Deborah T Gold, Associate Research Professor and Director

Associate Research Professor and Director
PhD, Northwestern, 1986
mailing address: 1507 Busse Building Durham, NC 27710
office: 1507 Busse
email:
phone: (919) 660-7530

research interests | publications | courses

Research Summary:
 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).

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. Gold, D.T., Stegmaier, K., Bales, C.W., Lyles, K.W., Westlund, R.E., & Drezner, M.K. (1993). Psychosocial functioning and osteoporosis in late life: Results of a multidisciplinary intervention. Journal of Women's Health, 2, 149-155..
  2. Gold, D.T., Woodbury, M.A., & George, L.K. (1990). Relationship classification using Grade of Membership (GOM) analysis: A typology of sibling relationships in later life. Journal of Gerontology, 45, S43-S51..

Courses (Fall 2009):

  • Sociol 162.01, Adulthood and aging Synopsis
    Soc/psych 129, TuTh 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • Sociol 164.01, Death and dying Synopsis
    Soc/psych 127, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • Humandev 192s.01, Sp top human development
    See instru, W 11:55 AM-12:45 PM