Carol Gold, Ph.D.

Carol Gold
Senior Research Associate

114-N Henderson
(814) 865-3549
gum@psu.edu

Professional Experience

• 2006-present   Senior Research Associate.  Gerontology Center.  Penn State University.
• 1999-present   Adjunct Associate Professor.  College of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Sweden
• 1997-2005       Senior Lecturer, Department of Biobehavioral Health.  Penn State University.
• 1993-1997       Senior Research Assistant, Department of Biobehavioral Health.  Penn State University.
• 1990-1993       Research Assistant and Coordinator.  Program in Biobehavioral Health.  Penn State University.
• 1989-1991       Project Coordinator of NIA funded research grant.  Penn State University.
• 1988-1990       Research Assistant.  Center for Developmental and Health Genetics.  Penn State University.
• 1980-1988       Research Assistant.  Institute for the Study of Human Development and Office of the     Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies.  Penn State University.
• 1978-1979       Research Assistant, State-funded research grant.  Penn State University.
• 1972-1973       Counselor for higher education program located at Penn State University
• 1969-1971       Research Assistant.  Project Co-Director of federally funded research grant.   Penn State University.

Other Experience, Honors, and Professional Memberships

2008               Invited participant and presenter at the Oxford Round Table on Women in the Modern World:

                        Struggle for Equality, Oxford University, Oxford, England, March 2008

2004               Co-author of winning paper of the 2004 Aetna Susan B. Anthony Award for Excellence in

                        Research on Older Women and Public Health: “Changes in elderly women’s health-related

                        quality of life following discontinuation of hormone replacement therapy” by Debra A. Heller,

                        Carol H. Gold, Frank M. Ahern, Kristine E. Pringle, Theresa V. Brown, and Margaret R.

                        Glessner; presented at the annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,

                        Washington, DC

 
2003               Award for work on National Rural Women’s Health Conference Steering and Operations

                        Committee

2000-present   Member of Steering and Operations Committee for National Conferences on Rural Women’s Health

1986-present   Member, Gerontological Society of America

Recent Sampling of Peer-Reviewed Publications

Pringle, K.E., Heller, D. A., Ahern, F. M., Gold, C. H., & Brown, T. V. (2006).  The role of medication use and health on the decision to quit drinking among older adults. Journal of Aging and Health, 186 (6), 837-851.

Pringle, K. E., Ahern, F. M., Heller D. A., Gold, C. H., & Brown, T. V. (2005).  Potential for alcohol and prescription drug interactions in older people.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,53 (11),1930-1936.

Coward, R., Davis, L., Gold, C., Smiciklas-Wright, H., Thorndyke, L., & Vondracek, F. (Eds.). (2005). Rural Women’s Health: Mental, Behavioral, and Physical Health Issues.  New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Gold, C. H., Dominick, K. L., Ahern, F. M., & Heller, D. A. (2005).  Differences in mental health indicators and psychotropic drug use between rural and urban older women.  In R. Coward, L. Davis, C. Gold, H. Smiciklas-Wright, & L. Thorndyke (Eds.). Rural Women’s Health: Mental, Behavioral, and Physical Health Issues.  New York: Springer Publishing Company, 45-61.

Heller, D. A., Gold, C. H., Ahern, F. M., Pringle, K. E., Brown, T. V., & Glessner, M. R. (2005). Changes in     elderly women’s health-related quality of life following discontinuation of hormone replacement therapy.      BMC Women’s Health, 5 (7).

Dominick, K. L., Ahern, F. M., Gold, C. H. , & Heller, D. A. (2004).  Health-related quality of life and health service use among older adults with osteoarthritis.  Arthritis Care and Research, 51 (3), 326-331.

Dominick, K. L., Ahern, F. M., Gold, C. H., & Heller, D. A. (2004).  Health-related quality of life among older adults with arthritis.  Health Quality of Life Outcomes, 2 (1), 5.

Takkinen, S., Gold C., Pederson, N. L., Malmberg, B., Nilsson, S., & Rovine, M. (2004).  Gender differences in depression: a study of older unlike-sex twins.  Aging & Mental Health, 8 (3), 187-195.

Current Research Projects

Exploring the links between physical activity and health in rural communities of Pennsylvania

PSU Social Science Research Institute (Level 1 Funding)

Principal Investigator: Elavsky

This grant provides funding to explore possibilities of future collaborative teams of faculty with common research interests related to rural women’s health

Role: Co-Investigator

Physical Activity and Daily Symptom Reporting in Peri-Menopausal Women: A Feasibility Study

PSU Social Science Research Institute (Level 2 Funding)

Principal Investigator: Elavsky

The primary objective of this application is to test the feasibility of a study examining the relationships among daily symptom reporting, affective experiences, perceived control, and physical activity in peri-menopausal women.

Role:  Co-Investigator

Gender and Patterns of Disease, Disability, and Death

NIH (NIA)      

02/01/07-1/31/09

This project will analyze gender differences in the patterns of diagnosed diseases and conditions, and disabilities, from medical records and data from nurse-administered in-person data collections of a sample of unlike-sex older twins living in Sweden.  Death records will also be analyzed.

Role: Principal Investigator        

Pennsylvania Geriatric Research Center/Penn State

Principal Investigator: Hardy

2007-2010

Development of educational/training materials on geriatric mental health issues for providers in Pennsylvania.

Role: Project Coordinator

Application of Time Series Modeling Techniques for Optimal Control of Asthmatic Symptoms at the Person-Specific Level

PSU Children, Youth, and Families Consortium (Level 2 Funding)

Principal Investigator: Molenaar

2006-2008

This project will apply time series and control modeling techniques to determine continuous optimal medication therapy for patients with asthma, with the proximate goal to keep each patient free of disease symptoms and with the ultimate goal of maintaining healthy lung functioning.

Role:  Co-Investigator

Gender Differences in Health and Health Behavior in Old Age

King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria Foundation

Principal Investigator: Berg

01/01/06 – 12/31/07 (with current no-cost extension)

This project will collect follow-up health and health-related behavior data via questionnaire from the original Unlike-Sex Twin Sample (N=605 pairs assessed via questionnaire in 1994) who are still alive.

Role:  Co-Investigator

Principal Investigator: Molenaar

6/06-present

This project has collected time series data on subjects with type 1 diabetes looking at medication use, continuous glucose level, diet, activity, and mood.  The project will apply control modeling techniques to determine the requirements for optimal control of glucose level at the person-specific level.

Role:  Co-Investigator

Education

• 1967  B.A. Sociology, Bucknell University
• 1969  M.A. Sociology, Duke University
• 1997  Ph.D. Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University