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Ellen B. Gold is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Environmental Chemistry, and Genetics.

The primary topics covered in their body of work include Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Estrogen and related hormone effects, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals.

Their recent publications demonstrate a concentration on women's health, environmental exposures, and cardiovascular risk factors. Notable papers include:

  • Comparing polysomnography, actigraphy, and sleep diary in the home environment: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Sleep Study, 2022, SLEEP Advances
  • Vasomotor menopausal symptoms and risk of cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of six prospective studies, 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Association Between Reproductive Life Span and Incident Nonfatal Cardiovascular Disease, 2020, JAMA Cardiology
  • Associations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances with Incident Natural Menopause: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Longitudinal Associations of Air Pollution With Body Size and Composition in Midlife Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation, 2022, Diabetes Care

Ellen B. Gold frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including Sioḃán D. Harlow, John F. Randolph, Sung Kyun Park, Gail A. Greendale, and Nancy E. Avis. These collaborators have coauthored multiple publications, indicating sustained research partnerships.

Their work is regularly published in specialized venues related to menopause, endocrinology, environmental health, and epidemiology. Common publication venues include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Diabetes Care

Best Publications

  • Relation of Demographic and Lifestyle Factors to Symptoms in a Multi-Racial/Ethnic Population of Women 40–55 Years of Age

    Ellen B. Gold;Barbara Sternfeld;Jennifer L. Kelsey;Charlotte Brown

  • Factors Associated with Age at Natural Menopause in a Multiethnic Sample of Midlife Women

    Ellen B. Gold;Joyce Bromberger;Sybil Crawford;Steve Samuels

  • Duration of menopausal vasomotor symptoms over the menopause transition.

    Nancy E. Avis;Sybil L. Crawford;Gail A. Greendale;Joyce T. Bromberger

  • Longitudinal Analysis of the Association Between Vasomotor Symptoms and Race/Ethnicity Across the Menopausal Transition: Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

    Ellen B. Gold;Alicia Colvin;Nancy Avis;Joyce Bromberger

  • Influence of a diet very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized trial.

    John P. Pierce;Loki Natarajan;Bette J. Caan;Barbara A. Parker

  • The timing of the age at which natural menopause occurs.

    Ellen B. Gold

  • SWAN: A Multicenter, Multiethnic, Community-Based Cohort Study of Women and the Menopausal Transition

    Mary Fran R. Sowers;Sybil L. Crawford;Barbara Sternfeld;David Morganstein

  • Risk Factors and Comorbidities in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: A Controlled Interview-Based Study of 1032 Patients

    M. Eric Gershwin;Carlo Selmi;Carlo Selmi;Howard J. Worman;Ellen B. Gold

  • Depressive symptoms during the menopausal transition: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

    Joyce T. Bromberger;Karen A. Matthews;Laura L. Schott;Sarah Brockwell

  • Premature menopause in a multi‐ethnic population study of the menopause transition*

    Judith L. Luborsky;P. Meyer;M. F. Sowers;Ellen B Gold

  • Factors Related to Age at Natural Menopause: Longitudinal Analyses From SWAN

    Ellen B. Gold;Sybil L. Crawford;Nancy E. Avis;Carolyn J. Crandall

  • Progression and remission of pelvic organ prolapse: A longitudinal study of menopausal women

    Victoria L. Handa;Elizabeth Garrett;Susan Hendrix;Ellen B Gold

  • Reproductive hormones in the early menopausal transition: relationship to ethnicity, body size, and menopausal status.

    John F. Randolph;MaryFran Sowers;Ellen B. Gold;Beth A. Mohr

  • Longitudinal Change in Reproductive Hormones and Depressive Symptoms Across the Menopausal Transition: Results From the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

    Joyce T. Bromberger;Laura L. Schott;Howard M. Kravitz;MaryFran Sowers

  • Sleep disturbance during the menopausal transition in a multi-ethnic community sample of women.

    Howard M. Kravitz;Xinhua Zhao;Joyce T. Bromberger;Ellen B Gold

  • Lifestyle and Demographic Factors in Relation to Vasomotor Symptoms: Baseline Results from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

    Ellen B. Gold;Gladys Block;Sybil L. Crawford;Laurie Lachance

  • Change in Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Estradiol Across the Menopausal Transition: Effect of Age at the Final Menstrual Period

    John F. Randolph;Huiyong Zheng;Mary Fran R. Sowers;Carolyn Crandall

  • Age at natural menopause and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of individual patient data.

    Dongshan Zhu;Hsin Fang Chung;Annette J. Dobson;Nirmala Pandeya

  • Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer

    Leon Gordis;Ellen B. Gold

  • Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer

    Ellen B. Gold

Frequent Co-Authors

Gail A. Greendale
Gail A. Greendale University of California, Los Angeles
Sybil L. Crawford
Sybil L. Crawford University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Karen A. Matthews
Karen A. Matthews University of Pittsburgh
Barbara Sternfeld
Barbara Sternfeld Kaiser Permanente
MaryFran Sowers
MaryFran Sowers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nancy E. Avis
Nancy E. Avis Wake Forest University
John P. Pierce
John P. Pierce University of California, San Diego
Loki Natarajan
Loki Natarajan University of California, San Diego
Nanette Santoro
Nanette Santoro University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Cheryl L. Rock
Cheryl L. Rock University of California, San Diego

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