Current research activities:

• Lifestyle and Other Factors related to Hot Flashes and Timing of Menopause
• Lifestyle and Ovarian Function in Midlife Women
• Endocrine and other health effects of environmental exposures in women

My prior research activities included the following topics:

• Reproductive Health Outcomes in Migrant Farmworker Women
• Reproductive Health Outcomes in Semiconductor Industry Workers
• Epidemiology of Brain Tumors and Leukemia in Children
• Epidemiologic Study of Environmental Factors Associated with Pancreatic Cancer
• Contraceptive Steroid Plasma Levels and Cardiovascular Disease in Women Using Oral Contraceptives
• The Effects of Oral Contraceptives on Lipoprotein/Lipid Profiles of Healthy Young Women
• Epidemiologic Study of the Association of Oral Contraceptives with Pituitary Adenomas and Secondary Amenorrhea
• Family History in Children with Brain Tumors
• Mortality in the California Central Valley

Qualifications:

B.A., Bacteriology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1970
M.A., Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1972
Ph.D., Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, 1977

Membership:

Society for Epidemiologic Research
Society for Paediatric Epidemiologic Research
American College of Epidemiology
American Public Health Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Past Positions:

1987-1990  Johns Hopkins University, Adjunct Associate Professor
1988-1996, University of California, Davis, Associate Professor
1987-1990, Johns Hopkins University, Adjunct Associate Professor
1986-1988, Health Officers Association of California, Epidemiologist
1982-1987, Johns Hopkins University, Associate Professor
1977-1982, Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor
1975-1977, Johns Hopkins University, Research Assistant
1971-1974, University of California, Los Angeles, Research Assistant

Honors:

• Outstanding Mentor Award, UC Davis Consortium for Women and Research, 2002
• Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award, in the Graduate Group in Epidemiology, 2005
• Dean’s Excellence in Mentoring Award, UC Davis School of Medicine, 2007
• Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society
• Research Career Development Award granted by the National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences, 1990
• Graduate Group in Epidemiology

Selected Journal Articles:

• Sternfeld B, Jacobs MK, Quesenberry Jr CP, Gold EB, Sowers MF: Physical activity and menstrual cycle characteristics in two prospective cohorts. Am J Epidemiol 2002;156:402-9.
  
• Huang M-H, Schocken M, Block G, Sowers MF, Gold EB, Sternfeld B, Seeman T, Greendale G: Variation in nutrient intakes by ethnicity: results from the Study of women=s
  Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Menopause 2002; 9(5):309-19.
  
• Parikh-Patel A, Gold EB, Utts J, Worman H, Krivy KE, Gershwin E: Functional status of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol 2002 Nov 97(11):2871-9
  
• Bair YA, Gold EB, Greendale GA, Sternfeld B, Adler SR, Azari R, Harkey M: Ethnic differences in use of complementary and alternative medicine at midlife: longitudinal results from SWAN participants. Am J Public Health 2002; 92:1832-40
  
• Pierce JP, Faerber S, Wright FA, Rock CL, Newman V, Flatt SW, Kealey S, Jones VE, Caan BJ, Gold EB, et al: The Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study Group. A randomized trial of the effect of a plant-based dietary pattern on additional breast cancer events and survival: The Women’s Health Eating and Living (WHEL) Study. Controlled Clin Trials 2002;23:728-56.
• Santoro N, Crawford SL, Allsworth JE, Gold EB, Greendale GA, Korenman S, Lasley BL, McConnell D, McGaffigan P, Midgely R, Schocken M, Sowers MF, Weiss G: Assessing menstrual cycles using urinary hormone assays. Amer J Physiol: Endocrinol Metab 2003; 284:E521-30.
• Randolph JF, Sowers MF, Gold EB, Mohr A, Luborsky J, Santoro N, McConnell DS, Finkelstein JS, Korenman SG, Mathews KA, Sternfeld B, Lasley BL: Reproductive hormones in the early menopausal transition: relationship to ethnicity, body size, and menopausal status. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003;88:1516-22.
• Gold EB, Block G, Crawford S, LaChance L, Fitzgerald G, Miracle H, Sherman S: Lifestyle and demographic factors in relation to vasomotor symptoms: Baseline results from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. Amer J Epidemiol 2004;159:1189-1199.
• Santoro N, Lasley BL, McConnell D, Allsworth J, Crawford S, Gold EB, et al: Body size and ethnicity are associated with menstrual cycle alterations in women in the early menopausal transition: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Daily Hormone Study. J Clin Endocrinol Met  2004;89:2622-2631.
• Liu Y, Johnson WO, Gold EB, Lasley BL: Bayesian analysis of the effect of risk factors on anovulation rates in cycling women. Stat Med 2004;23:1901-1919
• Liu Y, Gold EB, Lasley BL, Johnson WO: Factors affecting menstrual cycle characteristics. Amer J Epidemiol 2004;160:131-140.
• Pierce JP, Newman VA, Flatt SW, Faerber S, Rock CL, Natarajan L, Caan BJ, Gold EB, et al for the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study Group: Telephone counseling intervention increases intakes of micronutrient- and phytochemical-rich vegetables, fruit and fiber in breast cancer survivors. J Nutr 2004;134:452-458.
• Ducore JM, Parikh-Patel A, Gold EB. Cancer occurrence in Southeast Asian children in California. J Pediatr Hematol/Oncol 2004;26:613-618.
• Natarajan L, Rock CL, Major JM, Thomson CA, Caan BJ, Flatt SW, Chilton JA, Hollenbach KA, Newman VA, Faerber S, Ritenbaugh CK, Gold E, Stefanick ML, Jones LA, Marshall JR, Pierce JP: On the importance of using multiple methods of dietary assessment. Epidemiology 2004; 15:738-745.
• Bair YA, Gold EB, Kravitz R, Azari R, Greendale GA, Adler S, Sternfeld B. Use of conventional and complementary health care during the menopause transition: longitudinal results from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Menopause 2005; 12:31-39.
• Green RS, Gold EB, Samuels SJ, Dosemeci M: The relation of occupational solvent exposure to symptom reporting in a sample of Caucasian and Chinese midlife women. J Occup Environ Med 2005; 47:410-423.
• Kass PH, Gold EB. Modern Epidemiologic Study Designs. In: Ahrens, Wolfgang and Pigeot Iris. Handbook of Epidemiology. Springer, New York, 2005, pages 321-344.
• Yost K, Haan M, Levine R, Gold E: Comparing SF-36 scores across three groups of women with different health profiles. Quality of Life Res 2005; 14:1251-1261.
• Hammond SK, Gold EB, Baker R, Quinlan P, Smith W, Pandya R, Balmes J: Respiratory health effects related to occupational spray painting and welding. J Occup Environ Med 2005; 47:728-39.
• Siddiqui AR, Lee K, Gold EB, Bhutta ZA. Eye and respiratory symptoms among women exposed to wood smoke emitted from indoor cooking: A study from southern Pakistan. Energy for Sustainable Dev 2005; 9:58-67.
• Gershwin ME, Selmi C, Worman HJ, Gold EB, Watnick M, Utts JM, Lindor KD, Kaplan MM, Vierling JM. Risk factors for and comorbidities in primary biliary cirrhosis: a controlled interview-based study of 1032 patients. Hepatol 2005; 42(5):1194-1202.
• Greendale GA, Gold EB. Lifestyle Factors: Are they related to vasomotor symptoms and do they modify the effectiveness or side effects of hormone therapy? Amer J Med 2005(suppl); 118(12B):148S-154S.
• Santoro N, Torrens J, Crawford S, Allsworth J, Finkelstein JS, Gold EB, Korenman S, Lasley BL, Luborsky JL, Sowers MF, Torrens J, Weiss G. Correlates of circulating androgens in mid-life women: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. J Clin Endocrinol Met 2005; 90(8):4836-4845
• Randolph Jr, JF, Sowers MF, Bondarenko I, Gold EB, Greendale GA, Bromberger JT, Brockwell SE, Matthews KA. The relationship of longitudinal change in reproductive hormones and vasomotor symptoms across the menopausal transition. J Clin Endocrinol Met 2005; 90(11):6106-6112.
• Gold EB, Flatt S, Pierce JP, Bardwell WA, Hajek R, Newman V, Rock CL, Stefanick M. Dietary factors and vasomotor symptoms in breast cancer survivors, the WHEL Study. Menopause 2006; 13:423-433.
• Gold EB, Colvin A, Avis N, Bromberger J, Greendale GA, Powell L, Sternfeld B, Matthews K. Longitudinal analysis of vasomotor symptoms and race/ethnicity across the menopausal transition: Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Am J Public Health 2006; 96:1226-35
• Huang M-H, Luetters C, Buckwalter GJ, Seeman TE, Gold EB, Sternfeld B, Greendale GA. Dietary genistein intake and cognitive performance in a multi-ethnic cohort of midlife women. Menopause 2006;13(4):621-630.
• Sowers MF, Crawford S, McConnell D, Randolph JF, Gold EB, Lasley B, Wilkin MK. Selected diet and lifestyle factors are associated with estrogen metabolites in a multiracial/ethnic population of women. J Nutr 2006;136:1588-1595.
• Crandall CJ, Crawford S, Gold EB. Vasomotor symptom prevalence is determined by Polymorphisms in sex steroid-metabolizing enzymes and receptors. Am J Med 2006;119(A): S52-60.
• Pierce JP, Natarajan L, Sun S, Al-Delaimy W, Flatt S, Kealy S, Rock CL, Thomson CA, Newman VA, Rittenbaugh C, Caan B, Gold EB, for the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study Group. Increases in plasma carotenoid concentrations in response to a major dietary change in the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living study. Cancer Epidemiol, Biomarkers Prev 2006;15(10):1886-1892.
• Waetjen LE, Liao S, Johnson WO, Sampselle CM, Sternfeld B, Harlow SD, Gold EB. Factors associated with prevalent and incident urinary incontinence in a cohort of mid-life women: A longitudinal analysis of data from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Amer J Epidemiol 2006;165:309-318.
• Upchurch DM, Greendale GA, Chyu L, Gold EB, Utts J, Bair Y, Zhang G. Complementary and alternative medicine use among American women: findings from the National Health Interview Survey. J Women’s Health 2007; 16(1):102-13
• Bair Y, Gold EB, Utts J, Zhang G, Rasor M, Greendale GA, Upchurch D, Chyu L, Sternfeld B, Adler SR. The use of complimentary and alternative medicine during the menopausal transition: longitudinal results from the Study of Women’ Health Across the Nation. Menopause 2008; 15(1):32-43.
• Santoro N, Brockwell S, Johnston J, Crawford S, Gold EB, Harlow S, Matthews K, Sutton-Tyrrell K. Helping midlife women predict the onset of their final menses – SWAN, the Study of Women Across the Nation. Menopause 2007; 14:415-424.
• Mortimer JE, Flatt SW, Parker B, Gold EB, Wasserman L, Natarajan L, Pierce JP. Tamoxifen, Hot Flashes and Recurrence in Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2007.
• Habel LA, Capra A, Oestreicher N, Greendale G, Cauley JA, Bromberger J, Crandall C, Gold EB, Mundugno F, Salane M, Quesenberry C, Sternfeld B. Mammographic density in a multi-ethnic cohort. Menopause 2007; 14:1-9
• Gold EB, Bair Y, Zhang G, Utts J, Greendale GA, Upchurch D, Chyu L, Sternfeld B, Adler S. Cross-sectional analysis of specific complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by racial/ethnic group and menopausal status: the Study of Women’ Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Menopause 2007; 14:1-12.
• Gold EB, Greendale GA: Epidemiology of menopause: demographics, environmental influences, and ethnic and international differences in the menopausal experience. In: Lobo RA (ed.), Treatment of the Postmenopausal Woman, Basic and Clinical Aspects, 3rd edition. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2007, pp. 77-98.
• Pierce JP, Natarajan L, Caan BJ, Parker BA, Greenberg RE,  Flatt SW, Kealey S, Rock CL, Al-Delaimy WK, Bardwell WA, Carlson R, Emond JA, Faerber S, Gold EB, et al. The influence of a very high vegetable-fruit-fiber, low-fat diet on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: Results from the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized trial. JAMA 2007;298:289-298.
• Gold EB, Bair Y, Block G, Greendale GA, Harlow SD, Johnson S, Kravitz HM, Rasor MO, Siddiqui A, Sternfeld B, Utts J, Zhang G. Diet and lifestyle factors associated with premenstrual symptoms in a racially diverse community sample: study of women’s health across the nation (SWAN). J Women’s Health 2007;16:641-656.
• Bromberger JT, Matthews KA, Schott L, Brockwell S, Avis N, Kravitz H, Everson-Rose S, Gold EB, Sowers MF, Randolph J: Depressive symptoms during the menopausal transition: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN). J Affective Disorders 2007;103:267-272
• Gold EB, Lasley BL, Crawford S, McConnell D, Joffe H, Greendale GA. Relation of daily urinary hormone patterns to vasomotor symptoms in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of midlife women: Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Repro Sci 2007; 14:786-797.
• Selmio C, Gershwin ME, Lindor KD, Worman HJ, Gold EB, Watnick M, Utts J, Invernizzi P, Kaplan MM, Vierling JM, Bowlus CL, Silveira MG, Bossi I and the USA PBC Epidemiology Group. Quality of life and everyday activities in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatology 2007; 46:1835-1843.
• Tomey KM, Sowers MFR, Li X, McConnell DS, Crawford S, Gold EB, Lasley B, Randolph Jr. JF. Dietary fat subgroups, zinc and vegetable components are related to urine F2a-isoprostane concentration, a measure of oxidative stress, in midlife women. J Nutr 2007; 137:2412-2419.
• Pierce JP, Newman V, Natarajan L, Flatt SW, Al-Delaimy WK, Caan B, Emond J, Faerber S, Gold EB, Hajek R, Hollenbach K, Jones LA, Karanji N, Kealey S, Madlensky L, Marshall J, Ritenbaugh C, Rock CL, Stefanick ML, Thomson C, Wasserman L, Parker B. Telephone counseling helps maintain long-term adherence to a high-vegetable dietary pattern. J Nutr 2007; 137:2291-2296.
• Thurston RC, Sowers MF, Chang Y, Sternfeld B, Gold EB, Johnston JM, Matthews KA. Adiposity and reporting of vasomotor symptom among midlife women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. Am J Epidemiol 2008; 167:78-85.
• Greendale GA, G Fitzgerald, M-H Huang, B Sternfeld, E Gold, T Seeman, S Sherman and MF Sowers (2002) Dietary soy isoflavones and bone mineral density: results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Am J Epidemiol. 115:746-54.
• Lasley, Bill L, Nanette Santoro, John F Randolph, Ellen B Gold, Sybil Crawford, Gerson Weiss, Daniel S McConnell and Mary Fran Sowers (2002) The relationship of circulating dehydroepiandrosterone, testosterone, and estradiol to stages of the menopausal transition and ethnicity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 87(8):3760-7.
• Gold, E B, J Bromberger, S Crawford, S Samuels, G A Greendale, S D Harlow and J Skurnick (2001) Factors associated with age at natural menopause in a multiethnic sample of midlife women. Am J Epidemiol. 153(9):865-74.
• Parikh-Patel, A, E B Gold, H Worman, K E Krivy and M E Gershwin (2001) Risk factors for primary biliary cirrhosis in a cohort of patients from the united states. Hepatology. 33(1):16-21.
  Gold, E B, B Sternfeld, J L Kelsey, C Brown, C Mouton, N Reame, L Salamone and R Stellato (2000) Relation of demographic and lifestyle factors to symptoms in a multi-racial/ethnic population of women 40-55 years of age. Am J Epidemiol. 152(5):463-73.
• Davis, P. A., E. B. Gold, R. M. Hackman, J. S. Stern and M. E. Gershwin (1998) The use of complementary/alternative medicine for the treatment of asthma in the United States. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 8(2):73-77.
• Gold, E. B. (1997) Case-control studies and their application to endocrinology. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 26(1):1-15.
  Weinbaum, Z., M. B. Schenker, E. B. Gold, S. J. Samuels and M. A. O'Malley (1997) Risk factors for systemic illnesses following agricultural exposures to restricted organophosphates in California, 1984-1988. Am J Ind Med. 31(5):572-579.
• Kassam, A., J. W. Overstreet, C. Snow-Harter, M. J. De Souza, E. B. Gold and B. L. Lasley (1996) Identification of anovulation and transient luteal function using a urinary pregnanediol-3-glucuronide ratio algorithm. Environ Health Perspect. 104(4):408-413.
  Eskenazi, B., E. B. Gold, B. L. Lasley, S. J. Samuels, S. K. Hammond, S. Wight, M. O'Neill Rasor, C. J. Hines and M. B. Schenker (1995) Prospective monitoring of early fetal loss and clinical spontaneous abortion among female semiconductor workers. Am J Ind Med. 28(6):833-846.
• Eskenazi, B., E. B. Gold, S. J. Samuels, S. Wight, B. L. Lasley, S. K. Hammond, M. O'Neill Rasor and M. B. Schenker (1995) Prospective assessment of fecundability of female semiconductor workers. Am J Ind Med. 28(6):817-831.
• Gold, E. B. (1995) Epidemiology of and risk factors for pancreatic cancer. Surg Clin North Am. 75(5):819-843.
• Gold, E. B., B. Eskenazi, B. L. Lasley, S. J. Samuels, M. O'Neill Rasor, J. W. Overstreet and M. B. Schenker (1995) Epidemiologic methods for prospective assessment of menstrual cycle and reproductive characteristics in female semiconductor workers. Am J Ind Med. 28(6):783-797.
• Gold, E. B., B. Eskenazi, S. K. Hammond, B. L. Lasley, S. J. Samuels, M. O'Neill Rasor, C. J. Hines, J. W. Overstreet and M. B. Schenker (1995) Prospectively assessed menstrual cycle characteristics in female wafer- fabrication and nonfabrication semiconductor employees. Am J Ind Med. 28(6):799-815.
• Lasley, B. L., P. Lohstroh, A. Kuo, E. B. Gold, B. Eskenazi, S. J. Samuels, D. R. Stewart and J. W. Overstreet (1995) Laboratory methods for evaluating early pregnancy loss in an industry- based population. Am J Ind Med. 28(6):771-781.
• Saiki, C. L., R. S. Green, E. B. Gold and M. B. Schenker (1995) Communication issues in a multicomponent study of semiconductor employees. Am J Ind Med. 28(6):883-911.
• Schenker, M. B., E. B. Gold, J. J. Beaumont, B. Eskenazi, S. K. Hammond, B. L. Lasley, S. A. McCurdy, S. J. Samuels, C. L. Saiki and S. H. Swan (1995) Association of spontaneous abortion and other reproductive effects with work in the semiconductor industry. Am J Ind Med. 28(6):639-659.
• Weinbaum, Z., M. B. Schenker, M. A. O'Malley, E. B. Gold and S. J. Samuels (1995) Determinants of disability in illnesses related to agricultural use of organophosphates (OPs) in California. Am J Ind Med. 28(2):257-274.
• Gold, E. B. and E. Tomich (1994) Occupational hazards to fertility and pregnancy outcome. Occup Med. 9(3):435-469.
• Gold, E. B. and L. E. Sever (1994) Childhood cancers associated with parental occupational exposures. Occup Med. 9(3):495-539.
• Gold, E. B., A. Leviton, R. Lopez, D. F. Austin, F. H. Gilles, E. T. Hedley-Whyte, L. N. Kolonel, J. L. Lyon, G. M. Swanson, N. S. Weiss and et al. (1994) The role of family history in risk of childhood brain tumors. Cancer. 73(4):1302-1311.
• Gold, E. B., B. L. Lasley and M. B. Schenker (1994) Introduction: rationale for an update. Reproductive hazards. Occup Med. 9(3):363-372.