Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine - Yale University Institute of Immune Metabolism(SYIIM) was founded in 2019. Professor Richard A. Flavell (a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and a member of the American Academy of Medicine) and Professor Bing Su, the director of the Shanghai Institute of Immunology, are Co-directors of the institute.

Yale University is one of the most famous universities in the world. The Department of Immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine was founded in 1988, and Professor Richard Flavell is the founding director of the department. Over a period of three decades, the department of immunobiology has become world leader in the study of basic immunologic mechanism, immune cell development and immune regulation, contributing several discoveries in new areas including the prediction and discovery in the innate immune system.

Since 2012, Professor Su Bing has been the director of the Shanghai Institute of Immunology from Yale University's Department of Immunobiology. He actively promoted discipline construction and international exchanges, continuously strengthened cooperation with the Department of Immunobiology of Yale University School of Medicine.

Under the efforts of Professor Bing Su and Professor Richard A. Flavell, as the first entity research institute established by Yale University outside the United States, SYIIM aims to become a world-class immune metabolism research center, focusing on immune cell metabolism regulation mechanism and application research and look forward to breakthroughs in key issues in the field of immune metabolism.