Forum: Public Health and You

Public Health and You

HNRS 300H1

Huda Sharaf, M.D. 

Fall 2025

Tuesdays 5:00-6:40 p.m.

GEAR 129

This course plans to center on educating college students on health-related issues that can impact them individually as well as our campus at large. The course will broaden the knowledge of infectious diseases both nationally and globally and how these infections could potentially affect student lives. An added purpose will be in educating students in becoming good healthcare consumers and more proficient in navigating the healthcare system. This course will encourage active dialogue between the instructor and class and may also give more insight into a medical career but is not limited to only those pursuing medical career paths as these topics span multiple disciplines.

About Huda Sharaf:

Huda Sharaf, M.D., has been  the chief medical director for the U of A's Pat Walker Health Center since 2013. Prior to that, she spent five years as a staff physician at Pat Walker and four years as a staff physician in the Washington University Student Health Center in St. Louis. Sharaf is board certified in internal medicine and is a 1993 U of A honors graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. She studied medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock before completing her internal medical residency at Washington University in St. Louis.