Caroline Dealy is a Professor at UConn Health with appointments in four Departments: Reconstructive Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedic Surgery and Cell Biology. She is an alum of the University of Connecticut with a doctorate in Molecular & Cell Biology. She is an inventor with several patents and two former biotech startups, and has developed and teach graduate and undergraduate courses on biomedical entrepreneurship. In addition to her role as Faculty Lead for the NSF-funded I-Corps Northeast Hub, she serves as liaison for the NSF-funded Accelerate UConn innovation and entrepreneurship training program for UConn faculty.