2025 David H. Koch Charitable Foundation–PCF Young Investigator Award
Assessing the Impact of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and SGLT2 Inhibitors on Advanced Prostate Cancer Risk and Outcomes
Kevin Kensler, ScD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Mentors: David Nanus; Laura Pinheiro; Lorelei Mucci
2025 Rob & Cindy Citrone-PCF Young Investigator Award
Targeted Delivery of NSD2 Inhibitors Reverse Epigenetic Resistance and Improve Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy
Blaise Kimmel, PhD
The Ohio State University
Mentor: Steven Clinton
2025 The John Black Charitable Foundation-PCF Young Investigator Award
The Impact of Tandem Repeats on the Evolution of Prostate Cancer: From Germline Features to Predicting Clinical Behavior
Gianmarco Leone, MD
University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute
Mentors: Gerhardt Attard, Andrea Alimonti, Francesca Demichelis
2025 Clay & Lynn Hamlin-PCF Young Investigator Award
Targeting Sox2 Regulatory Networks that Drive Distal-Proximal Lineage Plasticity in Prostate Cancer Progression
Jinqiu Lu, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
Mentors: Michael Shen, Max Loda
2025 Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation–PCF Young Investigator Award
Developing and Armoring T Cell Receptor Immunotherapy for Prostate Cancer on Multiple High-frequency HLA Alleles
Zhiyuan Mao, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Mentors: John Lee; Owen Witte