Kenneth W. Kinzler

Kenneth Wayne Kinzler (born January 30, 1962)^[1] is a professor of oncology, and director of the Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins University at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.^[2]

Kenneth W. Kinzler
Born	(1962-01-30) January 30, 1962 (age 63)
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University
Scientific career
Fields	oncology, bioinformatics
Institutions	Johns Hopkins University

Kinzler received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1988.^[2] He is of German descent.^[3]

Much of his work has been in collaboration with Bert Vogelstein, beginning when Kinzler was a graduate student and Vogelstein was a new assistant professor.^[3]

He developed serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) as a bioinformatics tool for the quantification of gene expression.^[2]

Awards

• 2002 MERIT Award, National Cancer Institute
• 2006 NCI Director's Service Award
• 2012 MERIT Award, National Cancer Institute
• 2013 AACR Team Science Award (pancreatic cancer team)
• 2014 AACR Team Science Award (brain cancer team)^[2]
• 2014 Elected fellow of the AACR Academy
• 2015 Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine^[4]
• 2016 Elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences^[5]
• 2017 AACR Team Science Award (liquid biopsy team)
• 2020 The Times 'Science Power List'^[6]

References

1. "Kinzler, Kenneth W." id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
2. "Kenneth Kinzler, PhD".
3. Landau, Misia (1 January 2015). "An Interview with Bert Vogelstein and Kenneth Kinzler". Clinical Chemistry. 61 (1): 9–20. doi:10.1373/clinchem.2014.223271. PMID 25550474 – via clinchem.aaccjnls.org.
4. "Johns Hopkins 'gene hunter' Kenneth Kinzler elected to National Academy of Medicine". 20 October 2015.
5. "Kenneth Kinzler". www.nasonline.org.
6. Franklin-Wallis, Oliver (23 May 2020). "From pandemics to cancer: the science power list". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-05-26.