This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by optimizing data and technology by improving collection and reporting of data through CalREDIE program, to enhance preparedness and response for emerging public health threats and is used by state and local public health officials and healthcare providers for communicable disease reporting and surveillance. Under the general direction of the Research Scientist Supervisor I (RSS I), Chief of the Surveillance and Data Management Unit, the Research Data Specialist III (RDS III) functions independently and is responsible for providing both corrective and preventive data quality intervention on incoming and existing data in CalREDIE. The Data Specialist III RDS III will perform comp