This issue of CHP/PCOR's quarterly newsletter covers news and developments at the centers for the fall quarter 2003.

The issue features articles about a handful of health policy talks sponsored by the centers in the fall quarter; a novel "interactive textbook" on clinical symptom research; the recent arrival from China of the second fellow for CHP/PCOR's China-U.S. Health and Aging Research Training Program; a roundup of the 25th annual conference of the Society for Medical Decision Making; and a summary of last quarter's media coverage highlighting the centers' research work.