#71: Investing in women's reproductive and maternal health with Ruth Shaber MD

Ruth Shaber, MD is the Founder and President of the Tara Health Foundation, which promotes health, well-being, and opportunity for women and girls through innovative evidence-informed programs. She is also the Co-founder and Board Chair of Rhia Ventures, a group of foundations and investors that collaborate to bring new types of capital and enterprise to the field of reproductive health in the United States. Ruth had a robust career as an Obstetrician and Gynecologist at Kaiser Permanente from 1990 to 2012. Ruth was featured in Forbes 2020 Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit—and Pushing for Change for her contributions to the field of impact investing. Ruth holds an MD from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Yale University. We cover the following in this conversation: The women's health market in the US Why the market is underinvested and underserved Tara Health Foundation & Rhia Ventures  Investing in women's reproductive and maternal health What the market will look like 50 years+ from now  How more women can engage as investors. ***

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