Dr Sean Jenkins is the Principal Innovation Fellow for the Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre at the University of Wales Trinity St David.  Sean talks about how the centre provides an evaluation service to industry through research both in and out of the lab, enabling the design for health-related products to be further developed.  He highlights how applied research can improve the lives of people living with health conditions.  Sean also reveals his career journey from a design course and how taking on new interests can be challenging both from a knowledge and time perspective.