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BMB PhD Program Faculty

Kenneth J. Pienta

Utilizing ecologic principles to study cancer lethality

Donald S. Coffey Professor of Urology

Department of Urology 
School of Medicine

Keneth Pienta

Research Overview

Dr. Pienta is involved in research to study prostate cancer metastases and tumor resistance. Research projects utilize ecological principles to understand how cancer cells interact with the other cancer cells and host cells in the tumor microenvironment. The lab is currently focusing its efforts on understanding the role of polyaneuploid cancer cells in metastasis and therapeutic resistance.

Additional Titles

Director of Research, The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute

Co-Director, Prostate Cancer Research Program, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

 

Selected Publications