Kenneth W. Kinzler

Johns Hopkins University

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Johns Hopkins University

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]

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

^ "Kinzler, Kenneth W." id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kenneth Kinzler, PhD".
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Johns Hopkins 'gene hunter' Kenneth Kinzler elected to National Academy of Medicine". 20 October 2015.
^ "Kenneth Kinzler". www.nasonline.org.
^ Franklin-Wallis, Oliver (23 May 2020). "From pandemics to cancer: the science power list". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-05-26.