The Informatics Branch (IB) is part of the Division of Communicable Disease Control, within the Center for Infectious Diseases (CID), of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). CDPH is dedicated to protecting and optimizing the health and well-being of California’s diverse people and communities. The mission of CID’s IB is to promote the prevention and control of infectious disease by developing meaningful, reliable, and secure public health data products and pipelines. Because diversity, equity and inclusion are at the core of our public health work, IB embraces and values the contributions of all communities across California to fulfill our public health mission. In collaboration with local health jurisdictions and other community partners, IB supp