Our regional hubs are centres of collaboration, welcoming everyone interested in improving health across the UK. We embrace diversity across all sectors and career stages, from experienced professionals to those just starting out. Our aim is to bridge gaps between sectors and create an inclusive environment for connection.

By partnering with established organisations throughout the UK, we have created a network of hubs that reflect local expertise, leverage regional strengths and address specific needs. These hubs serve as meeting grounds, fostering connections across the spectrum of health research and innovation.

Located across the UK, our hubs improve accessibility and broaden the reach of our events. While focused on regional expertise, these hubs attract participants from various areas who seek relevant connections.

We invite participation from:

• Researchers and academics
• Policymakers and local government officials
• Patients and public representatives
• Healthcare professionals
• Third-sector advocates
• Industry innovators
• NHS staff
• And others with an interest in health research

Join us in shaping the future of health research – your perspective is not just welcomed, but essential.

This programme has been made possible through funding from the UK Government Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Wellcome.

The Academy of Medical Sciences and Life Sciences Hub Wales (LSHW) have established a Cross-Sector hub in Wales, building on a successful pilot in 2022-2023. This partnership, now extended through 2025, aims to advance health innovation across Wales. LSHW's expertise in bridging industry, healthcare, academia, and other sectors enhances the hub's capacity to foster meaningful cross-sector collaborations and drive improvements in health and care.

To date, this Cross-Sector hub has hosted these networking events in Wales and online:

Tuesday 03 February 2026, Bangor - Working together for Wales, driving cancer innovation in primary care

November 2025: Cancer Innovation in Wales (online event):

The importance of Patient and Public Involvement

October 2025, Treforest: Cancer Innovation - Working together for Wales

February 2025, Anglesey: Innovation, Research and Education for Wellbeing in Cancer

October 2024, Swansea: Cancer – Digital and Data

July 2024, Cardiff: Cancer – Early Detection and Diagnosis

November 2023, Swansea: Menopause, maternal health, and future solutions

April 2023, Cardiff: Digital applications for home-based care

November 2022, Cardiff: Innovation and precision medicine

As part of the UK-wide Cross-Sector Programme, the Academy of Medical Sciences have partnered with Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI) to establish a hub in Northern Ireland.

HIRANI brings key stakeholders together to promote partnership to drive innovation for both health and prosperity in Northern Ireland. HIRANI works beyond regional and industry boundaries to secure funding, shape policy, and create opportunities for collaboration.  Through cross-sector events and providing deep sector expertise, HIRANI showcases Northern Ireland’s research and development innovators and stakeholders worldwide.

This Cross-Sector hub has hosted the following networking events in Northern Ireland:

September 2025, Belfast 'Communities, Technologies and Mental Health'

June 2025, Belfast 'Data driven Innovation in the Health and Life Sciences'

December 2024, Coleraine ‘Clinical Research Translation in Cardiometabolic Disease’ 

The Academy of Medical Sciences are working with the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government to establish a hub in Scotland.

The hub will be run by the NHS Research Scotland Central Management Team (NRS-CMT)* acting on the direction of a Project Team consisting of senior representatives from Scottish Government, NHS and Academia. NRS is a partnership of NHS Boards and the CSO. They simplify access to Scotland’s research infrastructure by supporting placement, set-up and delivery of clinical research studies and innovative research collaborations across the life science sector. This includes pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical technology, as well as an increasing number of other sectors with growing interests in health.

The Hub will bring these sectors together several times a year to drive direct interaction with the goal of enhanced collaboration in health research across Scotland and beyond.

*NHS Research Scotland Central Management Team (NRS CMT) supports the work of NHS Research Scotland through a grant to InnoScot Health, Registered number: SC23603.

This Cross-Sector hub has hosted the following networking events in Scotland:

March 2025, Glasgow 'Engaging with Life Sciences Industry and Entrepreneurship 

June 2025, Edinburgh, 'Precision medicine and precision population health'

September 2025, Edinburgh 'Data and Digital Health'

The Academy of Medical Sciences are working with the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) to establish a hub in Northern England.

The NHSA is the North of England's health research partnership connecting 11 universities and nine research-intensive NHS Trusts across a population of 16 million people. The hub will harness regional strengths in health and life sciences to ensure local expertise, priorities and perspectives help shape national conversations.

The Hub will bring sectors together several times across 2026 through networking events across the North West, North East, and Yorkshire and the Humber, to drive direct interaction with the goal of enhanced collaboration in health research. These events will focus on areas including preventative health research, commercialisation of academic research in cell and gene therapies and enabling technologies, and women's health research. Each event will be designed to spark genuine dialogue, build new connections and support follow-on activity, from early collaborative discussions through to joint projects and funding bids.