The BIHSENA project is designed to respond to a profound lack of education opportunities in the interdisciplinary area of health, innovations and society in the two countries of Russia and Ukraine, and to bridge a gap between (bio)medical and social scientists, academics and practitioners in these two countries as well as between local and international communities. The need for such education and interdisciplinary/cross-sectorial engagements is urgent against the background of healthcare systems transformation and attempts to find innovative solutions for persisting health problems in the Eastern European neighbouring areas this project focuses on.Consortium members will develop relevant curricula:-Master specialization in ‘Innovations for Health’ and a preparatory course ‘Social studies of innovation’ in Russia -Post-graduate programme for medical professionals ‘Healthcare governance’, course ‘Introduction to health systems’ and course ‘Interdisciplinary epidemiology’ in Ukraine-Open online courses jointly developed and run by consortium members ‘Bridging medical and societal perspectives’ and ‘Health governance: cases from post-communist countries’During the work on the curriculum development, teaching staff from Ukrainian and Russian universities will receive training in student-centred education, use of ICT and English language; recent insights into complexities of health, innovations and society will be shared and discussed. As a result, education opportunities will be created, adequately preparing professionals to work for citizens’ health under conditions of rapid technological change and increasing need for interdisciplinarity and internationalisation.The project team will also organize open events on the topics in health, medicine and society. These events will bring together scholars and practitioners of various disciplines and fields and will contribute to establishing a cross-sectorial dialogue.