Prof. Sang-Cheol BAE (Korea)

Sang-Cheol Bae is currently the Director of Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, which is the leading specialized hospital in Korea as well as Asia, the Director of Section for Clinical & Genetic Epidemiology and Economics, Institute of Rheumatology, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, and the Director of ˇ§Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritisˇ¨ funded by Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Korea.

Professor Bae is a graduate of the Hanyang University where he studied medicine and gained his MD (1984) and PhD (1993). He also gained his MPH (1998) in Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. He had worked as a Rheumatology Research Fellow and an Instructor in Brigham & Womenˇ¦s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (1996-1998).

Professor Baeˇ¦s major research interests include: 1. Clinical Epidemiology, 2. Clinical Trials and Innovative Treatment, 3. Clinical Economics and Outcomes Research, and 4. Translational Research ˇV Genetic Epidemiology & Pharmacogenetics in the field of rheumatic diseases, particularly rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. He has published over 320 articles in this area.