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
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fieldsoncology, bioinformatics
Institutions

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. http://www.nasonline.org, National Academy of Sciences -. "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.
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