On April 3, 2025, two YIGH faculty networks – the Yale Global HIV/AIDS Research Network (GARNER) and the Yale Global Health Ethics Network (GHEN) – with the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), hosted a virtual panel on the overview and key practices of open access publishing to accelerate public access to scholarly publications.
The multidisciplinary panelists, including Dr. Seth Kalichman, Editor-in-Chief of the journal AIDS and Behavior; Dr. Annette H. Sohn, co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the International AIDS Society; Kate Nyhan, research and education librarian at Cushing/Whitney Medical Library; and Yale faculty moderators Drs. Luke Davis and Tracy Rabin, shared their perspectives and recommendations for researchers when considering the range of available options for open access publishing in global HIV-related fields.
The panelists emphasized the practical and ethical considerations related to various open-access models, focusing on their effects on research visibility, accessibility, cost, and impact on engaged communities.
The panel was timed to highlight key regulatory requirements as a new NIH Public Access Policy takes effect on July 1, 2025, mandating that all NIH-funded peer-reviewed manuscripts be made publicly available immediately upon publication.
Forty-five individuals attended the event including those from outside the U.S. Among attendees who completed an evaluation survey, 93% rated the event as excellent or very good.
The organizing team, led by Dini Harsono of CIRA and GARNER student fellow Grace Williams, has created a summary document with key takeaways and resources that can be accessed here.