Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam, Assistant Professor for Pathology, received grant funding from US Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health. The title of this project is "Linking diet, gut microbiota and autoimmune disease: Bacteria induced phytoestrogen metabolites impact immune function in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalitis. The total direct costs for this award are $1.905 million for 5 years.  The period for this project is February 2018 to 2023.