Erin Xie, PhD

Erin Xie, PhD

Head of the Fundamental Equities Health Sciences Team, Portfolio Manager, Managing Director

Erin Xie, PhD, Managing Director, is head of the Health Sciences team within BlackRock Fundamental Equities and lead portfolio manager for the Health Sciences equity portfolios.

 

Ms. Xie's service with the firm dates back to 2001, including her years with State Street Research & Management (SSRM), which merged with BlackRock in 2005. At SSRM, she was a Senior Vice President and portfolio manager responsible for managing the State Street Health Sciences Fund. Prior to joining State Street Research in 2001, Ms. Xie was a research associate with Sanford Bernstein covering the pharmaceutical industry. From 1994 until 1997, she was a post-doctoral research scientist at Columbia University.

 

Ms. Xie earned a BS degree in chemistry from Beijing University, a PhD degree in Biochemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MBA degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.