Peer review is an essential part of scholarly publishing. Attend this event to gain insight into the latest trends affecting the peer review process and to hear from and interact with researchers, editors, publishers, and academic administrators involved in research assessment.

Date and time: Sep 25, 2026, 1-4 PM.

Location: Lower Adolph Auditorium, 1-7619 URMC, 1st Floor, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester Medicine (room location map).

Sponsored by University Libraries. Organized in collaboration with the Office of Research Integrity, Stewardship and Ethics (ORISE), and Springer Nature.

Schedule: 

1:00-1:10 PM - Welcome and introduction

• Tim McGeary, University Librarian and the Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of the University of Rochester Libraries, University of Rochester

1:10-2:25 PM - Panel - Peer Review in the AI Era

Wondering how AI is changing peer review and editorial workflows? As publishers adopt new AI tools to address the deluge of fake or low-quality content, defining the boundaries between human and machine decision-making becomes even more relevant.

Join us for an interactive panel, featuring three experienced faculty journal editors and a publisher representative, to explore the future of peer review amid the rise of AI-generated content in scholarly publishing.

• Panelists
  • Prof. Ruth O’Regan, Executive Vice Dean & Chief Academic Officer; Chair, Department of Medicine; Charles A. Dewey Professor of Medicine; Associate Director for Education and Mentoring & Associate Director for Clinical Research (interim), Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medicine 
  • Prof. Jennifer Brisson, Professor of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Rochester 
  • Prof. Timothy Baran, Assistant Professor of Imaging Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, & Optics; Vice Chair for Research, Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medicine 
  • Elizabeth Cervini, Senior Publisher, Springer Nature
  • Moderator: Nicole Ameduri, Head of Account Development North America, Springer Nature

2:25-2:40 PM - Coffee Break 

2:40-3:55 PM - Panel - Research Accountability as a Collective Endeavor

Although article comments, corrections, and rejections are a natural part of the self-correction process for published research content, the organizations and people involved in those processes tend to work in information silos that hinder collaboration.

Join our panelists for a candid discussion about post-publication research evaluation and how publishers, institutions, whistleblower organizations, and researchers are coming together to rectify and improve the scholarly record. 

• Panelists
  • Prof. Paul Brookes, Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, & Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medicine 
  • Sonya M. Hadrigan, Associate Vice President Research Integrity & Research Integrity Officer, Office of Research Integrity, Stewardship & Ethics (ORISE), University of Rochester
  • Garth Haller, Executive Publisher, Springer Nature 
  • Moderator: Linda Hasman, Deputy Director, Miner Libraries, University of Rochester Medicine 

3:55-4:00 PM - Closing remarks and acknowledgments

• Moriana Garcia, Scholarly Communication Strategist, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
• Susan Cardinal, Senior STEM Librarian, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

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