Dr. Dealy received her Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from the UCONN. Dr. Dealy is also a member of the UConn Musculoskeletal Institute and the UConn Stem Cell Institute. She is a faculty member in the Genetics and Developmental Biology Graduate Program. She is the Director of the Skeletal, Biology and Regeneration Graduate Program. Dr. Dealy is a founder of the Connecticut biotechnology startup company Chondrogenics, Inc., and a 2012 Connecticut Women of Innovation Award finalist. She is also the founder and director of the UConn-TIP Technology Intern Program.