Student and Trainee Publications
Dr. Rajesh Pandav, a then-graduate student in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh, played a role in the Indo-US project, published papers using the Indo-US project data, and also used Indo-US data for his thesis. Dr. Pandav received his Master’s Degree in Public Health in 2002, presenting a thesis on “Factors associated with cognitive impairment and dementia in a rural Indian population.
In 2002, Rajesh received the Outstanding Student Award from the University of Pittsburgh. Pictured below, Rajesh celebrates this award with Mary and Rohan Ganguli.
In October of 2020, Dr. Pandav was appointed World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Click the link for the news release.
Student and trainee publications using Indo-US project data:
| 2004 | |
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| Link | Citation |
| Abstract Full article | Pandav RS, Chandra V, Dodge HH, DeKosky ST, Ganguli M. Hemoglobin levels and Alzheimer disease: an epidemiologic study in India.0 Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2004;12(5):523-526. PMID: 15353391; doi:10.1176/appi.ajgp.12.5.523 |
| Abstract Full article | Pandav R, Dodge HH, DeKosky ST, Ganguli M. Blood pressure and cognitive impairment in India and the United States: a cross-national epidemiological study. Arch Neurol. 2003;60(8):1123-1128. PMID: 12925370; doi:10.1001/archneur.60.8.1123 |
| 2002 | |
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| Link | Citation |
| Abstract Full article | Pandav R, Mehta A, Belle SH, et al. Data management and quality assurance for an International project: the Indo-US Cross-National Dementia Epidemiology Study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2002;17(6):510-518. PMID: 12112174; doi:10.1002/gps.650 |
| Abstract Full article | Pandav R, Fillenbaum G, Ratcliff G, Dodge H, Ganguli M. Sensitivity and specificity of cognitive and functional screening instruments for dementia: the Indo-U.S. Dementia Epidemiology Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;50(3):554-561. PMID: 11943056; doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50126.x |