The Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) was created in 1990 to develop strategies for reducing the number of uninsured persons in the state of California. The Board originally started by serving people who were medically uninsurable and had been denied insurance coverage in the commercial insurance marketplace.

Each year, approximately 23,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. While it is the second most common gynecologic cancer, ovarian cancer is the most lethal of all cancers that only effect women. It typically presents with advanced stage disease and diagnosis is challenging, as the ovaries are internal organs and patients have nonspecific symptoms. Although 10% of ovarian cancer is hereditary, the cause of the remaining 90% is unknown.

The author, Brittany Harris, is a former Ethnic Health Institute intern and 2008 graduate of Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in Community Health. After graduation from Brown, Harris worked for a boutique consulting firm in New York for 2 years prior to pursuing an MBA at Harvard Business School (HBS) where she is currently in her final year. Upon graduation from HBS, Harris hopes to return to the Bay Area and work in a marketing or strategy role in a consumer goods company.