College of Public Health

- Academics Overview
- Accreditation
  Explore our rigorous accreditation standards that ensure our high-quality education in public health.
- Admissions
  Dive into our admissions process and embark on your journey into public health.
- Programs
  Find the perfect fit for your public health education with our diverse program options.
- Student Experience
  Learn how we enhance student learning and engagement with resources, activities, organizations, research and more.
- Departments Overview
- Biostatistics
  Through rigorous emerging data sciences, our department connects numbers to reality to help people make informed decisions that improve health.
- Epidemiology
  Our department dives deep to find out the whys behind who’s getting sick and injured then trains practitioners and researchers to change things for the health of it.
- Health Services
  Our department specializes in understanding and transforming care delivery systems so people can live their healthiest.
- Environmental
  Healthy and safe people in all environments we live in, produce food in, and work in is our department’s big picture goal.
- Health Promotion
  Our department engages with people and communities to expand our collective understanding of good health and how to achieve it, together.
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Student Association

The purpose of the UNMC College of Public Health's Student Association is to:

Maintain a body representative of public health students to the college leadership and external entities
Advance the academic and social needs of COPH students
Provide and sustain vehicles for communication between students, faculty, administration, alumni, and the community at-large
Create and promote opportunities for community involvement
Disseminate educational and professional development resources
Support a positive educational experience
Stimulate interest in and advance the profession of public health

We invite all students in the College of Public Health program to participate in our activities.

For more information, please email us.

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Executive Board (2025–2026)

Desmond Amponsah

President

Desmond Amponsah

Syed Mehmood

Vice President & COPH Senator

Syed Mehmood

Mamello Makhele

Secretary

Mamello Makhele

Cody Camenzind

Treasurer

Sulaf Ghanim

First Year Student Representative

Sulaf Ghanim

Alena John

Online Student Representative

Alena John

Emily Munoz

COPH Senator

Emily Munoz

Nathan Warjri

COPH Senator

Nathan Warjri

Paw Thlay Wah

COPH Senator

Paw Thlay Wah