The position applies advanced an advanced skillset of public health practice, chronic disease prevention, workforce development, rural health, community-clinical linkages, health equity, evidence-based intervention implementation, and public health systems to provide strategic guidance for and oversight of all chronic disease workforce initiatives in the CarDiADRD Unit, including the Community Health Worker (CHW), Regional Health Connector (RHC) infrastructure and expansion of chronic disease trainings for CHWs, pharmacists, residents, and other health professionals delivering services and supports to people at risk for or who are living with chronic diseases. The statewide chronic disease programs within the HPCDP Branch include Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Comprehensive Cancer Control, Colorectal Cancer Control, Diabetes Prevention and Management, Alzheimer's and Related Dementias, Healthy Eating and Active Living, the Cancer, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease Grants Program, and the Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Grants Program.