Seung Cheol Shim is a professor of chungnam national university hospital in Daejeon, South Korea. He was graduated from hanyang university, and received M.S. and Ph.D. from the same university. He was a visiting professor at university of washington. He moved to chungnam national university hospital and was a director of regional rheumatoid & degenerative arthritis center. He actively participates in a variety of academic association such as the Korean Association of Internal Medicine, was a president of Korean Society of Synovial Research, and a director of public relation committee, international cooperation committee, executive secretary committee of Korean College of Rheumatology And he was an executive secretary of the 15th International Congress on SLE, a president of Korean Society of SLE research (KSSR). He is a full member of the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS), and SLE SIG member, APLAR, and currently the president of Korean College of Rheumatology. He has published many papers in peer reviewed journals including Nature genetics, ARD, A&R, and Rheumatology. He received distinguished awards such as Distinguished investigator award of Korean Rheumatism Association, Distinguished investigator award of Korean Rheumatism Association, Best research award of Korean Rheumatism Association, BumSeok scholarship, Distinguished professor award (Research) of Eulji University. His research has been focused on the genetics in the pathogenesis of lupus and spondyloarthritis, and also interested in the development of novel agents for the treatment of SpA.