Valerie is a second year MPH student in the Community Health stream. Valerie is native to Canada and moved to New York City two years ago to pursue her degree. Prior to beginning her studies, Valerie worked in Parliament, serving a Canadian parliamentarian in a policy development role. She is passionate about healthy aging and policies that advance aging-in-place. She enjoys meeting her peers and being a part of the larger student community.
Masters Senator – Nimra Rahman
Nimra Rahman is from Queens, New York City. Here at CUNY SPH, she is studying for her Master of Public Health in Community Health. She also serves as a student representative for the Committee for Equity & Inclusion and a master’s Senator for the Graduate Student Government. Her favorite part of being a student representative is being able to interact with the student body, be their voice, and spread inclusivity.
Amena, a doctoral student in Community Health and Health Policy at CUNY SPH, is from Lebanon. She earned a BSc in Environmental Health from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 2015. She received the Penrose Award that recognizes a graduating public health student who demonstrates excellence in scholarship, character, leadership, and contribution to university life. In 2017, she graduated with her MPH (Health Management and Policy) from AUB where she became interested in health policy and systems research.
Amena was inducted into the Delta Omega Honorary Society of Public Health in 2017. She then began working as a junior research scientist at the Center for Systematic Reviews on Health Policy and Systems Research (SPARK) at AUB where she was involved in multiple systematic reviews commissioned by the World Health Organization to inform its guidelines. Her primary research interests include health policy and systems research, migrants’ health, and health equity.
Governance Council
Ex Officio – Zaire Ali CHSS Rep. – TBD EOGHS Rep. – Rachel Thompson EPI/BIO Rep. – Justine Maffei HPAM Rep. – TBD Master’s Program Rep. – Malika Christopher Doctoral Program Rep. – Rachel Thompson Alternates – Malika Christopher, Rachel Thompson
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