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Cody McHale and Steve St. Onge together at Connect Labs Neighbor Night, The Pearl

Feature · June 2026

Same Floor, Different Science, One Patient

Cody McHale walked forty feet down the hall on the seventh floor of The Pearl and found Steve St. Onge. Inside the collaboration taking shape between Tract Bio and Clarametyx Biosciences.

Dr. Giya Harry, Dr. Andrew South, and Dr. Carol Vincent, founding faculty of COACH Catalyst, at Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Feature · June 2026

Moving Beyond Inertia: The Coaching Program Four Doctors Built From Within

At Wake Forest University School of Medicine, four faculty built COACH Catalyst, a coaching program with no dedicated budget that has empowered more than a hundred learners, staff, and researchers.

VMN promotional flyer introducing Team Mentoring at Northeastern’s Venture Mentoring Network, featuring Katrina Brink

Feature · July 2026

Advisory5 × Northeastern Venture Mentoring Network

How a team-mentoring pilot with five ventures, nine founders, and ten mentors became a dedicated Northeastern Track connecting university ventures to Charlotte’s health innovation ecosystem.

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