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| AUA Foundation/Astellas Rising Star in Urology Research Award |
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To encourage young urology faculty to enter and remain in research careers, the American Urological Association Foundation (AUA Foundation), in partnership with Astellas Pharma US, Inc., developed the “Rising Star in Urology Award.” This program provides up to five years of supplemental salary support to career development awardees to ensure that their research salary compensation is competitive with other academic urology faculty.
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| 2009 Astellas Rising Star in Urology Award Winners |
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Andrew Stephenson, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Project: "Randomized Trial of Decision Analysis Model to Facilitate Treatment Decision-Making for Localized Prostate Cancer"
Mentors: Michael Kattan, PhD, and Eric Klein, MD
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Sunil Sudarshan, MD
University of Texas – San Antonio
Project: "Role of Fumarate Hydratase in Renal Hypoxia and Tumorigenesis"
Mentors: Hanna Abboud, MD, and LuZhe Sun, PhD
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William Roberts, MD
University of Michigan
Histotripsy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
J. Brian Fowlkes, PhD and Charles Cain, PhD
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Edward Schaeffer, MD
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution
Roles for Phospholipase A2 Signaling in Prostate Development
David Berman, MD, PhD and William Isaacs, PhD
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Ganesh Palapattu, MD
University of Rochester School of Medicine
The Isolation and Characterization of Human Prostate Cancer Stem Cells
Craig Jordan, PhD and Edward Messing, MD
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Christopher Smith, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Central Role of ATP in Bladder Overactivity
George Somogyi, MD, PhD; Michael Ittman, MD, PhD; Michael Friedman, PhD; and William Willis, PhD
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| 2006 Astellas Rising Star in Urology Award Winners |
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Brent Hollenbeck, MD
University of Michigan
Identifying Best Practices for Managing Superficial Bladder Cancer
Dr. Hollenbeck's research will use advanced methods for observational data analysis to identify "best practices" for the management of patients with bladder cancer. Ultimately, this work may translate into a standardized, evidence-based approach for bladder cancer management, including surveillance and intervention, thereby improving the quality of care provided to patients with bladder cancer.
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Willie Underwood, MD
Wayne State University
Patient's Factors That Influence Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Treatment of Nonmetastatic Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
Dr. Underwood will survey a cross section of the U.S. population to determine the factors that influence men's treatment decision when diagnosed with non-metastatic prostate cancer. The goal of this project is contribute to the improvement of the decision-making process for men and their families and to better understand better why variations in exist in prostate cancer treatment in regards to race, age and regions of the country.
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| 2005 Astellas Rising Star in Urology Award Winners |
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Stephen Jay Freedland, MD
Duke University
"Molecular Dissection of the Association Between Obesity and Aggressive Prostate Caner"
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B. Price Kerfoot, MD
VA Boston Healthcare System/Harvard Medical School
"Optimizing VA Healthcare Delivery Through Web-Based Interventions"
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2009 Astellas Program Announcement [.pdf]
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