Oncology

Prostate Cancer Career Development Program
Fellowship

The Prostate Cancer Center is dedicated to the discovery and evolution of new ideas and information about cancer, from the research to the clinical implementation phases of cancer control. The Prostate Cancer Development Program is a component of the Center, organized to attract scientists and clinical investigators to the field of prostate cancer and to assist in the development of careers in the field of prostate cancer. Established investigators wishing to pursue prostate cancer research may apply for funding through the Developmental Research Program. The career development program provides research training opportunities for medical, urological, and radiation oncologists; and recent graduates of PhD programs. All applicants to the Development Program are evaluated in conjunction, first by the Prostate Cancer Developmental Program Review Committee, who evaluate merit, and then by the Prostate Cancer Executive Committee, who make funding decisions based on the availability of funds and the quality of the applications. The strongest candidates are given priority funding, while maintaining a balance across initiatives.

The purpose of the Career Development Program is to assist in scientific and academic development. Up to two years of salary support and career mentoring helps applicants to establish a career in the field of prostate cancer. Funding is available to postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty and researchers (those eligible to independently apply for NIH funding). Successful fellows will use the funding to launch a career in academia, either as a research or clinical scientist, at the faculty level. The highest priority for funding will be given to applicants who clearly demonstrate academic potential and commitment. Program members are listed below:

Animal Models Douglas Hanahan, PhD Davide Ruggero, PhD Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD Charles Craik, PhD Marc Diamond, MD Robert Fletterick, PhD Douglas Hanahan, PhD Millie Hughes-Fulford, PhD Gail Martin, PhD Frank McCormick, PHD Davide Ruggero, PhD Marc Shuman, MD Zena Werb, PhD Keith Yamamoto, PhD Cancer Genetics Joe Gray, PhD Gail Martin, PhD John Witte, PhD Epidemiology, Cancer Communications Research Peter Carroll, MD, MPH June Chan, ScD Joan Hilton, ScD, MPH Elizabeth Holly, PhD, MPH Rena Pasick, PhD Stephen van den Eeden, PhD John Witte, PhD Experimental Therapeutics Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD Jonathan Ellman, PhD Robert Fletterick, PhD James Marks, MD, PhD Frank McCormick, PhD Charles Ryan, MD Eric Small, MD

Imaging Technology: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Fergus Coakley, MD John Kurhanewicz, PhD Katsuto Shinohara, MD Daniel Vigneron, PhD Imaging Technology: Positron Emission Tomography Henry van Brocklin, PhD Informatics and Biostatistics Joan Hilton, ScD Ajay Jain, PhD Vivian Weinberg, PhD Outcomes Research Peter Carroll, MD, MPH Mack Roach III, MD Charles Ryan, MD Eric Small, MD Steven van den Eeden, PhD Pathology and Phenotypic Markers Jeff Simko, MD, PhD Tumor Immunology, and Clinical Trials in Cellular and Hormonal Immunotherapy Jeffery Bluestone, PhD Marcella Fasso, PhD Larry Fong, MD Lewis Lanier, PhD James Marks, PhD, MD Eric Small, MD

For information on the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit http://cancer.ucsf.edu.

Application Process

The purpose of this program is to assist exceptionally talented postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty and researchers in establishing their academic and scientific careers in prostate cancer research. Funding provides salary support and helps to establish strong mentoring relationships for postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty and researchers. Successful fellows will use the funding to launch a career in academia, either as a research or clinical scientist, at the faculty level.

Postdoctoral applicants must be at UCSF or UC Berkeley and should have a PhD and/or MD and experience in one of the areas mentioned above. Salary support will be up to $50,000, depending on experience.

Prior to submitting a formal application interested applicants should contact the Development Program Director, Marc Shuman, MD, to complete a pre-application review. Applicants should allow sufficent time to schedule and complete this process in advance of the formal application deadline. The application deadline for the next funding cycle will be posted on this page.

The formal application will include an application form, a curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research interest and letters of reference. The complete instructions and application form should be downloaded and reviewed prior to scheduling a pre-application consultation using the links below:

Instructions in Word (Sample of program description and directions for submitting an application, current instructions will be posted in advance of the next funding cycle.)

Application form in Excel (Sample of required forms, current instructions will be posted in advance of the next funding cycle.)

Fellows Trained

Matthew Cooperberg, MD
Prostate Cancer Fellow, 2001-2002
Project: Use of phage display libraries to develop fully human, prostate tumor-specific antibodies for targeted diagnostics and therapeutics

Maria Costa, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Urology
Prostate Cancer Fellow, 2008-2009
Project: Role of deregulated protein synthesis in prostate tumorigenesis

Tracy Downs, MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery (Urology), University of California, San Diego
Prostate Cancer Fellow, 2001-2002
Project: Gene expression in tissue obtained at the time of diagnostic prostate biopsy, and in serial prostate biopsies for active surveillance

Eva Estébanez-Perpiñá, PhD
Associate Researcher, Ramon-y-Cajal and Marie Curie IRG Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Prostate Cancer Research Fellow, 2003-2006
Project: Characterizing the structural interfaces between the androgen receptor and nuclear co-factor, and discovery of small molecule inhibitors

Marcella Fassò, PhD
Assistant Researcher, Urology
Prostate Cancer Fellow, 2003-2005
Project: Identification and characterization of novel prostatic antigens (SPAS-1)

Andrea Harzstark, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)
Prostate Cancer Fellow, 2007-2008
Project: Radiation therapy and anti-CTLA-4 (Ipilimumab) in patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer metastatic to bone

Natalia Jouravel, MD
Associate Specialist, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Prostate Cancer Fellow, 2005-2006
Project: Antiandrogens Targeting Androgen Receptor Folding

Maxwell Meng, MD
Prostate Cancer Fellow, 2002-2003
Project: Utility of altered telomerase in cancer therapeutics

Jennifer Schutzman, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)
Prostate Cancer Fellow, 2008-2009
Project: Role for sprouty genes in prostate development and prostate cancer

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Faculty

Peter Carroll, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair, Urology
Assistant email: jdeming@urology.ucsf.edu

Marc Shuman, MD
Development Program Director
Email: shuman@medicine.ucsf.edu

Mack Roach III, MD
Career Development Program Co-director
Email: mroach@radonc.ucsf.edu

Key Staff

Malinda Walker
Program Administrator
Prostate Cancer Developmental Program
Email: mwalker@urology.ucsf.edu

Contact Number

For more information about applying to the Prostate Cancer Fellowship please contact mwalker@urology.ucsf.edu.