Kenneth Pienta is the Donald S. Coffey professor of urology and is a professor of oncology, pharmacology and molecular sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also serves as director of the The Brady Urological Institute and is co-leader of the Kimmel Cancer Center’s Prostate Cancer Program. Pienta’s research interests include the ecology of cancer, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, biomarker development, and novel therapeutic development. Specifically,  Pienta’s research on cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis uses ecology principles related to invasive species to develop cancer treatments through network disruption. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Pienta was the associate vice president for research, health sciences for the University of the Michigan from 2012 to 2013 and director of precision medicine for the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology from 2008 to 2013. He received his undergraduate and medical degree from Johns Hopkins University.