STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CRT Capital Group LLC ("CRT"), an independent institutional broker-dealer based in Stamford, Connecticut, today announced that Arlinda Lee, Ph.D. has joined its highly regarded Health Care Research team as Lead Biotechnology Analyst.
Dr. Lee, who is a nine-year veteran of the securities business, joins CRT from Barclays where she was part of a team that covered a broad range of biotechnology companies. She earned her doctorate in Genetics from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory of Stony Brook University as a U.C. Berkeley John Mills Gayley Fellow. Dr. Lee was also a recipient of a National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Grant and gained industry experience as a Researcher at Genentech.
“Dr. Lee is highly regarded by investors for her alpha-generating, in-depth analysis of clinical data, regulatory issues, therapeutic promise and market opportunity of companies developing treatments for oncology,” said Sheryl R. Skolnick, Ph.D., Co-Head of Research at CRT. “We are thrilled to welcome Arlinda to the expanded Health Care Research team and expect that her deep understanding of the science, along with her strong financial analysis skills and corporate access focus, will be invaluable to institutional clients seeking value-added research in the Biotech sector.”
“We are excited to have Dr. Lee join our research team, which continues to grow following the recent hires of Jim von Rieseman and Neil Doshi,” said Matt DeSalvo, CRT’s Chief Operating Officer. “With the addition of Dr. Lee, CRT’s Healthcare Team under Sheryl Skolnick is now best of breed in the industry. Our recent hires demonstrate CRT’s continued commitment to a differentiated, full cap structure and alpha-generating approach that we believe our clients value.”
About CRT Capital Group LLC
CRT provides security brokerage and research services to over 1,350 institutional accounts with established counterparty relationships around the world. The firm’s clients include asset managers, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds and investment firms. Formerly known as Credit Research and Trading LLC, CRT was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. For more information, please contact John Nielsen at (203) 569-4316 or jnielsen@crtllc.com.