Student and Trainee Publications
Several graduate and doctoral students in the Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, played a role in the MoVIES project, published papers using the MoVIES project data, and also used MoVIES data for their theses and dissertations.
Students who received a Master’s Degree in Public Health:
- Christopher Peyko; Nutritional supplement use in the elderly; 1987
- Lilli Abdullahi; Medical records as data source for dementia registry; 1988
- Todd Wahrenberger; Medication use and cognitive impairment in the elderly; 1989
- *Krista Prescop; Epidemiology of family caregiving in dementia; 1998
- *Peijun Chen; Temporal association of depression and dementia; 1999
* Supported by the training grant #T32AG00181 from NIA, “Training in the Epidemiology of Aging”. Program Director: Jane A. Cauley, DrPH, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. For more information about this training grant, please visit https://www.caph.pitt.edu/training/
Students who received a Doctoral Degree in Public Health:
- Janet Johnston; Relationships between APOE epsilon 4 allele, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer’s disease; 1999
- Peijun Chen; Cognitive predictors of incident dementia in the community; 2000
- Changyu Shen; Regression analysis in longitudinal studies with non-ignorable missing outcomes; 2004
Other students, trainees and junior faculty who worked on the MoVIES project and/or contributed to analysis, interpretation and reporting of data:
Ranita Basu
Maria Birzescu
Holly Lasilla
Aaron B. Mendelsohn
Rajesh Pandav
Tiffany Hughes
Carmen Andreescu
Laurie Lavery
Judity Plowman
Keith Stowell
Stephanie M. Richards
Eric C. Seaberg
Changyu Shen
Kenneth von der Porten
Ellen M. Whyte
Ashok Bharucha
Jordan Karp
Robert Weyant
Andrea Fox
Eric Rodriguez
Student and trainee publications using MoVIES data:
| 2013 | |
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| Abstract Full article | Karp JF, Lee CW, McGovern J, Stoehr G, Chang CC, Ganguli M. Clinical and demographic covariates of chronic opioid and non-opioid analgesic use in rural-dwelling older adults: the MoVIES project. Int Psychogeriatr. 2013;25(11):1801-1810. PMID: 23883528; PMCID: 4020176; doi:10.1017/S104161021300121X |
| 2010 | |
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| Abstract Full article | Hughes TF, Chang CC, Vander Bilt J, Ganguli M. Engagement in reading and hobbies and risk of incident dementia: the MoVIES project. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2010;25(5):432-438. PMID: 20660517; PMCID: 2911991; doi:10.1177/1533317510368399 |
| 2009 | |
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| Abstract Full article | Lavery LL, Dodge HH, Snitz B, Ganguli M. Cognitive decline and mortality in a community-based cohort: the Monongahela Valley Independent Elders Survey. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009;57(1):94-100. PMID: 19016932; PMCID: 2768614; doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02052.x |
| 2008 | |
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| Abstract Full article | Stowell KR, Chang CC, Bilt J, Stoehr GP, Ganguli M. Sustained benzodiazepine use in a community sample of older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56(12):2285-2291. PMID: 19093928; PMCID: 2739598; doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02011.x |
| Abstract Full article | Andreescu C, Chang CC, Mulsant BH, Ganguli M. Twelve-year depressive symptom trajectories and their predictors in a community sample of older adults. Int Psychogeriatr. 2008;20(2):221-236. PMID: 18234145; PMCID: 2743537; doi:10.1017/S1041610207006667 |
| Poster | Brazill K. Access to transportation and primary care physician visits in an elderly, rural population: The MoVIES Project. Presentation at the American Geriatrics Society Meeting, 2008 |
| 2006 | |
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| Abstract | Shen C, Weissfeld L. A copula model for repeated measurements with non-ignorable non-monotone missing outcome. Stat Med. 2006;25(14):2427-2440. PMID: 16143999; doi:10.1002/sim.2355 |
| 2005 | |
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| Abstract | Ganguli M, Dodge HH, Shen C, Pandav RS, DeKosky ST. Alzheimer disease and mortality: a 15-year epidemiological study. Arch Neurol. 2005;62(5):779-784. PMID: 15883266; doi:10.1001/archneur.62.5.779 |
| Abstract | Shen C, Weissfeld L. Application of pattern-mixture models to outcomes that are potentially missing not at random using pseudo maximum likelihood estimation. Biostatistics. 2005;6(2):333-347. PMID: 15772110; doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxi013 |
| 2004 | |
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| Abstract | Whyte EM, Mulsant BH, Vanderbilt J, Dodge HH, Ganguli M. Depression after stroke: a prospective epidemiological study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004;52(5):774-778. PMID: 15086660; doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52217.x |
| 2003 | |
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| Abstract | Basu R, Dodge H, Stoehr GP, Ganguli M. Sedative-hypnotic use of diphenhydramine in a rural, older adult, community-based cohort: effects on cognition. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2003;11(2):205-213. PMID: 12611750 |
| 2002 | |
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| Abstract | Wang X, DeKosky ST, Luedecking-Zimmer E, Ganguli M, Kamboh MI. Genetic variation in alpha(1)-antichymotrypsin and its association with Alzheimer's disease. Hum Genet. 2002;110(4):356-365. PMID: 11941486; doi:10.1007/s00439-002-0697-3 |
| 2001 | |
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| Abstract | Chen P, Ratcliff G, Belle SH, Cauley JA, DeKosky ST, Ganguli M. Patterns of cognitive decline in presymptomatic Alzheimer disease: a prospective community study. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2001;58(9):853-858. PMID: 11545668; doi:10.1001/archpsyc.58.9.853 |
| Abstract | Bhojak TJ, DeKosky ST, Ganguli M, Kamboh MI. Genetic polymorphism in the cathepsin G gene and the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Neurosci Lett. 2001;309(2):138-140. PMID: 11502364; doi:10.1016/s0304-3940(01)02033-x |
| 2000 | |
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| Abstract | Chen P, Ratcliff G, Belle SH, Cauley JA, DeKosky ST, Ganguli M. Cognitive tests that best discriminate between presymptomatic AD and those who remain nondemented. Neurology. 2000;55(12):1847-1853. PMID: 11134384; doi:10.1212/wnl.55.12.1847 |
| Abstract | Johnston JM, Nazar-Stewart V, Kelsey SF, Kamboh MI, Ganguli M. Relationships between cerebrovascular events, APOE polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease in a community sample. Neuroepidemiology. 2000;19(6):320-326. PMID: 11060506; doi:10.1159/000026271 |
| Abstract | Bhojak TJ, DeKosky ST, Ganguli M, Kamboh MI. Genetic polymorphisms in the cathespin D and interleukin-6 genes and the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Neurosci Lett. 2000;288(1):21-24. PMID: 10869806; doi:10.1016/s0304-3940(00)01185-x |
| Abstract | Luedecking EK, DeKosky ST, Mehdi H, Ganguli M, Kamboh MI. Analysis of genetic polymorphisms in the transforming growth factor-beta1 gene and the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Hum Genet. 2000;106(5):565-569. PMID: 10914688; doi:10.1007/s004390000313 |
| 1999 | |
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| Abstract | Johnston JM, Cauley JA, Ganguli M. APOE 4 and hip fracture risk in a community-based study of older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999;47(11):1342-1345. PMID: 10573444; doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb07436.x |
| Abstract | Prescop KL, Dodge HH, Morycz RK, Schulz RM, Ganguli M. Elders with dementia living in the community with and without caregivers: an epidemiological study. Int Psychogeriatr. 1999;11(3):235-250. PMID: 10547124; doi:10.1017/s1041610299005803 |
| Abstract | Chen P, Ganguli M, Mulsant BH, DeKosky ST. The temporal relationship between depressive symptoms and dementia: a community-based prospective study. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1999;56(3):261-266. PMID: 10078504; doi:10.1001/archpsyc.56.3.261 |
| Abstract | Luedecking EK, Ganguli M, DeKosky ST, Kamboh MI. Genetic polymorphism in the persyn (gamma-synuclein) gene and the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Neurosci Lett. 1999;261(3):186-188. PMID: 10081980; doi:10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00025-7 |
| 1998 | |
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| Abstract | Mendelsohn AB, Belle SH, Stoehr GP, Ganguli M. Use of antioxidant supplements and its association with cognitive function in a rural elderly cohort: the MoVIES Project. Monongahela Valley Independent Elders Survey. Am J Epidemiol. 1998;148(1):38-44. PMID: 9663402; doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009556 |
| 1996 | |
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| Abstract | Lassila HC, Stoehr GP, Ganguli M, et al. Use of prescription medications in an elderly rural population: the MoVIES Project. Ann Pharmacother. 1996;30(6):589-595. PMID: 8792943; doi:10.1177/106002809603000604 |