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b"Hosts Gregg Masters and Fred Goldstein meet Thomas E. Dobbs, MD, Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Melissa R. Stephens, MD, Associate Dean of GME and Population Health and Professor of Clinical Sciences at the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine. They discuss the intersection of public health, population health and the retooling of the acute care health system to remedy the many disparities in evidence in the United States. In addition to his role as Dean, Dr. Dobbs serves as the executive director of the Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities. He has a clinical position within the Division of Infectious Disease, working specifically in the fields of HIV and sexually transmitted infections with a focus on the intersection of disease and the social determinants of health. Dr. Dobbs has a long career working at the crossroads of clinical medicine and public health as a physician, researcher and public health leader. He has held numerous leadership roles within the Mississippi State Department of Health including State Epidemiologist and State Health Officer (a role through which he directed the state's response to the COVID pandemic). In his role as State Health Officer, Dr. Dobbs focused the agency on addressing the numerous health inequities that plague the state. Additionally, he has worked in leadership roles nationally and internationally in the fight against diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis."