Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
In-Path: Connecting research with real-world health innovation
ONE NETWORK. FOUR UNIVERSITIES. NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
Led by Leeds Beckett University, in partnership with the University of Bradford, the University of Huddersfield and the University of Leeds, In-Path connects academic expertise across West Yorkshire with businesses, health and care organisations and innovators to turn research into real-world solutions.
In-Path helps you connect with potential partners, apply your research to real-world challenges, develop collaborative funding bids and create new routes to knowledge exchange and impact.
Find out more about the programme, and how to get involved, in this post by Vee Zmudzka, In-Path Communications and Engagement Coordinator.
How can In-Path help you?
- Connect with potential partners: Build relationships with academics across four universities, SMEs, innovators and health and care organisations.
- Apply your research: Match your expertise and appropriate research methodologies to real-world challenges, helping organisations understand their needs, develop solutions and build evidence.
- Unlock funding and collaboration: Find complementary expertise, develop collaborative funding bids and explore opportunities for knowledge exchange and impact.
- Access specialist facilities and equipment: Discover the resources and technical support available to develop, test and evaluate new ideas.
Across our four partner universities, In-Path brings together expertise in health and wellbeing, sport and physical activity, psychology, materials and polymers, digital technology and AI, and patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE). Connecting complementary expertise creates opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation.
Our In-Path Relationship Managers, l-r: James Was, University of Huddersfield; Helena Last, Leeds Beckett University; Xiaolei Wang, University of Bradford; Sonya Bachra-Byrne, University of Leeds
Have research to take further or expertise to share?
You don’t need an existing industry connection or a fully developed project to get involved.
Coming up: Connect with our community
JANUARY | Padel and networking, Leeds
Connect with academics from our four partner universities, SMEs, innovators, investors and partners at an informal event bringing the health tech and wellbeing community together through sport and shared experience. Open to all abilities, from complete beginners to experienced players, with plenty of opportunities to network on and off the court.
Register: In-Path Connect Padel Event
FEBRUARY | In-Path Showcase, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University
Discover innovation in action at Leeds Beckett University. Meet the academics behind innovation projects, hear about their research and meet the businesses involved to see their innovations. Tours of the Carnegie School of Sport (CSOS) building and its facilities will also be available.
Further details to follow.
Interested in connecting your research with real-world health and wellbeing challenges?
Join the In-Path academic community to receive news, updates, event invitations and collaboration opportunities.
To discuss your expertise, a potential partner or an idea for collaboration, contact your university’s In-Path Relationship Manager. For Leeds Beckett University, this is Helena Last.
In-Path Health and Innovation | Connecting expertise. Creating opportunities. Enabling impact.
Vee Zmudzka
Vee Zmudzka is a dedicated business support and engagement professional at Leeds Beckett University, where she plays a pivotal role in driving business growth, innovation, and collaboration. She brings specialist expertise in communications and engagement to the In-Path Health Innovation programme, helping to connect stakeholders and amplify impact across the health innovation ecosystem.
