Q&A: Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, MSDH 
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Currier steps in at Health Department at difficult time
Dr. Mary Currier became Mississippi state health officer in early 2010 after serving as state epidemiologist from 1993 to 2003 and again from 2007 until 2009. The Ann Arbor, Mich., native recently sat down with the Mississippi Business Journal’s Nash Nunnery for a conversation about public ...
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