Faculty

Mary Ganguli, MD, MPH

Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Neurology

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email
Website
Epidemiology Program
Assistant
Cathy Moran
morancl@upmc.edu

Education & Training

MD
Madras University, India, Christian Medical College, Vellore
MPH
Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
General Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC
General Psychiatry, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Specialty Certifications

Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (General Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Psychiatry)

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Member, American Geriatrics Society
Member, American Academy of Neurology
Member, Gerontological Society of America
Member, International Psychogeriatric Association

Selected Honors & Awards

Distinguished Alumni Award for Research, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Outstanding Academician Award, Indo-American Psychiatric Association
Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence, Housestaff, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
Listed annually in Best Doctors since 1998, Best Doctors, Inc.

Research Interests

Diagnosis & risk factors; neurocognitive disorders; Assessment of cognition in different populations; Cross-national studies of neurocognitive disorders
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Ganguli M, Jia Y, Hughes TF, Snitz PE, Chang C-C H, Berman SB, Sullivan KJ, Kamboh MI. Mild cognitive impairment that does not progress to dementia. A population-based study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2019 67:232-238
  2. Ganguli M. Lee C-W, Hughes TF, Snitz BE, Jakubcak J, Duara R, Chang C-C H. Who wants a free brain scan? Assessing and correcting for recruitment biases in a population-based sMRI study. Brain Imaging and Behavior 2015;9:204-12. [PMID: 24573773]
  3. Ganguli M, Lee C-W, Snitz BE, Hughes TF, McDade EM, Chang C-C H. Rates and risk factors for progression to dementia vary by age in a population cohort. Neurology 2015, 84: 72-80. PMID 25471390.
  4. Ganguli M, Rodriguez EG, Mulsant BH, Richards S, Pandav R, Vander Bilt J, Dodge HH, Stoehr GP, Saxton JA, Morycz RK, Rubin RT, Farkas B, DeKosky ST. Detection and Management of Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care: the Steel Valley Seniors Survey. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52: 1668-1675, 2004. [PMID 15450043]
  5. Ganguli M, Chandra V, Kamboh MI, Johnston JM, Dodge HH, Thelma BK, Juyal RC, Pandav R, Belle SH, DeKosky ST. APOE polymorphism and Alzheimers disease: the Indo-US Cross-National Dementia Study. Archives of Neurology, 57: 824-830, 2000. [PMID 10867779]

Clinical Interests

Geriatric psychiatry

Education Interests

Geriatric psychiatry; Psychiatric/neuro-epidemiology; Neurocognitive disorders

New Research in Diverse, Community-Based Populations of Older Adults

New Research in Diverse, Community-Based Populations of Older Adults

Mary Ganguli, MD, MPH (Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Neurology), has worked for more than 35 years on the epidemiology of the aging brain and late-life mental disorders. In two studies recently published in Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, members of Dr. Ganguli’s team reported on effective strategies to recruit diverse study participants, as well as the results from an investigation of...

Recent Clinical Innovations in Perinatal and Geriatric Psychiatry

Pregnant Woman and African American Older Man

Recent papers from the Department of Psychiatry examine clinical initiatives around integration of behavioral health teams in OB-GYN clinics, fetal inflammatory response and risk for psychiatric disorders, and the association between benzodiazepine use and risk of cognitive impairment among older adults. Impact of colocated behavioral health on OB-GYN clinicians' rate of perinatal behavioral health diagnosis and...

A Population-Based Study of How Diabetes, Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index Contribute to Late-Life Cognitive Decline

Dr. Mary Ganguli

The delivery of effective medical and psychiatric treatments in later life can be complicated by the presence of multiple co-occurring conditions. Three such conditions—obesity, diabetes and dementia—co-occur in older adults more frequently than can be expected by chance. While studies have demonstrated that diabetes, high blood pressure and high body mass index in midlife predict dementia in late life, in late...

Mary Ganguli, MD Presented with AAGP Distinguished Scientist Award for her Outstanding Research Contributions

Dr. Mary Ganguli

The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry has presented Mary Ganguli, MBBS (MD), MPH, Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Neurology, with the 2019 Distinguished Scientist Award during its annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on March 1st. Dr. Ganguli received the award in recognition of her many years of significant contributions to the field and her mentorship of successful junior researchers in the...

New Population Neuroscience of Aging & Alzheimer’s Disease Training Program Prepares Clinical Neuroepidemiological Investigators for the Future

New T32 PNA Training Program

The Graduate School of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a new T32 pre- and postdoctoral training program in Population Neuroscience of Aging & Alzheimer’s Disease funded by the National Institute on Aging. The program is codirected by Drs. Caterina Rosano, Professor of Epidemiology, and Mary Ganguli, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Neurology...