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Overview

Gail A. Greendale is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in several subfields, including orthopedics and sports medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, oncology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and health, toxicology and mutagenesis.

The scientist has explored a variety of topics throughout their career, including:

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Cancer survivorship and care

Gail A. Greendale has published research across several frequent venues, such as:

  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Women s Midlife Health
  • JAMA Network Open
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Some recent publications authored by Gail A. Greendale include:

  • The Menopause Transition and Cognition, 2020, JAMA
  • Changes in Regional Fat Distribution and Anthropometric Measures Across the Menopause Transition, 2021, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Other notable works associated with their frequent coauthors include studies such as:

  • Antimullerian Hormone and Impending Menopause in Late Reproductive Age: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Disparities in Reproductive Aging and Midlife Health between Black and White women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), 2022, Women s Midlife Health
  • Associations of Age at Menopause With Postmenopausal Bone Mineral Density and Fracture Risk in Women, 2021, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Frequent collaborators in Gail A. Greendale's work include:

  • Arun S. Karlamangla
  • Sioḃán D. Harlow
  • Albert Shieh
  • Jane A. Cauley
  • Ellen B. Gold

Best Publications

  • Effects of Estrogen or Estrogen/ Progestin Regimens on Heart Disease Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women: The Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions (PEPI) Trial

    Valery T. Miller;John LaRosa;Vanessa Barnabei;Craig Kessler

  • 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

  • Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Endometrial Histology in Postmenopausal Women: The Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions (PEPI) Trial

    Howard L. Judd;Irma Mebane-Sims;Claudine Legault;Carol Wasilauskas

  • 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

  • Breast Cancer in Younger Women: Reproductive and Late Health Effects of Treatment

    Patricia A. Ganz;Gail A. Greendale;Laura Petersen;Barbara Kahn

  • Endogenous Sex Steroids and Bone Mineral Density in Older Women and Men: The Rancho Bernardo Study

    Gail A. Greendale;Sharon Edelstein;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

  • Bone Mineral Density Changes During the Menopause Transition in a Multiethnic Cohort of Women

    Joel S. Finkelstein;Sarah E. Brockwell;Vinay Mehta;Gail A. Greendale

  • Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Change in Mammographic Density

    Gail A. Greendale;Beth A. Reboussin;Stacey Slone;Carol Wasilauskas

  • Effects of estrogen and estrogen-progestin on mammographic parenchymal density

    G A Greendale;B A Reboussin;A Sie;H R Singh

  • Neurocognitive performance in breast cancer survivors exposed to adjuvant chemotherapy and tamoxifen.

    Steven A. Castellon;Patricia A. Ganz;Julienne E. Bower;Laura Petersen

  • Physical Activity and Changes in Weight and Waist Circumference in Midlife Women: Findings from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

    Barbara Sternfeld;Hua Wang;Charles P. Quesenberry;Barbara Abrams

  • Effects of the menopause transition and hormone use on cognitive performance in midlife women

    Greendale Ga;Huang Mh;Wight Rg;Seeman T

  • Disordered eating, menstrual irregularity, and bone mineral density in female runners.

    Kristin L. Cobb;Laura K. Bachrach;Gail Greendale;Robert Marcus

  • Symptom Relief and Side Effects of Postmenopausal Hormones: Results From the Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions Trial

    Gail A. Greendale;Beth A. Reboussin;Patricia Hogan;Vanessa M. Barnabei

  • Longitudinal changes in sexual functioning as women transition through menopause: results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

    Nancy E. Avis;Sarah Brockwell;John F. Randolph;Shunhua Shen

  • Yoga for persistent fatigue in breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.

    Julienne E. Bower;Deborah Garet;Beth Sternlieb;Patricia A. Ganz

  • Managing Menopausal Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Patricia A. Ganz;Gail A. Greendale;Laura Petersen;Laura Zibecchi

  • Incident vertebral fractures and mortality in older women: a prospective study

    D. M. Kado;T. Duong;K. L. Stone;Kristine E Ensrud

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen B. Gold
Ellen B. Gold University of California, Davis
Sybil L. Crawford
Sybil L. Crawford University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Jane A. Cauley
Jane A. Cauley University of Pittsburgh
MaryFran Sowers
MaryFran Sowers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joel S. Finkelstein
Joel S. Finkelstein Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Barbara Sternfeld
Barbara Sternfeld Kaiser Permanente
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor University of California, San Diego
David B. Reuben
David B. Reuben University of California, Los Angeles
Nancy E. Avis
Nancy E. Avis Wake Forest University

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