Conflict of interest The author was a participant in the 2001 STRAW and an invited participant (declined for personal reasons) in STRAW + 10. He is a co-investigator in one of the major cohort studies of reproductive aging (The Melbourne Women's Midlife Health Project) and has been involved in a variety of collaborative studies on the endocrinology of the menopause transition. This work was recognized by the North American Menopause Society in its Perimenopause Research Award (2000).
Source of funding Nil.