Job Description and Duties This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by directly overseeing, planning, coordinating, and maintaining the high visibility over the Informatics Branch (IB). Under the general direction of the Public Health Medical Administrator I, Division Chief of the Division of Communicable Disease Control (DCDC), the Research Scientist Manager (RSM) serves as the IB Chief within the DCDC. The RSM supports public health informatics needs within the Center for Infectious Diseases (CID); provides technical leadership and acts as the informatics subject matter expert (SME) to the IB and CID information systems; advises CID leadership on strategic questions related to informatic