Organization of Public Health Student Association
The PHSA functional organization is based on the PHSA Constitution (available for Free Download as a Word document.)
There are four components that serve the PHSA mission and all the SPH students:
- The Executive Board's Officers and Leaders
- The Departmental Representatives
- The PHSA Council
- Duties of Departmental Representatives on Council
- The Committees
PHSA Executive Board - Officers for 2010-2011
EXECUTIVE BOARD AND ITS OFFICERS
The current Executive Board officers are listed below.
The Executive Board (also referred to as "the e-Board," or the Executive Council) has five officers who are elected annually (as provided in the PHSA Constitution, Article VI, pages 10 - 11):
The PHSA Executive Board each officer position individually have specific duties (described in the PHSA Constitution, Article II, "Executive Board," pages 2 - 5).
DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES AND METHOD OF SELECTION
The current Council Representatives are listed below.
Applications and Deadline
PHSA accepts applications for 21 open 1st year, 2nd year and doctoral student representative positions, to serve on the PHSA Council and were be elected in Fall 2010 (as provided in the PHSA Constitution, Article VI, pages 10 - 11)
The deadline for application was contained on the application.
PHSA Representatives to the PHSA Council may be first year, second year or doctoral students. They serve on behalf of each of the five academic departments within the School of Public Health and have specific duties (listed below, and as established under the PHSA Constitution, Article II, page 6):
- Biostatistics
- Community Health Sciences
- Environmental Health Sciences
- Epidemiology
- Health Services
Annual Council Positions Available
The available positions annually include:
- FIRST YEAR REPS -- Ten (10) positions:
- Up to two (2) 1st year Reps. for each of CHS, EHS, HS, Epi, and Biostats
- SECOND YEAR REPS -- Six (6) positions:
- One (1) 2nd year Rep. for each of CHS and Epi and two (2) 2nd year Reps. for HS and EHS
- DOCTORAL REPS -- Five (5) positions:
- One (1) doctoral student Rep. for each of CHS, EHS, HS, Epi, and Biostats.
PHSA EXECUTIVE BOARD 2010-2011 |
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| Name | Year | Dept | Committee | |
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| Tarah Griep | 2 | CHS | Co-Chair | |
| Andrew Tsiu | 2 | EHS | Co-Chair | |
| Laura Quintero | 2 | EHS | VP of Internal Affairs | |
| Erik Mann | 2 | CHS | VP of Communications | |
| Mary Armes | 2 | Epi | VP of External Affairs | |
| Mary Anne Seif | 2 | EHS | VP of Finance | |
PHSA COUNCIL 2010 - 2011 |
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| DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Year | Dept | Position | |
| Teresa Dicolen | 2 | CHS | Department Rep | |
| Hannah Valino | 1 | CHS | Department Rep | |
| Jessica Soldavini | 1 | CHS | Department Rep | |
| Cassie Gardener | 1 | CHS | Department Rep | |
| Victoria Nguyen | 2 | EHS | Department Rep | |
| Michelle Yim | 2 | EHS | Department Rep | |
| Sean C. Brachvogel | 1 | EHS | Department Rep | |
| Randy Reyes | 1 | EHS | Departmentb Rep | |
| Seema Shah | 1 | Epi | Department Rep | |
| Maria Gonzalez | 1 | HS | Department Rep | |
| FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES | ||||
| Name | Year | Dept | Committee | |
| Nidhi Shetty | 1 | Biostats | Academic Computing | |
| Ashley Arax | 1 | EHS | Educational Policy and Curriculum | |
| Cynthia Whitman | 2 | Epi | International Health | |
| Minal Patel | 3 | CHS | Evaluation | |
| Kaz Chinen | 2 | EHS | Laboratory and Equipment | |
| Maria Gonzalez | 1 | HS | Community & Alumni Relations | |
| Michelle Yim | 2 | EHS | Research | |
| Erin Richardson | (n/a) | (n/a) | Undergraduate Programs | |
| Suzi Spear | 4 | CHS | Student Affairs | |
DUTIES OF DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES
The duties of the Departmental Representative will be as follows (as established in the PHSA Constitution, Article II, page 6):
- Works closely with the Executive Board and other PHSA Department Representatives to organize and manage PHSA activities.
- Co-Chairs a PHSA Committee including: the Academic and Career Committee, Community Outreach Committee, International Health Committee, Social and Activities Committee, Fundraising and End of the Year Banquet Committee, Legislative Watch and Student Action Committee, Public Health Week Committee, and Website Committee.
- Represents student concerns at monthly PHSA Representative Board meetings.
- Represents student concerns at departmental faculty meetings.
COMMITTEES OF THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
The UCLA School of Public Health has various standing committees to aid in
its administration and academic affairs functions. While not part of the
PHSA, several committees have a designated "Student Representative.
Committee Membership and Participation is Welcome from All PHSA Students
If any School of Public Health students would like to become involved, they may work on one or more of the PHSA committees as committee members in the PHSA Council. (See the PHSA Committee Page for details)
All registered SPH students may join, and the Department Representatives on the PHSA Council will co-chair the committees (as described in the PHSA Constitution, Article II, page 6).
The Committees' projects, meeting dates, times and locations as well as their
co-chairs' contact information, will be listed under each committee soon,
and elections for Departmental Representatives will be held and the committees
will begin undertaking their annual plans.
There have traditionally been numerous PHSA Committees, of which five are currently active so that SPH students may serve on them. To learn about Committee's goals, schedules, chairs and contact information, see the individual committees below, on the PHSA Committees page.
- Community Outreach
- Fundraising Committee
- Public Health Week Committee
- Social Action Committee
- Banquet Committee
- Academic and Career Committee
- International Health Committee
- Legislative Watch & Student Action Committee
- Website Committee (Liaison is VP for Communications)