, Ajjai Alva
2019 PCF VAlor Challenge Award
Targeting Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer with Novel Onco-Metabolic Inhibitors
Principal Investigators: Salma Kaochar, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine), Nicholas Mitsiades, MD, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine)
Co-Investigators: Michael Ittmann, MD, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine/Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center), Anita Sabichi, MD (Baylor College of Medicine/Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center), Cristian Coarfa, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine), Lori Banks, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine), Lutfi Abu Elheiga, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine)
2019 PCF VAlor Challenge Award
Technology-enhanced AcceleRation of Germline Evaluation for Therapy – The TARGET study
Principal Investigators: Veda Giri, MD (Thomas Jefferson University), Stacy Loeb, MD (New York University)
Co-Investigators: Amy Leader, PhD (Thomas Jefferson University), Scott Keith, PhD, (Thomas Jefferson University), Philip Massey, PhD (Drexel University), Colette Hyatt, MS (Thomas Jefferson University), Heather Cheng, MD, PhD (University of Washington)