Echo He, M.D., Ph.D., is a former senior vice president and senior analyst with the Maxim Group. Prior to joining Maxim, she was a director at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., where she conducted equity analysis of small- to mid-cap U.S.-listed Chinese stocks. Dr. He also served as a vice president at CRT Capital Group LLC, where she conducted equity and credit analysis of Chinese small-cap, U.S.-based life science and distressed companies. Dr. He was a research scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she conducted a part of the Human Genome Project, aimed at interpreting diseases and their risks by genetic patterns. Dr. He received a medical doctorate from Beijing University, a doctorate in medical sciences from the University of Toledo and a master's of business administration in finance and economics from the University of Chicago.