摘要:On November 29 and 30, 2010, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - Institute of Population and Public Health (IPPH) and partners held an international symposium on Accelerating Population Health Intervention Research to Promote Health and Health Equity (the Symposium) in Toronto, Ontario. Over 130 participants came from the federal and provincial governments, universities, Canadian and international research funding agencies, and non-governmental organizations, including the National Aboriginal Health Organization and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. This event also engaged international representatives from the Prevention Research Centers of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US National Cancer Institute, as well as from the UK’s Medical Research Council - Population Health Sciences Research Network, Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council, and France’s Institut National du Cancer.