Medicine and Me: Men, Health and the Digital Age

Brian Heilman is a global expert on masculinity, men's health, fatherhood, and violence prevention. His research examines how social norms shape men's health, caregiving, and relationships, and how healthier, more connected models of manhood can benefit families and communities. His current research explores what it looks like for men to thrive, and how misperceptions about what other men think and expect can hold them back.

Michael Wilson is a Research Fellow in Men's Health and Relationships with The Movember Institute of Men's Health, where he works across research, policy advocacy, and knowledge translation. His work focuses on men's mental health and suicide prevention, with a particular interest in how relationship quality and major life transitions – including fatherhood and relationship breakdown – influence men's psychological wellbeing. His PhD with the University of Melbourne examined connections between relationship breakdown and risk of suicide in men.

Dr Croak is a Research Fellow in Health Systems at Movember, where she works to improve health equity by addressing gendered and structural barriers to care. Her research spans occupational mental health, trauma, and health inequalities across populations facing structural disadvantage, drawing on experience across academia, the NHS, and the third sector. She specialises in mixed-methods research that informs policy and practice across health systems.

Dr Zac Seidler is a Clinical Psychologist, the Global Director of Research at Movember and an Associate Professor with Orygen at The University of Melbourne. Zac has devoted several years to the goal of reducing the staggering male suicide and domestic, family and sexual violence rates, treating and researching men’s mental health and engagement, with over 150 peer-reviewed articles and two edited books published. He now leads the largest international team of men's health researchers.

Nathan has spent the past eight years advocating to change the face of men’s mental health. What began with his Movember campaign in 2019 has become an ongoing commitment; he recognises this is not a short-term issue, but one that requires sustained effort and meaningful cultural change.

In 2019, Nathan experienced a significant low point, where he believed he had failed and that there was no way forward. At that time, he considered taking his own life. However, a simple act of intervention – someone reaching out to ask, “Are you okay?” – proved pivotal.

Since then, Nathan has used his voice and undertaken physical challenges each year to raise awareness of an issue close to his heart. His driving aim is to ensure that no one else feels as isolated or without options as he once did. He considers himself fortunate that, at his most critical moment, someone made that connection.

For the past eight years, Nathan has championed a consistent message: “Embrace the beautiful art of communication.”