Job Description and Duties This position supports the California Department pf Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by providing public health laboratory testing identify and characterize mycobacterial, mycotic, and parasitic diseases.Under the general direction of the Supervisor of the Mycology Unit , the Public Health Microbiologist II (PHM II) assists the Unit Supervisor in planning daily laboratory work, uses specialized conventional and molecular methods, develops and applies complex, non-standardized analyses; contributes and follows quality assurance procedures; and performs other functions typical pf a State reference laboratory such as technical consultation to local public health and clinical labora