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Marinka Twilt

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Full ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsUniversity of Calgary

Marinka Twilt

Full Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Cumming School of Medicine

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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63 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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113

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486

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Latest papers

Domains and outcome measures for the assessment of digital vasculopathy and Raynaud's phenomenon in adult and juvenile systemic sclerosis: a scoping literature review.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology · 2026
Outcome measures used to assess gastrointestinal tract involvement in adults and children with systemic sclerosis: a scoping review.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology · 2026
A systematic review of the social functioning of youth with JIA: Barriers, stigma, and resources.
Journal of pediatric psychology · 2026

All 113 publications

Latest funding

Long term kidney outcomes in pediatric SLE
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
$6,000
IIA-PATH (Indigenous Inflammatory Arthritis Prevention And Treatment Approaches for Health Equity)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000
Empowering Next-generation Researchers in perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH)
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$2,400,000

All 6 grants and awards

113 publications.

Domains and outcome measures for the assessment of digital vasculopathy and Raynaud's phenomenon in adult and juvenile systemic sclerosis: a scoping literature review.

Maniscalco V, Vasquez-Canizares N, Lemon J, Stead L, Leone V, Clarke K, Zulian F, Li SC, Twilt M, Adrovic A, Appenzeller S, Marrani E, Çakan M, Del Giudice E, Cattalini M, Tirelli F, Robinson LA, Sampath S, Mastrangelo G, Simonini G, Pain CE, International Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Outcome Group (IJOG) initiative, and the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Scleroderma Working Group

Clinical and experimental rheumatology2026

DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/76mozn PMID: 42635152

Outcome measures used to assess gastrointestinal tract involvement in adults and children with systemic sclerosis: a scoping review.

Robinson LA, Willis E, Kasapcopur O, Gunalp A, Vasquez-Canizares N, Twilt M, Pain CE, Zulian F, Li SC, Ambartsumyan L, International Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Outcome Group (IJOG) initiative, and the CARRA Juvenile Scleroderma Workgroup initiative

Clinical and experimental rheumatology2026

DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/j5ohku PMID: 42635151

A systematic review of the social functioning of youth with JIA: Barriers, stigma, and resources.

Jelinkova K, Natasha K, Twilt M, Birnie KA, Climie EA

Journal of pediatric psychology2026

DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsag032 PMID: 42101267

Mechanobiologic modulation of TMJ loading in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Standerwick RG, Twilt M, Yen EHK, Roberts WE

Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice2026

DOI: 10.1080/08869634.2026.2628215 PMID: 41704071

Domains and outcome measures for the assessment of cardiac involvement in juvenile systemic sclerosis: a scoping literature review.

Tirelli F, Vasquez-Canizares N, Marrani E, Robinson LA, Çakan M, Maniscalco V, Adrovic A, Appenzeller S, Cattalini M, Sampath S, Li SC, Twilt M, Pain CE, Castaldi B, Zulian F, International Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Outcome Group (IJOG) initiative and the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Scleroderma Working Group

Clinical and experimental rheumatology2026

DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/q8g25b PMID: 42635163

Effective Performance of the 2022 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR Classification Criteria for Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis in Pediatric Patients: An ARChiVe Study.

Cabral DA, Bosman ES, McPhate N, Mann SK, Toor KK, Morishita KA, Luqmani R, Beresford MW, Bistolarides J, Campillo S, Charuvanij S, Cook K, Dancey P, de Guzman M, Deepak S, Eberhard B, Elder M, Gagne S, Harrison K, Huber A, Khan A, Kim S, Klein-Gitelman MS, Lee TC, Li SC, Martin N, McErlane F, Moorthy LN, Orjuela AH, Park J, Riley P, Rosenberg AM, Shenoi S, Sivaraman V, Sutnga S, Tanner T, Tarvin SE, Twilt M, Wagner-Weiner L, Yeung RSM, Brown KL, ARChiVe Investigators Network within the PedVas Initiative

Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)2026

DOI: 10.1002/art.70172 PMID: 41958151

Outcome measures for cutaneous and musculoskeletal involvement in juvenile systemic sclerosis: a scoping literature review.

Maniscalco V, Cakan M, Robinson A, Vasquez-Canizares N, Lu M, Zheng R, Adrovic A, Sozeri B, Shenoi S, Appenzeller S, Sampath S, Cattalini M, Twilt M, Pain CE, Zulian F, Li SC, International Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Outcome Group (IJOG) initiative

Clinical and experimental rheumatology2026

DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/00khha PMID: 42635162

Clinical Features and Outcome Measures Across Still Disease (Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Adult-Onset Still Disease) Cohorts Worldwide: A Systematic Literature Review.

Balay-Dustrude E, Marques MC, Appenzeller S, Bracaglia C, Dedeoglu F, Eloseily E, Jimenez PM, Ombrello MJ, Onel K, Twilt M, Zhao X, Minoia F, Shenoi S, CARRA Systemic JIA Work Group and the PReS MAS/sJIA Working Party

The Journal of rheumatology2026

DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2025-0822 PMID: 41033820

Validation of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric Measures for Children With Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis.

Eckert MM, Wu EY, Oliver M, Scheck J, Lapidus S, Akca UK, Yasin S, Lenert A, Stern S, Insalaco A, Pardeo M, Simonini G, Marrani E, Wang X, Huang B, Kovalick LK, Rosenwasser N, Balay-Destrude E, Casselman G, Liau A, Klein A, Shao Y, Yang C, Briggs M, Mueller E, Deng E, Trunnell PR, Hamilton I, Machrone E, Mosa DM, Tucker L, Girschick H, Laxer RM, Tiller G, Akikusa J, Hedrich CM, Onel K, Dedeoglu F, Twilt M, Ozen S, Ferguson PJ, Schanberg L, Reeve BB, Zhao Y

Arthritis care & research2026

DOI: 10.1002/acr.80146 PMID: 42642883

Ultrasound to Assess the Temporomandibular Joint of Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Systematic Review.

Chana J, Baghaei K, Fagundes NCF, Hareendranatan A, Jaremko JL, Twilt M, Almeida FT

International journal of dentistry2026

DOI: 10.1155/ijod/2825133 PMID: 41568132

Long term kidney outcomes in pediatric SLE

SupervisorCIHR2026Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Shinyanbola, Esther

Keywords: Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease; Rgan Systems; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

$6,000

IIA-PATH (Indigenous Inflammatory Arthritis Prevention And Treatment Approaches for Health Equity)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-Infection/Immunity

Principal investigators: Barnabe, Cheryl C; Fox, Terri-Lynn; Montesanti, Stephanie R; O'Neil, Liam J; Roach, Pamela Marie

Keywords: Health Services Research; Implementation Research; Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Models Of Care; Prevention Trial; Psoriatic Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Screening; Shared Decision Making; Spondyloarthritis

$2,000,000

Empowering Next-generation Researchers in perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Health Research Training Platform - Human Dev. Child and Youth Health

Principal investigators: Samuel, Susan M; Andrade, Brendan; Archibald, Mandy M; Benchimol, Eric I; Birken, Catherine S; Chafe, Roger E; Chaillet, Nils; Jans, Jop; Keijzer, Richard; King, Alexandra; King, Malcolm; Mandhane, Piush; Poonai, Naveen; Pritchard-Wiart, Lesley; Regnault, Timothy R; Salami, Bukola O; Stinson, Jennifer N; Tersigni, Claudia A; Thomson, Ron; Walsh, Catharine M; Zwicker, Jill G

Keywords: Child; Child Health; Clinician; Equity; Human Development; Life Cycle; Perinatal Health; Scientist; Training; Youth

$2,400,000

UCAN CAN-DU and beyond: Towards a global genomics partnership for childhood arthritis

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Genomics and Precision Health Top-up

Principal investigators: Yeung, Rae S; Benseler, Susanne

Keywords: Children; Data Access; Data Sharing; Ethics; Legal; Rare Disease

$99,969

Let's Start Counting (and make it count)! A scoping review of the socioeconomic burden of rare genetic diseases

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Knowledge Synthesis Grant: Socio-Economic Burden of Inherited Disease

Principal investigators: Marshall, Deborah A; Lorenzetti, Diane

Keywords: Burden Of Illness; Rare Genetic Disease; Scoping Review; Socioeconomic Costs

$99,545

UCAN CAN-DU: Canada-Netherlands Personalized Medicine Network in Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Personalized Medicine in Inflammation Network

Principal investigators: Yeung, Rae S; Benseler, Susanne; Swart, Joost; Wulffraat, Nico M

Keywords: Arthritis; Biomarkers; Clinical Epidemiology; Ehealth And Mobile Health; Genomics; Health Economics; Knowledge Translation; Machine Learning; Patient Preferences; Precision Medicine

$4,967,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 27, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Marinka Twilt

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Domains and outcome measures for the assessment of digital vasculopathy and Raynaud's phenomenon in adult and juvenile systemic sclerosis: a scoping literature review.

Outcome measures used to assess gastrointestinal tract involvement in adults and children with systemic sclerosis: a scoping review.

A systematic review of the social functioning of youth with JIA: Barriers, stigma, and resources.

Mechanobiologic modulation of TMJ loading in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Domains and outcome measures for the assessment of cardiac involvement in juvenile systemic sclerosis: a scoping literature review.

Effective Performance of the 2022 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR Classification Criteria for Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis in Pediatric Patients: An ARChiVe Study.

Outcome measures for cutaneous and musculoskeletal involvement in juvenile systemic sclerosis: a scoping literature review.

Clinical Features and Outcome Measures Across Still Disease (Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Adult-Onset Still Disease) Cohorts Worldwide: A Systematic Literature Review.

Validation of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric Measures for Children With Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis.

Ultrasound to Assess the Temporomandibular Joint of Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Systematic Review.

Long term kidney outcomes in pediatric SLE

IIA-PATH (Indigenous Inflammatory Arthritis Prevention And Treatment Approaches for Health Equity)

Empowering Next-generation Researchers in perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH)

UCAN CAN-DU and beyond: Towards a global genomics partnership for childhood arthritis

Let's Start Counting (and make it count)! A scoping review of the socioeconomic burden of rare genetic diseases

UCAN CAN-DU: Canada-Netherlands Personalized Medicine Network in Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease

Frequent collaborators

Susanne Benseler

Dianne Mosher

Gillian Currie

Cheryl Barnabe

Heinrike Schmeling

Diane Lacaille

Jaime Guzman

Nader Khalidi

Lillian Barra

Nataliya Milman

Leilani Famorca

Lori Tucker

Silviu Grisaru

Lorraine Hamiwka

Paivi Miettunen

Nicole Johnson

Gerard Cox

Michelle Batthish

Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

Susan Samuel

Andrew Wade