By helping students link with others, PHSA strives to help students with the ongoing challenges of achieving a public health graduate education. Additionally, student representatives from each department are elected.
Representatives plan PHSA activities and communicate with the student body about all events.
They also attend faculty meetings within their departments. Additionally, there are two doctoral representative positions within the organization, which focus on meeting the needs of this population of students. All students are elected to these positions by their peers. All PHSA representatives co-chair a committee and are responsible for planning events throughout the year. School of Public Health students are welcome to help plan and participating in all PHSA events.