She was a Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at the Washington University in St. Louis, and in the Department of Pathology/Committee for Immunology at the University of Chicago. Arneson received her Ph.D. from the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago (thesis: “The Role of Invariant Chain Multimerization in MHC Class II Trafficking”). In her current research, Dr. Arneson uses molecular, genetic and biochemical approaches to examine questions relating to metabolism and metabolic disorders. Awards and honors include the Zitnik Fellow, American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate, 1999 – 2000; and the Wieman-Wendall Award, University of Cincinnati, 1990.