Faculty
Bashir Al Hussein Al Awamlh, M.D., MPH
Award: 2025 PCF Young Investigator Award
Title: Health Literacy in Advanced Prostate Cancer Care: Developing Evidence-Based Interventions to Support Patients with Low Health Literacy
Sponsor: The Prostate Cancer Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Christopher Barbieri, M.D., Ph.D.
Award: R01 Award
Title: Collaborative genomic alterations and transcriptional control in prostate cancer
Sponsor: NIH/NCI
Role: Principal Investigator
Award: NIH R01
Title: Upstream and downstream targeting of the SPOP ubiquitin signalig pathway in prostate cancer
Sponsor: NIH/NCI
Role: Principal Investigator
Award: R01 Award
Title: Growth Suppressive and Oncogenic Transcriptional Programs Controlled by the Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute
Role: Principal Investigator
Award: R01 Award
Title: The Role of Early Oncogenic Drivers in Maintaining Lineage Fidelity in Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: National Health Institute/National Cancer Institute
Role: Principal Investigator
Award: MSKCC Flow Through
Title: Context-specific roles of AP1 in prostate cancer progression and therapeutic response, Entity submitted to: MSKCC (flow-through NIH)
Sponsor: NIH
Role: Sub-Investigator
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Kavita Gupta, M.D.
Award: NewYork-Presbyterian Innovation Grant
Title: From Prediction to Real-Time Tracking: Scaling Automated Stone Navigation via International AI Collaborations
Sponsor: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Role: Principal Investigator
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Jim C. Hu, M.D., M.P.H.
Title: Prostate Cancer Comparative Outcomes of New Conceptual Paradigms for Treatment (PC CONCEPT)
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Randomized Trial Comparing Transperineal vs. Transrectal MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsy
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Role: Principal Investigator
Award: R01 Award
Title: Pelvic fascia spARing radical prostatectomy TrIAL (PARTIAL)
Sponsor: NIH/NCI
Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Preserving Erectile Function by Quantifying the Nerve-Sparing step of the Robotic Prostatectomy
Sponsor: Cedars Sinai
Role: Subsite PI
Award: Research Grant and Fellowships Program
Title: Using Technology to Improve Prostate Cancer Screening Information Quality
Sponsor: Prevent Cancer Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Award: Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF)
Title: Cost-Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening in the United States: Evaluating Current Practice and Emerging Strategies
Sponsor: Prostate Cancer Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
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Richard K. Lee, M.D., M.B.A & Philip S. Li, M.D.
Title: A Training Infrastructure to Support Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa
Sponsor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Role: Principal Investigators
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Richard K. Lee, M.D., M.B.A
Title: Improving Urology Standardized Letter of Recommendation and Development of an Electronic Version
Sponsor: Society of Academic Urologists
Role: Principal Investigator
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Timothy McClure, M.D.
Award: KL2 Award through CTSC
Title: Radiation Therapy and Irreversible Electroporation for Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer (RTIRE)
Sponsor: WCM CTSC
Role: Primary Investigator
Award: Career Enhancement Project
Title: ESCAPE - Evaluation of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: WCM Prostate SPORE
Role: Primary Investigator
Award: R37 awarded through NCI
Title: ESCAPE - Evaluation of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: NIH/NCI
Role: Primary Investigator
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Unwanaobong Nseyo, M.D., M.H.S.
Award: Community ICD Project
Title: The role of acculturation on knowledge and behaviors around pelvic floor disorders and overweight/obesity
Sponsor: Community Investigator Development Core
Role: Primary Investigator
Award: Clinical Research Scholars Training (CREST) Phase 2 Program
Title: The role of Acculturation on Knowledge and Behaviors Around Pelvic Floor Disorders and Overweight/Obesity
Sponsor: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Role: Primary Investigator
Mentor: Larissa Rodriguez, M.D.
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Larissa Rodriguez, M.D.
Award: NIH R01
Title: Motor cortical neuromodulation in women with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: reducing pain by improving brain and muscle activity
Sponsor: University of Southern California
Role: MPI
Award: NIH R01
Title: Contribution of stress induced autonomic and urothelial dysregulation to IC/BPS
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
Role: Subsite PI
Award: CAT Award
Title: Automated home Uroflowmetry and voiding diary assessment
Sponsor: Cornell University Institute of Biotechnology
Role: Principal Investigator
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