CPHI is credited with bringing a focused and sustained leadership to population health; helping to create research capacity; enhancing the profile, careers, and satisfaction of researchers; shaping research agendas; promoting new ways of thinking; supporting key partnerships and networks; and enabling researchers to engage with policy- and decision-makers for mutual benefit. [...] Conclusions: This review of CPHI’s impact and solicitation of views on where CPHI should focus in the future revealed that CPHI engages in a range of activities to fulfill its mission and to address its four core functions. [...] The results reveal media in all regions of the country have covered CPHI to some extent, most often on the day of or immediately following the release of one of CPHI’s documents. [...] Given the range of interpretations given to the scope of the theme, some attention should be given to “rendering” the theme and identifying a limited number of priority sub-themes. [...] The purpose of the workshop was to review the six theme areas that had been identified as among the top three in the researcher, stakeholder and Delphi surveys – Aboriginal health; aging; healthy weights; income & income inequality; mental health; place and health – and assess whether and how new or continuing CPHI involvement would contribute to the development of new knowledge, and/or the reduct