Ilhak Lee is a co-investigator of BRIDGES:BKY and an Associate Professor of the Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Medicine, Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. He received his PhD in medical ethics from Yonsei University. He is a current board member of the Korean Association for Medical Ethics, and Korean Association for Medical Law, and has served as the editor of Korean Journal of Medical Ethics. His research interests have focused on studies of the ethics of end-of-life care and the ethics of research, especially on risk perception and scientific literacy. More recently he has concentrated on developing bioethics research methodology, which will connect philosophical theories to practical guidance for researchers.