John Gearhart, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Urology at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, has been awarded honorary membership in the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS).

For 17 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of American hospitals places The Johns Hopkins Department of Urology No. 1 in the nation.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the recipients of funding from the third round of the Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund. This first round was extremely successful with 22 applications being received. The review panel spent significant effort reviewing each of the applications. Although we did not have sufficient funds to support all of the work that was deemed worthy of support, we were able to fund individuals from diverse backgrounds and research projects. We are greatly anticipating the exciting applications that will be submitted for the next round later this year. Everyone is encouraged to apply. In addition to the financial support, we provide assistance with the research project being pursued. The recipients of this inaugural round of support are:

Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund Applications Funded Period of Support:  04/01/07-03/31/08
PI	Primary Dept	Title	Funded
Carter, H. Ballentine	Urology	Longitudinal Biomarker Studies in Men Managed Expectantly With Prostate Cancer	75,000
Stoianovici, Dan	Urology	MRI ROBOT FOR TARGETING THE PROSTATE	75,000
Yegnasubramanian, Srinivasan	Oncology	Simultaneous genome-wide characterization of somatic alterations in imprinting, DNA methylation, and genomic copy number in prostate cancer	75,000
DeMarzo, Angelo	Pathology	Generation of improved mouse models of prostate cancer	75,000
Luo, Jun	Urology	AGR2 as a molecular target for prostate cancer metastasis precursor cells	75,000
Netto, George	Pathology	Evaluation of the Prognostic Role of TMPRSS2/ETS Fusion Genes using The Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute PSA-Era Case-Control Progression Tissue Microarray Set.	75,000
Burnett, Arthur	Urology	Clinical Study of the Effects of Erythropoietin on Erectile Function in Patients Udergoing Bilateral Nerve-Sparing Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy	75,000
Meeker, Alan	Pathology	Specific detection of prostate cancer cells in urine by multiplex immunofluorescence and telomere FISH ￢ﾀﾓ guiding clinical decisions following negative prostate biopsy	75,000
		TOTAL	600,000

As part of this same review process, we were also able to award career development and pilot project grants to individuals from the Prostate Cancer SPORE grant. The awardees are as follows:

FUNDING FROM THE PROSTATE SPORE GRANT
Period of Support:  04/01/07-03/31/08
Levy, Moshe	Oncology	Cryoimmunotherapy of Advanced Prostate Cancer		Career Development
Berman, David	Pathology	Dissecting a novel metastasis pathway through the stem cell marker nestin		Career Development
Biswal, Shyam	Env Health Sci	TARGETING DYSFUNCTIONAL NRF2-KEAP1 PATHWAY TO CIRCUMVENT THERAPEUTIC RESISTANCE IN PROSTATE CANCER		Pilot Project (Dev Res)
Han, Misop	Urology	Impact of Antibiotic Treatment on PSA Variability and Prostate Cancer Detection		Pilot Project (Dev Res)

 

Dr. Patrick Walsh received the American Urological Association's highest honor, the Ramon Guiteras Award that is awarded to individuals for "outstanding contributions to the art and science of urology".

Patrick Walsh receives the Valentine Medal from the New York Academy of Medicine for his contributions to the science and art of urology.

Donald S. Coffey receives an award from the American Urological Association for his lifetime accomplishments in urology.