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Farnaz Bakhshi
Director, Innovation, American Cancer Society BrightEdge
- Firm
- American Cancer Society BrightEdge
- Title
- Director, Innovation
- Role
- Executive
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About
Director, Innovation at BrightEdge — the ACS’s mission-driven venture capital fund. Shortly after receiving her undergraduate degree in biology, Farnaz founded and joined a not-for-profit start-up company, Brain Chemistry Labs. After several years at the company, she left to pursue her PhD in pharmacology from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
Background
- Education
- PhD in pharmacology from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)Source (opens in a new tab)
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