<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/story/hiv_symposium_showcase_pa.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>06/12/2026</pubDate><title>HIV symposium showcases PA students' work in creating public health awareness campaigns</title><summary>Fear, apprehension and stigma are all still part of the HIV conversation, but PA Amanda Brosnan, an assistant professor in the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Physician Assistant Studies program, is leading the way in challenging those narratives. For the third straight year, Brosnan organized an HIV Symposium where first-year PA students had to integrate the National HIV Curriculum and create public health awareness campaigns centered on key topics that pertain to ending the HIV epidemic.</summary><author>Steven Bartolotta</author><image><img src="/newsroom/_binaries/IMG_6787.jpeg" alt="placeholder"/></image><tags><tag>Physician Assistant Studies</tag><tag>Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine</tag></tags></item>