Research & Study Participation Informed Consent

Voluntary informed consent for participation in MenoHealth research studies

Effective Date: Upon Your Acceptance | Last Updated: June 22, 2026

THIS DOCUMENT IS SEPARATE FROM THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE PART, AND YOU MAY STOP AT ANY TIME. WHETHER YOU PARTICIPATE WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR ACCESS TO THE SERVICE, THE FEATURES AVAILABLE TO YOU, OR THE PRICE YOU PAY. DO NOT AGREE UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY STUDY-SPECIFIC SUMMARY.

MenoHealth, Inc. (“MenoHealth,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is asking whether You would like to take part in voluntary research. This Research & Study Participation Informed Consent (this “Consent”) explains what that means. Capitalized terms not defined here have the meanings given in our Terms of Service. This Consent supplements, and does not replace, our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy; where it conflicts with those documents on the subject of study participation, this Consent controls.

1. What This Consent Covers

This Consent governs Your participation in research studies that MenoHealth conducts or supports. Some studies are observational (we analyze information You already provide through the Service); others may ask You to complete additional surveys, tasks, or assessments. Each specific study will be accompanied by a short, study-specific summary describing that study’s purpose, what it asks of You, its expected duration, and any study-specific risks. You consent on a per-study basis; agreeing to one study does not enroll You in any other.

2. Purpose of the Research

The general purpose of MenoHealth research is to advance the understanding of perimenopause and menopause and to develop, validate, and improve the Service — including the MenoScore and the Correlation Engine — so that the educational and lifestyle information we provide becomes more accurate and useful. A given study may also seek to generate findings of broader scientific or clinical interest.

3. Voluntary Participation; No Effect on the Service

Taking part is Your choice. If You choose not to take part, or if You enroll and later withdraw, You will keep full access to the Service, and there will be no penalty, loss of features, or change in price. Consent to participate in research is never bundled with, and is never a condition of, creating an account, subscribing, or using any feature of the Service.

4. What Participation Involves

• For observational studies: we analyze information You already provide or authorize through the Service, as described in Section 5, for the study’s research purpose.
• For active studies: You may be asked to answer additional questions, complete short assessments, or provide additional information. Any such request will be described in the study-specific summary before You agree.
• Expected time commitment and duration are stated in each study-specific summary.

5. Information Used for Research

Depending on the study, research may use categories of information already described in our Privacy Policy, which may include: profile information (such as menopause stage and relevant health background); self-reported symptom logs; hormone-test results You upload or authorize; data from connected wearables and health platforms that You authorize; and Your interactions with the Service. Research may involve identifiable health-related information, not only de-identified data. The internal analytics and de-identified aggregate analyses described in the Privacy Policy are separate from this Consent and do not depend on it.

6. How We Protect Research Information

We apply the administrative, technical, and physical safeguards described in our Privacy Policy to information used for research, including encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access controls, and access limited to personnel and partners who need it for the study. Where feasible, we separate or code identifying details from research data sets and restrict re-identification. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Sharing with Research Partners

Some studies are conducted with academic or clinical research partners, such as university medical centers and their investigators. Where a study involves a partner, information is shared only as needed for the study and under a written agreement that restricts the partner’s use of the information to the research and requires appropriate safeguards. Some partners may be independent controllers of the data they receive for the research, in which case their own privacy practices also apply, as described in the study-specific summary. We do not sell information collected for research.

8. Independent Review

Where a study constitutes human-subjects research, it will be reviewed by an institutional review board (IRB) or independent ethics committee, or determined by such a body to be exempt, before it begins. The study-specific summary will identify the reviewing body and any approval or exemption reference, and how to contact it.

9. Risks and Discomforts

The main risk of participation is to privacy: research involves the use of health-related information about You, and despite our safeguards there is a residual risk of unauthorized access or disclosure. Some questions or assessments may feel sensitive or uncomfortable. Any risks specific to a study will be described in its study-specific summary. The Service, including any research feature, does not provide medical care and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

10. Benefits; No Guarantee

You may not receive any direct benefit from taking part. The information learned may help improve the Service and may contribute to a broader understanding of perimenopause and menopause that benefits others in the future. We do not promise any particular result, and research outputs are not medical advice.

11. Costs and Compensation

There is no cost to take part beyond Your existing use of the Service.

12. Use and Publication of Results

Findings from research may be used internally and may be published or presented in aggregated or de-identified form, including in scientific or clinical contexts. Published or de-identified results will not identify You. Aggregated and de-identified results may be used and shared without restriction.

13. Your Right to Withdraw

You may withdraw from a study at any time, for any reason, through the in-app research settings or by emailing research@menohealth.ai. Withdrawal will not affect Your access to the Service. When You withdraw, we will stop using Your identifiable information for that study going forward and will not collect new study information from You.

14. Limits of Withdrawal

There are limits to withdrawal. We cannot remove Your information from analyses that have already been completed, from results that have already been aggregated or de-identified, or from findings that have already been published or shared with a research partner in reliance on Your consent. Information we are required to retain for legal, audit, or research-integrity reasons may also be kept, as described in our Privacy Policy and the study-specific summary.

15. Privacy-Law Notices

15.1 European/UK Users

If You are in the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, health data is a special category of personal data. Where we rely on consent to process it for research, that consent is explicit, specific to the research described, and freely given, and You may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

15.2 U.S. State Health-Privacy Laws

Where state law requires separate consent or authorization to collect, use, or share health-related information for research (for example, the Washington My Health My Data Act, and the “sensitive data” consent requirements of comprehensive state privacy laws), we obtain that consent or authorization through this Consent and any study-specific summary. We do not sell information collected for research, and we do not treat research participation as authorizing any such sale.

16. Questions and Complaints

• Questions about the research or this Consent: research@menohealth.ai.
• Questions about Your privacy rights: privacy@menohealth.ai (or dpo@menohealth.ai where applicable).
• Concerns about Your rights as a research participant: contact the reviewing IRB or ethics body identified in the study-specific summary.
• Postal mail: MenoHealth, Inc., Attn: Research, 11555 Heron Bay Boulevard, Suite 200, Parkland, Florida 33076.

17. Your Consent

By selecting “I Agree to Participate” (or the equivalent control) for a given study, You confirm that:

• You have read and understood this Consent and the study-specific summary, and have had the opportunity to ask questions;
• You are at least 18 years old;
• Your participation is voluntary, You may withdraw at any time, and Your choice will not affect Your access to the Service; and
• You consent to the use of Your information for the research described, subject to this Consent and the study-specific summary.

We record the date, time, version of this Consent, the specific study, and the identifier of the account that agreed, and we retain that record as permitted by applicable law. You may decline; declining will return You to the Service with no change to Your account. The “I Agree to Participate” and “No, Not Now” controls, and the recorded consent version and timestamp, are presented in the app.