Janet Pope

Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology and also Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Westem Ontario (UWO), Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada. She is the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre, London. She obtained her MD, and Fellowship in Internal Medicine at UWO and a Fellowship in Rheumatology and Masters of Public Health was acquired at Boston University. She completed a Canadian Arthritis Society Research Fellowship. She is on the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Medical Advisory Committee, is Vice President of CaNIOS (Canadian Network for Improved Outcomes in SLE), and is a founding member in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group (CSRG), is on the executive of Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium (CRRC).   She contributes to Advisory Boards (in scleroderma, RA and lupus), and is a member of the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium and CAN (Canadian Arthritis Network). She is Chair of the CRA Roche Summer Research Studentship and CRA Abbott Summer Studentship. Her research includes epidemiologic studies in scleroderrna, SLE and RA, including outcome measurements, clinical trials and disease manifestations. She has published over 100 peer reviewed articles, 8 chapters and several Cochrane meta-analysis reviews.