Dr. Lee is currently a Professor of Rheumatology and a Division Chief of Rheumatology at Ewha Womans University College of medicine.
She has been an active member of the Korean College of Rheumatology (KCR) serving as a Director of International Cooperation, member of Board, and member of various committees and also an active member of Korean Association of Internal Medicine served as a Director of Informatics Board. She also served as the President of Korean Society of Gout Research, and a Chair of Academic Affairs Committee Korean Society of SLE Research. She served as a Scientific Committee Chair for the LUPUS 2023.
She and her colleagues have made important scientific contributions in rheumatology, especially discovering the role of immature B cells in the pathogenesis of SLE. Her group continuously works to define the role of B cells in the development of autoimmunity. Her group also has made contributions to the clinical rheumatology by reporting the risk of HPV infection in Korean patients with SLE, and also by applying newer imaging techniques to improve the clinical care of RA, gout, and ankylosing spondylitis. In addition, the group is also conducting epidemiologic research to define the disease burden in women with rheumatic diseases.
Risk for Human Papillomavirus-Associated Gynecologic Cancers Among Women of Childbearing Age With Rheumatic Diseases: A Population-Based Cohort StudyJOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2025, v.40 no.21, e95
Comparative effectiveness of JAK inhibitors and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritisKorean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023, v.38 no.4, 546-556
Burden of comorbidities and medication use in childbearing women with rheumatic diseases: a nationwide population-based studyThe Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022, v.37 no.6, 1250-1259
Risk of Pregnancy Complications and Low Birth Weight Offsprings in Korean Women With Rheumatic Diseases: A Nationwide Population-Based StudyJournal of Korean Medical Science, 2022, v.37 no.2, 1-11
p Risk of Pregnancy Complications and Low Birth Weight Offsprings in Korean Women With Rheumatic Diseases: A Nationwide Population-Based StudyJOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2022, v.37 no.2, e18
Incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus among Korean women in childbearing years: A nationwide population-based studyLupus, 2021, v.30 no.4, 674-679
KOBIO, the First Web-based Korean Biologics Registry Operated With a Unified Platform Among Distinct Disease Entities대한류마티스학회지, 2021, v.28 no.4, 176-182
Quality Indicators for Evaluating the Health Care of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: a Korean Expert ConsensusJournal of Korean Medical Science, 2021, v.36 no.17, 1-13
Switching from TNF alpha inhibitor to tacrolimus as maintenance therapy in rheumatoid arthritis after achieving low disease activity with TNF alpha inhibitors and methotrexate: 24-week result from a non-randomized, prospective, active-controlled trialARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY, 2021, v.23 no.1, 182
Genome-wide association study in a Korean population identifies six novel susceptibility loci for rheumatoid arthritisAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2020, v.79 no.11, 1438-1445
Recommendations for the management of patients with systemic rheumatic diseases during the coronavirus disease pandemicKOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2020, v.35 no.6, 1317-1332
Seasonal Variations and Associated Factors of Gout Attacks: a Prospective Multicenter Study in KoreaJOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2020, v.35 no.20, e133
The use of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for inflammatory arthritis in Korea: results of a Korean Expert ConsensusKOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2020, v.35 no.1, 41-59
Clinical outcomes of patients with active rheumatoid arthritis with normal acute phase reactant valuesINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES, 2019, v.22 no.5, 852-859
Factors associated with time to diagnosis from symptom onset in patients with early rheumatoid arthritisThe Korean journal of internal medicine, 2019, v.34 no.4, 910-916
Long-term efficacy, safety and immunogenicity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis continuing on an etanercept biosimilar (LBEC0101) or switching from reference etanercept to LBEC0101: an open-label extension of a phase III multicentre, randomised, double-blind, parallel-group studyARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY, 2019, v.21, 122
Severe Hypogammaglobulinemia Associated with Active Lupus Nephritis Treatment Resulting in Cytomegalovirus Infection대한류마티스학회지, 2019, v.26 no.4, 273~277
Outcome and predictors of renal survival in patients with lupus nephritis: Comparison between cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetilINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES, 2018, v.21 no.5, 1031-1039
Treat-to-target strategy for asian patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: Result of a multicenter trial in KoreaJournal of Korean Medical Science, 2018, v.33 no.52, e346
Detection of Anti-Type II Collagen Antibodies in Patients With Chronic Gouty Arthritis Findings From a Pilot StudyJCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY, 2016, v.22 no.7, 360-363
Factors Contributing to Discordance between the 2011 ACR/EULAR Criteria and Physician Clinical Judgment for the Identification of Remission in Patients with Rheumatoid ArthritisJOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2016, v.31 no.12, 1907-1913
Factors associated with quality of life and functional disability among rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for at least 6 monthsInternational Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2016, Sep 2016
Impact of Childbearing Decisions on Family Size of Korean Women with Systemic Lupus ErythematosusJOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2016, v.31 no.5, 729-734
Imputing Variants in HLA-DR Beta Genes Reveals That HLA-DRB1 Is Solely Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus ErythematosusPLOS ONE, 2016, v.11 no.2
Incidence and risk factors of fractures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an Asian prospective cohort studyRheumatology International, 2016, v.36 n.9, 1205-1214
Mapping health assessment questionnaire disability index (HAQ-DI) score, pain visual analog scale (VAS), and disease activity score in 28 joints (DAS28) onto the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) utility score with the KORean Observational study Network for Arthritis (KORONA) registry dataRheumatology International, 2016, v.36 n.4, 505-513
What factors affect discordance between physicians and patients in the global assessment of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis?Modern Rheumatology, 2016, 04 May 2016, 1-7
Autoregulatory function of interleukin-10-producing pre-naïve B cells is defective in systemic lupus erythematosusArthritis Research and Therapy, 2015, v.17 no.1
Factors associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine for Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritisJournal of Rheumatology, 2015, v.42 no.11
High-density genotyping of immune loci in Koreans and Europeans identifies eight new rheumatoid arthritis risk lociAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2015, v.74 no.3
Autoregulatory Function of IL-10 Producing Pre-Naive B Cells Is Defective in Systemic Lupus ErythematosusARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY, 2014, v.66, S1177-S1177
Comparison of the efficacy and safety profiles of a pelubiprofen versus celecoxib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a 6-week, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, phase III, non-inferiority clinical trialBMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS, 2014, v.15
Current gout treatment and flare in South Korea: Prophylactic duration associated with fewer gout flaresInternational Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2014, 2014