BIO

Head of Education w EIT Health InnoStars
Joanna Baranowska is an expert with extensive experience in healthcare innovations, entrepreneurship education, EU funds, and technology transfer. Within EIT Health, one of the largest healthcare innovation networks in Europe, she is responsible for implementing the education 4.0 strategies. Her primary focus is on the future of education, and how AI could be used to upskill healthcare professionals and increase the level of adoption of healthcare innovations.
Before joining EIT Health, Joanna was the Head of the Acceleration Projects Department at the Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer Medical University of Lodz, where she led appreciated educational and acceleration projects supporting students, start-ups and early career researchers, such as Smart-Up Lab, Smart Aging Bootcamp or From Scientists to Innovators for Industry. She was also working as an Assistant at the Psychodermatology Department, pursuing a doctorate on stress levels in start-ups leaders and their predisposition to achieve business success.
She graduated from the Medical University of Lodz (Medical Biotechnology) and Jagiellonian University (Business in Biotechnology).
“Through my professional activity, I endeavour to engage and connect the worlds of business and the sciences. I support early-career innovators in translating academic knowledge to day-to-day business so they can fulfil their dreams and shape the world of tomorrow.”
Fields of expertise: future of education, AI, entrepreneurship education, technology transfer, Design Thinking