Managerial, administrative and policy development work for the Department of Health involving the planning, direction and evaulation of a variety of programs related to health surveillance. Duties include the management of epidemiological and statistics programs and of the Public Health Laboratory.
Supervision is exercised over a large professional and technical staff.
Duties are performed under the general direction of the Commissioner of Health. Oversees the operations of the chronic disease epidemiology programs, including the Cancer Registry and cancer control programs. Manages programs for the control of communicable diseases. Supervises the State Epidemiologist in the identification and control of disease outbreaks and in the oversight of programs dealing with immunization, tuberculosis, sexually-transmitted diseases, AIDS, and rabies. Manages programs for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of public health statistics and related policy development work.