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Arda Minocherhomjee returns support to doctoral students
The pharmacology graduate and private equity investor has committed to a research award after scholarships helped fund his own education.
The context
Where the work begins
A Connaught Scholarship brought Arda Minocherhomjee from India to U of T, where he earned a master's degree in 1978. He studied how drugs bind to serum albumin before pursuing a doctorate and MBA at UBC and postdoctoral research at the University of Washington.
The takeaway
What follows
A job advertisement prompted his move into financial analysis. He later became a partner at William Blair and co-founded Chicago Growth Partners, which managed US$1.2 billion. Now a managing partner at Nassau Street Partners, he has committed to establishing a doctoral research award for pharmacology and toxicology students at U of T. He links his giving to the scholarships and fellowships that supported him.
Source reporting
Arda Minocherhomjee returns support to doctoral students
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