Dr. Joung-Liang Lan, is a specialist of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology. He served as Visiting Scholar of Johns Hopkins Center, USA. He earned as the Master Award from Taiwan College of Rheumatology (TCR, 2013) and Asia-Pacific League of Associations of Rheumatology (APLAR, 2017). Currently, he serves as an advisor to the Dean’s office of CMUH and Distinguished Professor of China Medical Univ. He served as President of TCR (2009-2011). His research interests include pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and connective tissue diseases associated with interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD). The laboratory focuses on identifying the novel biomarkers and autoantibodies for diagnosing autoimmune disease and monitoring progression of CTD-ILD. He is the principal investigator of more than fifty international clinical trials (phase I-III,1995-2024).