Dozens of observational studies have found that women who take postmenopausal hormones are at lower risk for heart disease, even after adjusting for differences in other risk factors. These findings have been backed up by a plethora of data from laboratory and animal studies. However, recent randomized trials have not shown such a benefit. Why the differences? Did the observational studies get it wrong? Were the laboratory studies inappropriately extrapolated? Is it possible that the trials were addressing a different issue than the observational studies?

These issues will be explored at the symposium "Controversies in Postmenopausal Hormones and Heart Disease" on Thursday, February 13 in Snyder Auditorium from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., sponsored by the Department of Epidemiology and the HSPH Office of the Dean.

Moderator: Isaac Schiff, chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Speakers: Francine Grodstein, assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology, HSPH, assistant professor of medicine, HMS and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Thomas Clarkson, professor of comparative medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine; Jacques Rossouw, project officer, Women's Health Initiative, NHLBI

Panelists: JoAnn Manson, professor, Department of Epidemiology, HSPH, professor of medicine, HMS, chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Richard Karas, associate professor of medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; James Robins, Mitchell L. and Robin LaFoley Dong Professor of Epidemiology, Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, HPSH; Mary Beth Hamel, deputy editor, New England Journal of Medicine

Sponsors: Department of Epidemiology and HSPH Office of the Dean

Snyder Auditorium
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Light refreshments to follow.

Register for Poster Day

	HSPH members look at posters at last year's event.

Registration is now open for HSPH’s 17th Annual Poster and Exhibit Day, Thursday, March 13, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Kresge cafeteria. The event, sponsored by the Faculty Council, is an opportunity for the HSPH community to learn more about the exciting research and service activities being carried out by the school. Students, postdocs, research staff, and faculty are invited to participate.

The posters and exhibits prepared by students or by a team on which a student is the first author and presenter will be eligible for a $500 prize for the best poster or exhibit, as judged by the Faculty Council.

For more information and to register visit www.hsph.harvard.edu/academicaffairs/posterday/pd2003.htm.

Deadline to register is February 28.

For more information, contact Deanna Paquet at 617-432-1047.