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
- Judith 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
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
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
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
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 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 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 - 2006
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
Abstract | Ganguli M, Vander Bilt J, Saxton JA, Shen C, Dodge HH. Alcohol consumption and cognitive function in late life: a longitudinal community study. Neurology. 2005;65(8):1210-1217. PMID: 16247047; doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000180520.35181.24 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
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
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
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
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
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 | 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 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 | 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 - 1999
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 | 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 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 - 1998
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
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