Kenneth W. Kinzler
Kenneth Wayne Kinzler is a professor of oncology, and director of the Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins University at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive [Cancer Center].
Kinzler received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1988. He is of German descent.
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.
He developed serial analysis of gene expression as a bioinformatics tool for the quantification of gene expression.
Awards
- 2002 MERIT Award, National Cancer Institute
- 2006 NCI Director's Service Award
- 2012 MERIT Award, National Cancer Institute
- 2013 AACR [Team Science Award]
- 2014 AACR Team Science Award
- 2014 Elected fellow of the AACR Academy
- 2015 Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine
- 2016 Elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2017 AACR Team Science Award
- 2020 The Times 'Science Power List'