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Cross-Appointed ProfessorDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Janet Pope

Cross-Appointed Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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44 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2009.

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139

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1,852

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Research

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

Latest papers

Systemic sclerosis: A comprehensive systematic review of global epidemiology, sex and ethnic disparities, disease burden, and organ-specific involvement.
Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2026 · senior author
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
Disparities in the access to and use of biologic and targeted synthetic treatments in patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a scoping review.
EULAR rheumatology open · 2026

All 139 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
CCN3: a novel antifibrotic treatment?
NSERC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$274,797
CCN3: a novel antifibrotic treatment?
CIHR · 2015 · Principal investigator
$274,797

All 4 grants and awards

139 publications.

Systemic sclerosis: A comprehensive systematic review of global epidemiology, sex and ethnic disparities, disease burden, and organ-specific involvement.

Toro-Gutierrez CE, Quintana-Lopez G, Pope J

Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2026.102156 PMID: 42185138

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

Disparities in the access to and use of biologic and targeted synthetic treatments in patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a scoping review.

Wright G, Nikiphorou E, Ramiro S, Gossec L, Curtis JR, Mysler E, Pope J, Verstappen SMM, Taylor PC, Sifford-Wilson M, Tsekouras V

EULAR rheumatology open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ero.2025.12.012 PMID: 42540175

Points to consider for reporting digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis interventional studies: An initiative from the world Scleroderma Foundation digital ulcer ad hoc committee.

Campochiaro C, Maltez N, Suliman Y, Alunno A, Alcacer-Pitarch B, Allanore Y, Baron M, Chung L, Del Galdo F, Denton CP, Distler O, Furst D, Galetti I, Giuggioli D, Khanna D, Krieg T, Moinzadeh P, Kuwana M, Matucci-Cerinic M, Pope J, Hughes M

Autoimmunity reviews2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2026.104010 PMID: 41740914

Defining Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis in Routine Care: Comparative Performance of Published Criteria and Description of Early and Late D2T-RA Phenotypes.

Attar RZ, Movahedi M, Cesta A, Akhavan P, Thorne C, Pope J, Kwok T, Lau A, Mirza R, Hepworth E, Chow A, Kuriya B, Aydin SZ, OBRI investigators

Arthritis care & research2026

DOI: 10.1002/acr.80161 PMID: 42742031

Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Goulet D, Guertin C, Larché M, Ferdinand I, Hudson M, Choi MY, Osman M, Pope J, Thorne C, Baron M

Arthritis Care and Research20261 citations

DOI: 10.1002/acr.80098

Classifications of rheumatological extraintestinal manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease: Unmet needs in clinical practice and trials

Nardone OM, Yuan Y, Caso F, Pope J, McGonagle D, Jairath V

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases2026

DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izag144

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

Expert consensus statement on the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases with Janus kinase inhibitors: 2024 update.

Nash P, Kerschbaumer A, Konzett V, Aletaha D, Dörner T, Fleischmann R, McInnes I, Primdahl J, Sattar N, Tanaka Y, Trauner M, Winthrop K, de Wit M, Askling J, Baraliakos X, Boehncke WH, Emery P, Gossec L, Isaacs JD, Krauth M, Lee EB, Maksymowych W, Pope J, Scholte-Voshaar M, Schreiber K, Schreiber S, Stamm T, Taylor PC, Takeuchi T, Tam LS, Van den Bosch F, Westhovens R, Zeitlinger M, Smolen JS

Annals of the rheumatic diseases2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.01.032 PMID: 40037995

Target Trial Emulations of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Pope J, Karacabeyli D, Aviña-Zubieta JA

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

DOI: 10.1002/art.43130 PMID: 39925338

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Ai Agent Dear Professor Pope, 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 "Systemic sclerosis: A comprehensive systematic review of global epidemiology, sex and ethnic disparities, disease burden, and organ-specific involvement." (2026), 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]

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Janet Pope

Research

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Systemic sclerosis: A comprehensive systematic review of global epidemiology, sex and ethnic disparities, disease burden, and organ-specific involvement.

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

Disparities in the access to and use of biologic and targeted synthetic treatments in patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a scoping review.

Points to consider for reporting digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis interventional studies: An initiative from the world Scleroderma Foundation digital ulcer ad hoc committee.

Defining Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis in Routine Care: Comparative Performance of Published Criteria and Description of Early and Late D2T-RA Phenotypes.

Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Classifications of rheumatological extraintestinal manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease: Unmet needs in clinical practice and trials

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.

Expert consensus statement on the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases with Janus kinase inhibitors: 2024 update.

Target Trial Emulations of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

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

CCN3: a novel antifibrotic treatment?

CCN3: a novel antifibrotic treatment?

Determining if a C-reactive protein (CRP) adds value to those with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

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