He completed his M.Sc degree in 1993 and Ph.D in Immunology from The Third Military Medical University, China in 2001. Dr. Song honored with AAI Junior Faculty Travel Awards (Seattle, Baltimore, Boston, Honolulu, and Pittsburgh) and Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching (Penn State University College of Medicine in 2014; AAI Laboratory Travel Grant in 2015. Dr. Jianxun Jim Song's research interests include T cells, stem cells, cell differentiation, cancer, infectious diseases, autoimmunity, immunotherapy, Costimulation in T lymphocyte memory, Regulation of differentiation of T lymphocytes from pluripotent stem cells.