Experts from a diverse range of scientific disciplines are gathering in Cornwall today to discuss a more coordinated approach to addressing the complex linkages between the marine environment and human health. The two-day science-policy event is being co-organized by the European Marine Board and the European Centre for Environment and Human Health. Building on the messages of EMB Position Paper 19 Linking Oceans and Human Health (PDF), the workshop will support a multidisciplinary brainstorming on future scientific and strategic priorities within this research field as a crucial next step towards developing a coordinated Ocean and Human Health research effort in Europe. The mixed gathering of scientists, policymakers and representatives of research funding agencies, will deliver a strategy statement which will be actively communicated amongst a broad and relevant audience in Europe and beyond. In early June 2014, the EMB will also participate in a Gordon Research Conference in Oceans and Human Health in Maine, USA, where the EMB position paper and outputs of the Cornwall workshop will be further communicated. EMB position paper is the output of the EMB working group on Oceans and Human Health (WG OHH), chaired by Prof. Michael Moore (PML, UK). More on WG OHH here