{{Infobox scientist | name = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|01|30}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | death_cause = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = oncology, bioinformatics | workplaces = {{plainlist| * Johns Hopkins University * }} | education = | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * Johns Hopkins University * }} | known_for = | awards = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | children = }} '''Kenneth Wayne Kinzler''' (born January 30, 1962)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97802275.html |title=Kinzler, Kenneth W. |website=id.loc.gov |access-date=2018-10-15}}</ref> is a professor of oncology, and director of the Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins University at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.<ref name=AACR>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacr.org:80/Membership/Pages/FellowDetailsNoModal.aspx?ItemID=131|title=Kenneth Kinzler, PhD}}</ref>
Kinzler received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1988.<ref name=AACR/> He is of German descent.<ref name=aacc/>
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.<ref name=aacc>{{cite journal|url=http://clinchem.aaccjnls.org/content/61/1/9|title=An Interview with Bert Vogelstein and Kenneth Kinzler|first=Misia|last=Landau|date=1 January 2015|journal=Clinical Chemistry|volume=61|issue=1|pages=9–20|via=clinchem.aaccjnls.org|doi=10.1373/clinchem.2014.223271|pmid=25550474|doi-access=free}}</ref>
He developed serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) as a bioinformatics tool for the quantification of gene expression.<ref name=AACR/>
== 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)<ref name=AACR/> * 2014 Elected fellow of the AACR Academy * 2015 Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hub.jhu.edu/2015/10/20/kenneth-kinzler-joins-national-academy-of-medicine/|title=Johns Hopkins 'gene hunter' Kenneth Kinzler elected to National Academy of Medicine|date=20 October 2015}}</ref> * 2016 Elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20038058.html?|title=Kenneth Kinzler|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> * 2017 AACR Team Science Award (liquid biopsy team) *2020 ''The Times'' 'Science Power List'<ref>{{Cite news|last=Franklin-Wallis|first=Oliver|date=23 May 2020|title=From pandemics to cancer: the science power list|language=en|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/from-pandemics-to-cancer-the-science-power-list-d23bb9b2k|access-date=2020-05-26|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
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