Environment and Health Promotion: the Progress of Translating Research into Practice-Minutes of the 6th International Academic Conference on Environmental and Occupational Medicine

The 6th International Academic Conference on Environmental and Occupational Medicine with the theme Environment and Health Promotion: Translate Research into Practice and the 30th Anniversary of the Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine were held in Shanghai from 16 to 18 October 2014. It was organized by Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai Institute for Preventive Medicine, Shanghai Preventive Medicine Association, and the Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine; co-sponsored by School of Public Health, Fudan University, Jiangsu Preventive Medicine Association, and Zhejiang Preventive Medicine Association. Forty-four speakers from different countries and over 200 participants as well took part in the conference, and made broad and deep exchanges on Prevention and Control for Environmental-related Diseases, Health Protection for Occupational Populations, Omics of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, and Environmental Policies and Public Health. Nearly 200 articles were contributed to the conference. Three posters received the award for excellence. In the Meet-and-Greet Session for the Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, the editorial members and reviewers celebrated the journal's 30th anniversary, and put forward advices such as shortening the average delay in publication, entering authoritative database, and providing value-added services. Participants shared latest findings in environmental and occupational medicine with the aim of building a stronger professional collaboration in the areas. The conference will strengthen the integration of theory and practice, bases and clinics, as well as micro and macro analysis to invigorate public health research.