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CA State Epi and Chief of the Division of HIV, HCV, and STIs - California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH)

A message from Erica Pan, CDPH:

I hope all of you are doing as well as possible during challenging times.  I am hoping that strong candidates looking for opportunities are monitoring LinkedIn and other CDPH postings, but wanted to make sure we circulate these 2 leadership positions at CDPH during a crucial time to key leaders like all of you to share or circulate as well given it may be harder for some to access the formal postings/emails (and some are bcc'ed here if personal emails I have from those in between positions now).  Apologies if you are receiving this as a duplicate, including from me, have been busy and traveling and not as organized as possible).  If anyone also knows/has access to sharing with some of the former CDC "alum" networks that would be great. (Will separately make sure the EIS alumni network has already received/circulated).

We are recruiting to backfill the other half of my prior position, CA State Epi that will report directly to me/the Director/SHO and will have broader role across our department and work closely with our new Chief Data Officer, Rebecca Fisher and our new Office of Data Strategy, among other crucial roles right now to maintain and continue to lead our CA public health work and further liaise with our partners regionally, nationally, and globally.  This was posted a few weeks ago and deadline was extended to 10/29/25 and I have been meaning to send around informally as well.  (already posted on CSTE connect, too).

We’re also excited to share an update that we finally have approval to create an integrated Division of HIV, STI, and HCV programs! (STIs & HCV have been in a separate Division from HIV). On October 16, 2025, the position announcement for the new Chief of the Division of HIV, HCV, and STIs was released with a final closing date of November 15, 2025.  Both MDs and PhDs (in a science related field) with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

These positions will need to plan to reside in CA if hired and can be based out of Sacramento or Contra Costa Counties (there is a posting for each location which are both for this single position). Interested applicants are required to apply to the posting that corresponds to the location they are interested in being headquartered at.