Kathleen M. Woods Ignatoski, PhD, CPBCA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Kathleen M. Woods Ignatoski received a BS in Biology (Genetics and Developmental Biology) from Penn State University, a MS in Biology from Villanova University, and a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from Penn State University’s Medical School. She has been at the University of Michigan after a short postdoc at Villanova for over 30 years. Kathleen has published papers on virology, cell signaling, breast cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, adrenal cortical carcinoma, development, colitis, bone metastasis, and kept a disparate department together during COVID. She has been helping departments with compliance as a side job for over 10 years, and three years ago she took a position to start a Biosafety Quality Assurance Program.