Patricia Tzortzopoulos is a professor of integrated Design at the University of Huddersfield. A qualified Architect, she holds an MSc from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and a PhD in design management from the University of Salford. Her research interests cover lean design management, building information modelling (BIM), and healthcare design. Patricia has been engaged in a number of funded research projects examining the design process, focusing on healthcare design and value generation, design front-end issues, requirements management, and the effects of design into health outcomes. She has also developed research in collaborative and integrated design, the synergies of lean and BIM, and on the adoption of BIM in design and construction firms. Patricia is a member of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC), and has been engaged in the organisation and editorship of its conferences. Patricia has an international network of academic collaborators and close links with Brazilian Higher Education Institutions. Patricia has over 100 publications including peer reviewed journal publications, research reports, conference publications, book chapters, and one edited book.