Stephen Paul Ethier, Ph.D., has been appointed associate director of basic science and deputy director at WSU's Karmanos Cancer Institute. He also will serve as professor in the Department of Pathology.

Dr. Ethier, formerly a scientist in the department of chemical carcinogenesis at the Michigan Cancer Foundation (now Karmanos Cancer Institute), will be responsible for developing scientific programs, shared resources and methods to steer scientific findings toward clinical application.

"I'm happy to be returning to the Karmanos Cancer Institute," he said. "Its researchers are truly doing great things right now in the basic sciences."

Joining Ethier, who has served in several capacities during the past 16 years at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Institute, will be Kathleen Woods Ignatoski, Ph.D., an expert in cell signaling in breast cancer cells; Zeng Quan Yang, Ph.D., a molecular cytogenetics expert; and Michele Dziubinski, M.S., who will serve as Dr. Ethier's lab manager.