Carol Hitchon, Western University

Research

Ai Agent Deep Learning Flare Joint Damage Joint Inflammation Large Language Model Multimodal Imaging Rheumatoid Arthritis

Latest papers

Prognosis of seronegative patients in a large prospective cohort of patients with early inflammatory arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology · 2014
Physician global assessment at 3 months is strongly predictive of remission at 12 months in early rheumatoid arthritis: results from the CATCH cohort.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2014
Earlier Time to Remission Predicts Sustained Clinical Remission in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis — Results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH)
Journal of Rheumatology · 2014

All 5 publications

Latest funding

AI-Assisted Multimodal Imaging for Joint Damage Assessment, Flare Prediction, and Personalized Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$1,154,386
Predicting Risks for Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Generative Artificial Intelligence
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$70,000

All 2 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Prognosis of seronegative patients in a large prospective cohort of patients with early inflammatory arthritis.

Barra L, Pope JE, Orav JE, Boire G, Haraoui B, Hitchon C, Keystone EC, Thorne JC, Tin D, Bykerk VP, CATCH Investigators

The Journal of rheumatology2014

DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.140082 PMID: 25274884

02

Physician global assessment at 3 months is strongly predictive of remission at 12 months in early rheumatoid arthritis: results from the CATCH cohort.

Choy T, Bykerk VP, Boire G, Haraoui BP, Hitchon C, Thorne C, Keystone EC, Pope JE, CATCH Investigators

Rheumatology (Oxford, England)2014

DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket366 PMID: 24241035

03

Earlier Time to Remission Predicts Sustained Clinical Remission in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis — Results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH)

Kuriya B, Xiong J, Boire G, Haraoui B, Hitchon C, Pope J, Thorne JC, Tin D, Keystone EC, Bykerk V

Journal of Rheumatology201449 citations

DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.140137

04

Low prevalence of work disability in early inflammatory arthritis (EIA) and early rheumatoid arthritis at enrollment into a multi-site registry: results from the catch cohort.

Mussen L, Boyd T, Bykerk V, de Leon F, Li L, Boire G, Hitchon C, Haraoui B, Thorne JC, Pope J

Rheumatology international2013

DOI: 10.1007/s00296-012-2407-3 PMID: 22461187

05

Increasing treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis is not determined by the disease activity score but by physician global assessment: results from the CATCH study.

Pyne L, Bykerk VP, Boire G, Haraoui B, Hitchon C, Thorne JC, Keystone EC, Pope JE

Journal of Rheumatology201218 citations

DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120520

AI-Assisted Multimodal Imaging for Joint Damage Assessment, Flare Prediction, and Personalized Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hu, Pingzhao; Hitchon, Carol A; O'Neil, Liam J; Pope, Janet E

Keywords: Ai Agent; Deep Learning; Flare; Joint Damage; Joint Inflammation; Large Language Model; Multimodal Imaging; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Thermal Imaging; X-Ray Imaging

$1,154,386

Predicting Risks for Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Generative Artificial Intelligence

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data

Principal investigators: Hu, Pingzhao

Keywords: Ai Interpretability; Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models; Disease Biomarkers; Disease Risk Prediction; Generative Ai; Genome-Wide Association Studies; Knockoff Inference; Polygenic Risk Score; Statistical Genetics

$70,000

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

Frequent collaborators

Medicine
Biochemistry
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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Toronto General Research Institute
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1 shared papers, latest 2014

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Ai Agent Dear Professor Hitchon, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Prognosis of seronegative patients in a large prospective cohort of patients with early inflammatory arthritis." (2014), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "AI-Assisted Multimodal Imaging for Joint Damage Assessment, Flare Prediction, and Personalized Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]