Amanda Vrsalović

Amanda Vrsalović, MPH, is a senior health program coordinator at the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Prevention (OMH-HDP), New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH). Vrsalović’s role focuses on addressing health disparities in communities, including immigrants, refugees, communities of color, and folks with limited English proficiency across New York State. Vrsalović has assisted with developing materials for healthcare facilities to improve race and ethnicity data collection, revamping a health literacy committee, and supporting a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer + Lecture and Learn series. Vrsalović earned her master’s of public health with a concentration in social behavior and community health from the School of Public Health at the University at Albany. Previously, Vrsalović worked on another NYS DOH project that focused on creating a data repository for collecting and improving data for children with rare genetic disorders. Vrsalović is passionate about working to close the gaps in healthcare needs through New York State programming.