Leadership

Laura Spadaro, MHA

Vice-président et responsable de la politique des soins primaires et de la santé publique

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Laura Spadaro is vice president and chief primary care and public health policy officer for The Wright Center. She helps guide, develop and advocate for public health policies and strategies that promote overall population health through systematic efforts to advance prevention, reduce chronic disease burden, and address socioeconomic determinants of health, as well as disparities in both care access and health outcomes.

A National Health Education Honoree, Spadaro earned her bachelor’s degree in public health from Temple University. She served as a public health intern with the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and joined the Pennsylvania Department of Health as an executive intern in the Office of the Secretary in 2018, before being promoted to Executive Assistant and then Executive Advisor for former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine, and Executive Deputy Secretary, Sarah Boateng.

Au cours de son mandat au ministère de la santé de Pennsylvanie, elle a fourni des conseils sur diverses initiatives de santé publique, y compris des solutions innovantes pour lutter contre la violence, la toxicomanie, la pauvreté et les problèmes de santé environnementale. Elle a notamment dirigé le Pennsylvania Coordinated Medication-Assisted Treatment Program (PacMAT), une initiative considérée comme un modèle de réseau national de référence pour les programmes complets de traitement des opioïdes.