Sang-Cheol Bae

Sang-Cheol Bae is the Director of the Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Korea; Director of the Section for Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology and Economics, Institute of Rheumatology, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea; and Director of the Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis, funded by the Ministry for Health and Welfare, Korea. And he is current president of Korean Society of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research and a full member of SLICC (Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics). Professor Bae acquired his MD in 1984, and subsequently a PhD in 1993, from the Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. From 1996 to 1998, he worked as a rheumatology research fellow and instructor at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. In 1998, he also obtained a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA. Professor Bae’s major research interests include clinical and genetic epidemiology; clinical trials & innovative treatment development; clinimetrics; and clinical economics & outcomes research in the field of rheumatic diseases, particularly rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. He has published over 600 articles on these topics in several national and international peer-reviewed journals including, Nature, Nature Genetics, Nature communications, American Journal of Human Genetics, PLoS genetics, Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, Arthritis and Rheumatology, Human Molecular Genetics, and Rheumatology, to name a few. Throughout his illustrious career, Professor Bae has been honoured with numerous academic awards, including the 2008 Distinguished Clinical Investigator Award by the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology, 2010 Hanmi Proud Doctor Award by the Korean Medical Association, 2011 Korean Rheumatology Academic Award by the Korean College of Rheumatology, 2012 Hanyang University Outstanding Scholar Professor award and 2016 Minister of Health & Welfare Award.