CIMR-Shao-Cong SUN

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Shao-Cong SUN

Date：2025-07-16

Majors for Enrollment:

Immunology

Oncology

Cell Biology

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.S. in Department of Biology, Hebei University, China

M.S. in Department of Microbiology, Stockholm University, Sweden

Ph.D. in Department of Microbiology, Stockholm University, Sweden

2024-Present

Distinguished Investigator, Director of Institute for Immunology,Chinese Institutes for Medical Research, Beijing, China

2024-Present

Chair Professor, Capital Medical University, China

2017-2022

Deputy Chair, Department of Immunology, The University of TexasMD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

2014-2022

Director, Center for Inflammation and Cancer, The University ofTexas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

2012-2022

Associate Director, Center for Cancer Immunology Research, TheUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

2013-2022

Moshe Talpaz Endowed Chair in Immunology, The University of TexasMD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

2011-2013

M.R.Evely Hudson Foundation Endowed Professor, The University ofTexas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

2007-2022

Professor, Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, USA

2006-2007

Distinguished professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology,Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA

2002-2006

Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology,Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA

1999-2002

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology,Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA

1994-1999

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology,Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA

1992-1994

Postdoctoral Fellow, The Gladstone Institute of Virology and ImmunologyUniversity of California, San Francisco (advisor: Warner Greene)

The main research in Sun lab is to investigate the molecular mechanisms of anticancer immunity, autoimmunity and inflammatory diseases, focusing on the function and regulation of T cells.