This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by supporting and advising the Deputy Director on program policy and research pertaining to chronic disease and injury prevention. The Public Health Medical Administrator (PHMA) II serves as the Assistant Deputy Director (ADD) of the Chronic Disease Prevention for the Center for Healthy Communities. The position is responsible for providing leadership, scientific and medical guidance, performance accountability, and general oversight of the state’s major public health and prevention programs, policies and initiatives that are directed at reducing the leading preventable causes of death among Californians---through reducing risk factors by improving communities and other environme