Nolan Ford spent much of his childhood at University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital watching his sister fight cancer. The experience motivated him to pursue a medical career.

Drs. Ferguson and Hock received a prestigious Innovation Grant from the American Medical Association (AMA) as part of the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Program.

New research has identified the specific brain cells that control how much sugar you eat and how much you crave sweet tasting food.