2025 Dean Metropoulos-PCF Young Investigator Award
NLGN1-NRXN1α as a Predictive Spatial Biomarker for Prostate Cancer Progression and Treatment
Sebnem Ece Eksi, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Mentor: Gordon Mills
2025 Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine-PCF Young Investigator Award
Discern the Impact of Circadian Cryptochrome 1 (CRY1) on Metabolic Rewiring in Prostate Cancer
Arwa Fallatah, PhD
HJF-Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine / Uniformed Services University
Mentors: Ayesha Shafi, Salma Kaochar
2025 Scott Minerd-PCF Young Investigator Award
Evaluating the Impact of BRCA2 Immune Cell Heterozygosity on Therapeutic Approaches for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Anne Fassl, PhD
Goethe University Frankfurt
Mentors: Felix Chun; Myles Brown; Geoffrey Shapiro
2025 Igor Tulchinsky-PCF Young Investigator Award
Loss of the Y Chromosome as a Driver of Tumor Aggressiveness and Novel Biomarker for Immunotherapeutic Responsein Prostate Cancer
Timothy Gauntner, DO, PhD
Ohio State University
Mentors: Zihai Li; Steven Clinton; Qin Ma
2025 Helmy Eltoukhy-PCF Young Investigator Award
Metabolic Synthetic Lethality in SPOP-Mutant Prostate Cancer
Joanina Gicobi, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Mentors: Jacob Orme, Elisabeth Heath