Dr. Mary Ganguli is Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Geriatrics and Neuropsychiatry of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, with joint faculty appointments in the Departments of Neurology and in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. She leads the Dementia Epidemiology Program in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Ganguli is also Director of Psychiatric Services at the Benedum Geriatrics Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Ganguli is active in research, post-graduate education, clinical services, and program leadership at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Ganguli obtained her medical education at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India (University of Madras), India, and her psychiatric residency training at Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John’s, Nfld, chairman: Dr. John Hoenig) and the University of Pittsburgh (chairman: Dr. Thomas Detre). She is certified in psychiatry by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and in general psychiatry as well as geriatric psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). She also obtained a Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Ganguli’s investigative focus is on the epidemiology of late-life mental disorders, primarily the dementias and mild cognitive impairment. She has been Principal Investigator on four major epidemiology studies sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (National Institutes of Health, US Public Health Service); her current project is a prospective population-based investigation of mild cognitive impairment and its outcomes. Details of these studies are available on the website listed above. She has published 88 peer-reviewed articles, 30 invited articles in addition to conference proceedings and abstracts. Dr. Ganguli is also an active teacher and mentor in both clinical and research areas. She is currently the recipient of a mid-career research career award, also from the National Institute on Aging.
Dr. Ganguli is recognized as an expert on dementia and its antecedents. She is currently a scientific member of the National Advisory Council on Aging (i.e. the Advisory Council to NIA) and of the Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders work group of the American Psychiatric Society’s Task Force on the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). She previously served on the Work Group on Detection of Dementia of the American Academy of Neurology. She is a member of the advisory committee on peripheral and central nervous system drugs for the US Food and Drug Administration. She has served on NIH study sections and site visit teams. She has also served as an ABPN examiner in psychiatry. She consults to and collaborates with several external projects and initiatives related to cognition and dementia in North America, and has been an external dissertation examiner at universities in Canada and Europe. She is an editorial board member for two journals and an ad hoc reviewer for several others.
Dr. Ganguli is active in teaching and mentoring at the University of Pittsburgh, has chaired and served on dissertation committees in epidemiology and advised on master’s theses. She has also developed and organized innovative workshops for trainees and junior faculty. She has received teaching awards from housestaff at the University of Pittsburgh and been listed since 1998 in Best Doctors in America, a listing based on nominations and votes by peers. >> more
