From a technician’s bench to the founding team at Dyne Therapeutics and a venture partner’s seat at Scion, Romesh Subramanian has made a career of beginnings. His return to Emory offers a clue to what carries him between them: patience, resilience and people.

A Duke professor became a corporate research chief, then a company builder. Across Michael Ehlers’s career, the interesting turn often comes just when he has earned the right to stay put.