Yong Song is a Research Fellow in Respiratory Disease at Menzies Institute for Medical Research, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania. He received his MD at Medical College, Jianghan University in 1996, obtained his MSc in Respiratory Medicine at Medical College, Lanzhou University in1999, and earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Murdoch University in 2008. Before joining the University of Tasmania, he worked as a full-time academic at Murdoch University (2008–2010), the University of Western Australia (2010–2016), and Curtin University (2016–2019). Since 2016 and 2019, he has held the position of Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia and Curtin University respectively. He is also a member of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ), and the Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand (PSANZ). His research interest is focused on investigating acute and chronic lung injury associated with mechanical ventilation, environmental health, and early life origins.