Professor Sang-Cheol 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 obtained a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA. He is a Full Professor (1993~24), Distinguished Professor (2012~24) and Chair Professor of Medicine (2024~) of the Hanyang University. Professor Bae is the former Director of the Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (2005-2019); Director of Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research (2019~); and Director of Hanyang Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (2021~), Seoul, Korea. He is taking on the roles of a full member of SLICC (1998~), a full member of National Academy of Medicine of Korea (2011~), the formal president of Korean Society of SLE Research (2016~20), a full member of APLC (2016~), Vice president of Korean Academy of Medical Sciences (2018~24), a full member of Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2018~), the president of 15th International Congress on SLE (2023), the president of Korean College of Rheumatology (2022~23), and Congress Chair of Lupus & KCR 2023. Professor Bae’s illustrious career shows excellent leadership as a medical service provider as well as a clinical and translational researcher in SLE and RA and has published ~ 800 articles on these topics in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Throughout his career, he has been honoured with numerous academic awards, including Master of the ACR (2024) and Master of the APLAR (2025).