Robert S. Gold

Who is Robert S. Gold?

Robert S. Gold is a researcher in the application of computer technology to health education and health promotion. His publications include: more than seventy research and evaluation articles; dozens of pieces of software for organizations such as the American Cancer Society and the Department of Defense; commercially published software including HealthQuest and ABLEDATA; and several textbooks. Gold is Professor of Health Education and Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland, College Park.

He earned an Associate of Science from Orange County Community College in 1967, followed by a B.S. in biology from the State University of New York at Brockport in 1969. He earned his M.S. in health education at the same school two years later. Gold earned a PhD in health education from the University of Oregon in 1976, and a DrPH with a specialization in community health practice from the University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston in 1980.

He was an instructor in SUNY Brockport’s Department of Health Science before earning his PhD and returned there as Assistant Professor from 1976 through 1978 after completing the degree. While working on his second doctorate, he served as an evaluator for the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. He next joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1980 as Associate Professor of Health Education.