Dr. Gold's research focuses on the psychosocial consequences of chronic illness in late life. In particular, she has studies the impact of an exercise and psychosocial intervention on women with osteoporosis living in retirement communities as well as the impact of chronic pain on community-dwelling older women with osteoporosis. She has also looked at issues of quality of life in Paget's disease of bone, Parkinson's disease, syncope, and cancer. In addition, Dr. Gold has also investigated the sibling relationships of older adults and how those relations change across the life course. She is particularly interested in race and gender differences in older sibling dyads. Dr. Gold also heads the Data Processing Team of the Duke longitudinal study entitled Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE).