About this event

  • Date and time Wed 15 Jul 2026 from 10:00am to 1:30pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Medicine and Me, The Movember Institute of Men’s Health

Too many men feel misunderstood or disconnected in clinical settings and are navigating a health system not always designed with them in mind. Hosted by the RSM, this free webinar brings together global experts, sector partners across research, policy and healthcare and the voices of men themselves with real-world experience. Collectively, these experts will explore how social influence, external perceptions and digital environments quietly shape the health behaviours and attitudes of men - and how services can evolve to improve outcomes.

In collaboration with The Movember Institute of Men's Health, this half-day webinar explores how digital health and shifting norms are reshaping how men experience health and how care services can be developed to improve patient outcomes. As an organisation focused on translating evidence into action to improve men's health outcomes, challenging outdated norms and strengthening social connection, The Movember Institute of Men's Health brings a multidisciplinary approach spanning sector capacity-building, systemic change and a global perspective that ensures insight travels across borders making them an ideal partner for this event.

Additionally, this programme brings together four of the Movember Institute's leading research fellows and its Global Lead for Masculinities Research, drawing on work conducted across the UK, Australia and the US. Hear directly from the international experts behind the research who will present current evidence at the source and understand how findings from different cultural and healthcare contexts can shape effective and supportive practice.

Key topics

  • How critical life moments, like fatherhood, create opportunities for health systems to improve service engagement.
  • Insights into designing effective, inclusive and responsive health services.
  • The value of a strengths-based understanding of masculinity.
  • The role of digital spaces and online trends in shaping male identity, relationships and sense of self.
  • Perceptions of masculinity and peer influence on male health behaviours and engagement with services.

Who should attend? 

  • Anyone interested in male health and digital health 
  • Consultants
  • GPs.

At a moment when the digital world is reshaping how young men understand themselves, their bodies and their relationship with health services, the questions this programme asks have never felt more urgent. Bringing together the Movember Institute's leading research fellows from across the UK, Australia and the US, this free webinar offers a rare chance to engage directly with the international evidence and to consider what it means for the services we design and deliver based on a variety of different cultural and healthcare contexts.

We would like to thank our anonymous donor for their generous support enabling this platform for patient focused charities and free access to the Medicine and Me series. 

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Tickets

Standard pricing available until 14 July 2026.

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Key speakers

Brian Heilman

Brian Heilman

Global Lead, Masculinities Research, Movember Institute of Men’s Health

Speaker's biography

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

Michael Wilson

Research Fellow in Men’s Health and Relationships, Movember Institute of Men’s Health

Speaker's biography

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.

Bethany Croak

Dr Bethany Croak

Research Fellow at The Movember Institute of Men’s Health and Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London

Speaker's biography

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.

Zac Seidler

Dr Zac Seidler

Global Director, Men’s Health Research, Movember Institute of Men’s Health

Speaker's biography

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.

Agenda

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Welcome and introduction

Mr Andrew Moran, RSM Medicine & Society Section President and Dr Zac Seidler, Global Director, Men's Health Research, The Movember Institute of Men’s Health

Session 1: Digital worlds and fatherhood: Shaping the next generation of men’s health

Chair: Dr Bethany Croak, Research Fellow at The Movember Institute of Men’s Health and Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London

Digital masculinities, social media, AI, and the online trends shaping young men's health and wellbeing

Dr Krista Fisher, Research Fellow at The Movember Institute of Men’s Health and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia 

Lived experience: Personal perspectives on men's health

Mr Nathan Curtis 

Fatherhood, identity and health, findings from More Than a Provider

Dr Michael Wilson, Research Fellow at The Movember Institute of Men’s Health

Questions and answers

Dr Krista Fisher, Mr Nathan Curtis and Dr Michael Wilson

Comfort break

Session 2: Masculinity, clinical encounters, and designing services that work for men

Chair: Mr Andrew Moran

Lived experience: Personal perspectives on men's health

Mr Elvin Box

Gender dynamics in clinical settings, why men feel disconnected, and what better service design could look like

Dr Bethany Croak

New research on strengths-based masculinity and how peer misperceptions shape men's health behaviours

Mr Brian Heilman, Global Lead, Masculinities Research, The Movember Institute of Men’s Health

Questions and answers

Mr Elvin Box, Dr Bethany Croak and Mr Brian Heilman

Closing remarks
Close of meeting

Location

Online

Registration for this webinar will close 1 hour before the scheduled start time. Registered delegates will receive the webinar access link approximately 1 hour before the event. Late registrations will not be accepted. 

Where the webinar is recorded, recordings will be available to registered delegates for up to 60 days following the live event, subject to speaker permission. Access details will be shared within 24 hours of the webinar. 

This webinar will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in the future via RSM digital channels.