Stephanie Peterson, a Ph.D. student performing her thesis work in the laboratory of Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam, was selected as a trainee on the Immunology Pre-doctoral T32 training grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This funding will support Stephanie’s research exploring the role of high fructose diets in the predisposition and/or exacerbation of multiple sclerosis utilizing animal models.