Functioning as Deputy Commissioner of Public Health, provides leadership, policy direction and oversight for the Center for Community Health, Center for Environmental Health, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, AIDS Institute, Office of Public Health Practice and Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, including management of approxiately 2000 staff. Major functions of these Centers include providing direct health services and evaluation of local government health delivery activities; identifying health issues and problems which pose a high risk to New York State citizens and developing programs to ameliorate those risks including exposure to toxic materials and communicable disease; conducting pure and applied health research and promoting healthy lifestyles.