2024 Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation – PCF Young Investigator Award
Using Machine Learning to Predict RNA Pol II Interactions of Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Ahmed Abbas Elmahdi, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mentors: Ram Mani, PhD; Michael Zhang, PhD
2024 American Cancer Society – PCF Young Investigator Award
Translational Applications of Epigenomic Liquid Biopsy to Advance Prostate Cancer Treatment.
Sylvan Baca, MD, PhD
Harvard: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Mentors: Michael Freedman, MD; Himisha Beltran, MD
2024 Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation – PCF Young Investigator Award
Anatomical and Cellular Determinants of Intrinsic and Acquired Resistance to PSMA-Targeted Therapy
Martin Bakht, PhD
Harvard: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Mentor: Himisha Beltran, MD
2024 The John & Daria Barry Foundation – PCF Young Investigator Award
A Novel Liquid Biopsy Assay Using Circulating Tumor Extracellular Vesicles to Monitor Prostate Cancer Tumor Evolution and Emergence of Drug Resistance
Irene Casanova-Salas, PhD
Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology
Mentor: Joaquin Mateo, MD, PhD
2024 Eustace Wolfington – PCF Young Investigator Award
Elucidating Drivers of Immune Evasion and Disease Progression in Advanced Prostate Cancer Using Spatial Single-Cell Profiling
William Chen, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Mentors: Felix Feng, MD; Joshua Lang, MD; Bernd Bodemiller, PhD