Our new Ai & Public Health Student Club aims to bring together students from all majors and backgrounds to build skills and learn about real-world applications to tackle local and worldwide health care challenges.

The Global Health Alliance (GHA) fosters networking between global health scholars, researchers, and professionals by facilitating informal discussions, presentations on best practices in global health, and social events. GHA also connect students with research and internship opportunities, funding resources, fellowships, career guidance, and informal feedback on global health projects. Likewise, GHA serves as an advocate for important global health issues.

2024-2025 Impactful Events

• Homecoming Panel Discussion on Global Health Careers – Featuring esteemed alumni and international guests who shared their journeys and insights into global health.
• Decolonization in Global Health Panel – A widely attended discussion on the power dynamics in global health and strategies for decolonization. (More details can be found here: Panel Discussion on Decolonization in Global Health)
• End-of-Year Social Event – A casual networking event that brought together students and faculty to reflect on the semester and unwind.
• Global Health Institute (GHI) Scholars Panel Discussion – A collaboration with the Global Health Institute (GHI) featuring GHI Scholars. This event provided valuable insights on global health opportunities, cultural adaptation, and international collaboration with the GHI program.

The Public Health Allied Mentorship Program (PHAM) is committed to increasing a sense of belonging within the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health by connecting students with current public health professionals (including alumni), College of Public Health faculty members and community organizations aiding public health efforts. PHAM encourages peer-led mentorship as an opportunity to increase student professional development in leadership and communication styles through mentor meetings. 

2025 Impactful Events

• Hygiene Drive - Aiming to reduce barriers and support student well-being, the Public Health Allied Mentorship organization gathered over 2000+ personal hygiene items to distribute throughout the college.

To aid the College of Public Health with outreach and recruitment, the Office of Student Services and Alumni Affairs coordinates an undergraduate Public Health Ambassador programs. With a competitive application process, ambassadors proudly represent the College’s student perspective to prospective students and their families, the University of Arizona, the Tucson community, and other groups as called upon. College Ambassadors assist with pipeline, undergraduate, and minority recruitment, with activities including the following:

• Communication with prospective and admitted students
• Outreach to campus clubs and organizations
• Staff tabling events on campus
• Student panels for visit days
• Lots of other fun outreach/recruitment activities

Not currently active

The Environmental and Occupational Health Student Association (EOHSA) brings together students who have mutual interests in environmental health, occupational health and safety, and industrial hygiene. EOHSA engages member students in discovery through environmental health research and scholarship; encourages leadership in solving complex environmental health problems; and actively promotes the improved health and welfare of the campus, community, and nation trough participation and education in environmental health concepts. The club provides networking opportunities for members through seminars, training opportunities, local tours, and roundtable discussions developed by the student group. The club has a strong focus in forging solid relationships with local and national employers with an interest in developing internships, building careers, and securing donations of equipment and money for the club.

Not currently active

The American Indian and Indigenous Health Alliance (AIIHA) is an undergraduate and graduate student organization established in 2012 by a group of public health students. The organization's goals are to enrich and foster the educational and professional experience of Indigenous students at the University by offering diverse avenues of support that are responsive, adaptive, and efficient to meet the needs of Indigenous students. By doing so, the organization also hopes to increase the representation of Indigenous students in public health disciplines.

Not Currently Active

The Public Health Undergraduate Network (PHUN) is the chief student organization of the College of Public Health.