Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health

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person physician public health official

Thomas E. Dobbs is a Mississippi public health official who served as the state’s health officer and was the named petitioner in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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Thomas E. Dobbs	0
State Health Officer of Mississippi	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	person ⓘ physician ⓘ public health official ⓘ
academicDegree	Doctor of Medicine ⓘ Master of Public Health ⓘ
appointedBy	Mississippi State Department of Health ⓘ surface form: Mississippi State Board of Health
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Alabama at Birmingham ⓘ University of Mississippi ⓘ
employer	Mississippi State Department of Health ⓘ
fieldOfWork	epidemiology ⓘ health policy ⓘ infectious disease control ⓘ public health ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasRole	named petitioner in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ
heldTitle	State Epidemiologist of Mississippi ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Mississippi ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Medical Association ⓘ Mississippi State Medical Association ⓘ public health professional organizations ⓘ
notableEvent	implementation of public health measures during COVID-19 in Mississippi ⓘ
notableFor	being the named state health officer in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ leadership of Mississippi’s public health response to COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ
notableWork	Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ
occupation	State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health ⓘ public health administrator ⓘ
positionHeld	Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: State Health Officer of Mississippi
represented	Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ surface form: State of Mississippi in his official capacity in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
residence	Mississippi ⓘ
specialty	infectious diseases ⓘ internal medicine ⓘ
workLocation	Mississippi ⓘ

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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → petitioner → Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health ⓘ

Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health → positionHeld → Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas E. Dobbs

this entity surface form: State Health Officer of Mississippi