
Report on the proceedings of an invitational HPV Vaccine Research Priorities Workshop on November 17-18, 2005, in Quebec City hosted by The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Canadian Association for Immunization Research and Evaluation (CAIRE), in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Infection and Immunity and the Institute of Cancer Research, held. The workshop was attended by 53 Canadian and international HPV experts and researchers from the areas of vaccines, cancer, and sexually transmitted infections. The purpose of the meeting was to examine the current Canadian and international status of HPV vaccine research and develop national research priorities before the vaccines become approved for use in Canada.