Gary L. Freed, M.D., MPH, has over 18 years of experience in children’s health services research and has been the principal investigator of numerous federal, state and foundation-funded grants. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles on child health policy and health economics, physician behavior and interspecialty variation in the provision of preventive services to children. Dr. Freed is the immediate past President of the Society for Pediatric Research, the largest research society in the field of child health. Dr. Freed also serves on several national committees. He is the immediate past Chair of the Department of Health and Human Services National Vaccine Advisory Committee. He is a frequent consultant to state and federal agencies as well as the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the World Health Organization. He is a member of the American Board of Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.