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Carol Hitchon

ResearcherInternal MedicineUniversity of Manitoba

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Carol Hitchon

Researcher

Internal Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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24 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Bitter Taste Receptors Chronic Medical Condition Covid-19 Genetic Variant Older Adults Serology

Latest papers

Thinking Outside the Joints: The Impact of Nonarticular Pain on Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Prospective Longitudinal Real-World Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort.
Arthritis care & research · 2026
Sex differences in the rate and factors for elevated depressive symptoms in multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Journal of health psychology · 2026
Association Between Sleep Disturbance and Subsequent Pain Interference in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Arthritis care & research · 2025

All 51 publications

Latest funding

Bitter taste receptors and COVID-19
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$70,000
Defining the burden and managing the effects of psychiatric comorbidity in chronic immunoinflammatory disease
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$2,443,500
Critical Illness in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
CIHR · 2011 · Co-investigator
$183,622

All 3 grants and awards

51 publications.

Thinking Outside the Joints: The Impact of Nonarticular Pain on Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Prospective Longitudinal Real-World Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort.

Meng CF, Valois MF, Lee YC, Caci JD, Boire G, Hazlewood G, Allard-Chamard H, Hitchon C, Kuriya B, Thorne C, Bessette L, Pope J, Bartlett SJ, Bykerk VP, Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Investigators

Arthritis care & research2026

DOI: 10.1002/acr.25656 PMID: 40968762

Sex differences in the rate and factors for elevated depressive symptoms in multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Riel H, Jacobo FL, Bernstein CN, Bolton JM, Fisk JD, Graff LA, Hitchon C, Mayo C, Patten SB, Marrie RA, Kowalec K, CIHR Team in Defining the Burden and Managing the Effects of Psychiatric Comorbidity in Chronic Immunoinflammatory Disease

Journal of health psychology2026

DOI: 10.1177/13591053251396478 PMID: 41545017

Association Between Sleep Disturbance and Subsequent Pain Interference in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Aydemir B, Schieir O, Valois MF, Muhammad LN, Song J, Dunlop D, Chang RW, Bartlett SJ, Bessette L, Boire G, Hazlewood G, Hitchon C, Pope J, Thorne C, Tin D, Bykerk VP, Lee YC

Arthritis care & research2025

DOI: 10.1002/acr.25568 PMID: 40356207

Influence of body mass index on cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis varies across anti-citrullinated protein antibody status and biologic use.

Karpouzas GA, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Corrales A, Myasoedova E, Rantapää-Dahlqvist S, Sfikakis PP, Dessein P, Hitchon C, Pascual-Ramos V, Contreras-Yáñez I, Colunga-Pedraza IJ, Galarza-Delgado DA, Azpiri-Lopez JR, Semb AG, van Riel PLCM, Misra DP, Patrick D, Bridal Logstrup B, Hauge EM, Kitas G, Ormseth SR, for An inTernationAl Cardiovascular Consortium for Rheumatoid Arthritis (ATACC-RA)

RMD open2025

DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2025-005464 PMID: 40187772

Characterizing Nonarticular Pain at Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis: Evolution Over the First Year of Treatment and Impact on Remission in a Prospective Real-World Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort.

Meng CF, Lee YC, Schieir O, Valois MF, Butler MA, Boire G, Hazlewood G, Allard-Chamard H, Hitchon C, Kuriya B, Tin D, Thorne C, Bessette L, Pope J, Bartlett SJ, Bykerk VP, Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Investigators

Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)2025

DOI: 10.1002/art.43049 PMID: 39482804

Higher comorbidities associated with less improvement in disease activity in early RA: results from CATCH cohort

Fatima S, Pope JE, Chen L-R, Schieir O, Valois M-F, Bartlett SJ, Boire G, Hazlewood G, Hitchon C, Tin D

Rheumatology20254 citations

DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaf350

Perceived Need for Mental Health Care in a Cohort of Persons With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Bernstein CN, Dolovich C, Prichodko M, Fisk JD, Graff LA, Patten SB, Bolton J, Hitchon C, Marrie RA, CIHR Team in Defining the Burden and Managing the Effects of Immune-mediated Inflammatory Disease

Journal of clinical gastroenterology2024

DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000001892 PMID: 37725433

Having More Tender Than Swollen Joints Is Associated With Worse Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Early RA.

Meng CF, Lee YC, Schieir O, Valois MF, Butler MA, Boire G, Hazlewood G, Hitchon C, Keystone E, Tin D, Thorne C, Bessette L, Pope J, Bartlett SJ, Bykerk VP, Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Investigators

Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases2024

DOI: 10.1097/rhu.0000000000002091 PMID: 38689390

Biological use influences the impact of inflammation on risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis.

Karpouzas GA, Ormseth SR, van Riel PLCM, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Corrales A, Rantapää-Dahlqvist S, Sfikakis PP, Dessein P, Tsang L, Hitchon C, El-Gabalawy H, Pascual-Ramos V, Contreras-Yáñez I, Colunga-Pedraza IJ, Galarza-Delgado DA, Azpiri-Lopez JR, Semb AG, Misra DP, Hauge EM, Kitas G

RMD open2024

DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2024-004546 PMID: 39043615

Having More Tender Than Swollen Joints is Associated With Worse Function and Work Impairment in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Meng CF, Lee Y, Schieir O, Valois MF, Butler M, Boire G, Hazlewood G, Hitchon C, Keystone E, Tin D, Thorne C, Bessette L, Pope J, Bartlett S, Bykerk V

ACR open rheumatology2024

DOI: 10.1002/acr2.11658 PMID: 38446125

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Carol Hitchon

Research

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Thinking Outside the Joints: The Impact of Nonarticular Pain on Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Prospective Longitudinal Real-World Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort.

Sex differences in the rate and factors for elevated depressive symptoms in multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Association Between Sleep Disturbance and Subsequent Pain Interference in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Influence of body mass index on cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis varies across anti-citrullinated protein antibody status and biologic use.

Characterizing Nonarticular Pain at Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis: Evolution Over the First Year of Treatment and Impact on Remission in a Prospective Real-World Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort.

Higher comorbidities associated with less improvement in disease activity in early RA: results from CATCH cohort

Perceived Need for Mental Health Care in a Cohort of Persons With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Having More Tender Than Swollen Joints Is Associated With Worse Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Early RA.

Biological use influences the impact of inflammation on risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis.

Having More Tender Than Swollen Joints is Associated With Worse Function and Work Impairment in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Bitter taste receptors and COVID-19

Defining the burden and managing the effects of psychiatric comorbidity in chronic immunoinflammatory disease

Critical Illness in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Frequent collaborators

Janet Pope

Sasha Bernatsky

Glen Hazlewood

Sasha Bernatsky

Derek Allan Haaland

Margaret Larche

Hani El-Gabalawy

Kaarina Kowalec

Ines Colmegna

Christine Peschken

Jitender Sareen

Diane Lacaille

Hugues Allard-Chamard

Cheryl Barnabe

Carol Hitchon

Gilles Boire

Jessica Widdifield

Marie Hudson

Lihi Eder

Vivian Bykerk

Megan Thomas

Lillian Barra

Dianne Mosher

Vivian Bykerk

Joyce Rauch