Gary Goldman, Ph.D.
Physicians for Informed Consent
Advisor
Gary S. Goldman, Ph.D., is a computer scientist, independent researcher, and founder and principal researcher of Goldman Forensic Research, LLC. His work has included statistical analysis, epidemiological data systems, database design, and applied research methods. From 1995 to 2002, he served as Research Analyst for the Antelope Valley Varicella Active Surveillance Project, a cooperative project involving the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His work included surveillance-database development, duplicate-case detection, household-linkage logic, capture-recapture methods, vaccine-effectiveness analyses, and shingles-incidence comparisons. His historical work on varicella surveillance remains part of the public research record and is presented as a case study in epidemiological data analysis, publication ethics, institutional conflict, and the interpretation of public-health surveillance findings.