2022 Movember-Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride-PCF VAlor Challenge Award
IRONMAN: Enhancing Survivorship in Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer
Principal Investigators: Lorelei Mucci, ScD, MPH (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Daniel George, MD (Duke University)
Co-Investigators: Dana Rathkopf, MD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Konrad Stopsack, MD, MPH (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Terry Hyslop, PhD (Duke University), Karen Autio, MD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Deborah Enting, MD, PhD (Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust)
Young Investigators: Yiwen Zhang, PhD (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Hannah McManus, MD (Duke University)
2022 Patrice & Precious Motsepe-PCF VAlor Challenge Award
Developing and Translating Innovative Strategies to Therapeutically Target Prostate Cancer Lineage Plasticity
Principal Investigators: David Goodrich, PhD (Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center), Gurkamal Chatta, MD (Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center), Dean Tang, PhD (Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center), Dominic Smiraglia, PhD (Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center)
Co-Investigators: Mark Long, PhD (Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center), Himisha Beltran, MD (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
2022 ZERO, John & Amy Phelan, and Alec & Kelly Gores – PCF VAlor Young Investigator Award
A Nationwide VA Study on Systemic Treatment Patterns in Black Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Jun Gong, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mentors: Stephen Freedland, MD, Edwin Posadas, MD
2022 Ronald &Victoria Simms – PCF VAlor Young Investigator Award
Using a Novel 3D Platform to Develop Metabolism-based Prostate Cancer Therapies
Neil Lin, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Mentors: Andrew Goldstein, PhD, Matthew Rettig, MD, Isla Garraway, MD, PhD
2022 Igor Tulchinsky, Robert Taubman and Richard Sandler – PCF VAlor Young Investigator Award
Outcomes of Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer in Veterans: Facilitating Personalized Medicine
Martin Schoen, MD, MPH
Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Mentors: Kristen Sanfilippo, MD, MPH, Bruce Montgomery, MD, Ruth Etzioni, PhD