Felicia Nowak

Felicia Nowak, an associate professor of molecular endocrinology in Ohio University's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, poses for a photo in her office in the Academic Research Center, at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Nowak discovered a gene called Porf-2 over 20 years ago and has recently learned the gene could treat tumor growth and diabetes complications.