Gary S. Goldman, PhD, served as the sole Research Analyst for the Antelope Valley Varicella Active Surveillance Project (VASP) in collaboration with the CDC from 1995 to 2002. He developed a model linking chickenpox seasonality to school enrollment patterns (clustering) and temperatures and created a database to manage demographic and clinical data, ensuring accuracy through duplicate detection and household case linking. He played a key role in expanding the project's scope, supplying both initiative and background material for the successful proposal to include shingles in the active surveillance program. Dr. Goldman authored numerous peer-reviewed studies on varicella and shingles, covering vaccine efficacy, transmission dynamics, school outbreaks, and the epidemiology of shingles in vaccinated and unvaccinated populations. He has served as a reviewer for leading journals, including JAMA, BMJ, and Vaccine, and is on the Editorial Board of Research and Reviews in BioSciences and Othomolecular Medicine News Servuce (OMNS).