Two faculty members, Lori Brotto and Alex Wyatt, have received Discovery Grants from the Movember Foundation and Prostate Cancer Canada.
Lori Brotto
Dr. Brotto, a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Executive Director of the Women’s Health Research Institute, will use her two-year, $187,256 grant to explore bio-psycho-social aspects of sexual intimacy following prostate cancer treatment. She and her team will compare the effectiveness of mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy, and identify which one works best for whom. In the long-term, they will develop treatment manuals and distribute them to prostate cancer treatment centres throughout Canada, to help men and their partners reclaim intimacy after prostate cancer treatment.
Alexander Wyatt
Dr. Wyatt, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urologic Sciences and Senior Research Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre, will use his two-year, $200,000 grant to develop biomarkers to identify the 10 per cent to 20 per cent of people with prostate cancer for whom androgen-receptor drugs will not work. Such biomarkers would help prioritize such “poor prognosis” patients for other treatments that have a better chance of success.