claude build day team 4

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# Team 4 · Beyond the Clinic

Claude Build Day | Mental Health & Wellness — Thu, Oct 8 2026, Fabrik NYC

## Track

**Track 1 · Beyond the Clinic: Continuous Patient Support & Engagement**

Build AI tools that support patients between visits (check-ins, coaching, symptom tracking, ongoing engagement) so care doesn't stop when the appointment ends.

## Team

| Name | Role | Background |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kate Cohen | Practitioner | Clinical Nutritionist / Dietitian, Hospital for Special Surgery (Lifestyle Medicine) |
| Leah Ahn | Practitioner | Founder, Therapy Connect |
| Christy Lee | Engineer | CEO/Co-founder, PatientCompanion |
| Nikhil A. | Engineer | Grad student, Columbia Dept. of Biomedical Informatics |

## Problem space

From team intros:

- **Gaps between visits** (Kate): patients with obesity preparing for / recovering from knee or hip replacement are seen at most every ~3 weeks, sometimes only a few times post-op due to inconsistent dietitian coverage. Many are on GLP-1/GIP meds, have decades of struggle and often trauma history, and need structure + accountability for long-term behavior change.
- **Low-effort symptom tracking** (Christy): tracking should fit into patients' days, not add a task. Prior work on Parkinson's and Myasthenia Gravis tracking, plus in-hospital patient communication.
- **Voice as a low-friction modality** (Nikhil): voice-based tracking, reflection and sensemaking for chronic/idiopathic conditions (e.g. endometriosis prototype: <https://