Young Investigator Awards
Class of 2025

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2025 National Institutes of Health-PCF Young Investigator Award

¹⁷⁷Lu-PSMA-617 in PSMA PET(+) Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer

Melissa Abel, MD

National Institutes of Health

Mentors: Ravi Madan, Peter Choyke

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2025 Royalty Pharma-PCF Young Investigator Award

Health Literacy in Advanced Prostate Cancer Care: Developing Evidence-Based Interventions to Support Patients with Low Health Literacy

Bashir Al Hussein Al Awamlh, MD

Weill Cornell Medicine

Mentors: Ruth Etzioni, David Nanus

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2025 Michael Ferro-PCF Young Investigator Award

Developing First-In-Class AR/AR-V7 Molecular Glue Degrader To Revolutionize Prostate Cancer Therapeutics

CheukMan Cherie Au, PhD

Weill Cornell Medicine

Mentors: Paraskevi Giannakakou, PhD; David Nanus, MD

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2025 William & Darcy Corry-PCF Young Investigator Award

Integrated Profiling of Spatial and Circulating Biomarkers to Optimize Precision Therapy in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Jacob Berchuck, MD

Emory University

Mentors: Jindan Yu, Matt Freedman

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2025 CRIS Cancer Foundation-PCF Young Investigator Award

Mechanisms of Resistance to PARP Inhibitor in Metastatic Resistant-Castration Prostate Cancer: Triton3 Cohort

Alice Bernard-Tessier, MD

Gustave Roussy

Mentors: Himisha Beltran, Karim Fizazi, Yohann Loriot

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