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Our team really struggled to settle on an idea in the first few weeks because we wanted to be sure it was a project we each had passion for. We are also a team of 5, so we wanted to accommodate for a larger group and more mixed fields of expertise.

The professors really saw us agonizing over making a decision! We ultimately voted on the 3 main ideas from the week before, and settled on…

Menopausal hot flashes! 🎉

It is a huge quality of life factor that half the population goes through.

We were motivated after speaking to our own mothers about their experiences.

Women’s health in general is an underserved area, so we wanted to do our best to look into the problem space and develop a potential solution.

Everyone is different and experiences menopause in a unique way, but we were able to find some common symptoms and struggles.

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