Meet the Changemakers

Dr. Michael “Uncle Mick” Adams is a respected Elder in the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. He is a descendent of the Yadhiagana/Wuthathi peoples of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland and the Gurindji people of Central Western Northern Territory. His extensive involvement in key policy and program development processes and forums has enabled him to translate his own and others’ research into action. His efforts at knowledge translation have directly impacted on health system responses and led to better informed approaches to address the needs of Australia’s Indigenous peoples who are social excluded and often have poor access to services. He is recognised as a pioneer in the Australian male health movement. He was recently presented with the inaugural Australian Male Health Forum’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition for his long-term commitment to supporting men’s health.

Brian Heilman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Movember Institute of Men’s Health and a global expert on masculinity, men’s health, fatherhood, and violence prevention. With more than 15 years of experience, 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 broadly. He has led and contributed to influential work including The Man Box, State of American Men, and State of the World’s Fathers, and is co-author of Movember’s The Real Face of Men’s Health (2025). 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 from getting there. He regularly represents Movember’s research in national media and policy settings, and collaborates with academic, nonprofit, and government partners across the globe.

Dr. Benson leads policy and strategic partnerships for Merck Global Vaccines, collaborating with global public health leaders and key stakeholders to ensure sustainable access to the company’s diverse vaccine portfolio including HPV, pneumococcal, RSV, Ebola and pipeline vaccines. She has extensive experience working with country governments and major global health organizations such as WHO, Gavi, UNICEF and the Gates Foundation. She served as industry representative on the Gavi Board. Joan is deeply committed to advancing global public health agendas, including the elimination of cervical cancer.

Rob Moss trained as a hospital pharmacist in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and has worked in clinical practice throughout his career while actively sharing in raising his children. He is a consultant in hospital pharmacy, supporting improvements in patient care, organisational effectiveness and professional education for pharmacists and healthcare staff.

He is passionate about strengthening equitable and resilient health systems through innovation, digital transformation and international collaboration in both high-income and low- and middle-income countries. His areas of expertise include medication shortages, substandard and falsified medicines, health-system preparedness and global hospital pharmacy development. Rob is also a strong advocate for health equity, people-centred care and the role of pharmacists as highly accessible healthcare professionals within communities.

Rob is currently Vice-President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and Immediate Past President of the FIP Hospital Pharmacy Section. In 2025, he received the Donald E. Francke Medal for international contributions to advancing hospital pharmacy practice.

Seán Cooke is the Chief Executive Officer of the Men’s Development Network (MDN)and has been since October 2018. MDN is a developmental organisation working with and engaging men and boys on their health, wellbeing, gender equality and ending gender-based violence. Sean has over 30 years’ experience working in Community and Voluntary sector in Ireland, both at front line and senior management level.

Previous experiences include working in Youth and Community programmes in some of the most disadvantage communities in Ireland. Seán is passionate on communicating the transformational model to engaging men and boys ensuring an invitational and a strengths-based approach is applied.

Fidèle Rutayisire is Founder and Executive Director of the Rwanda Men’s Resource Centre (RWAMREC), a leading organization advancing gender equality and preventing gender-based violence through gender-transformative approaches that engage men and boys as allies in justice and social change in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region.

He brings more than 20 years of experience in community-based programming, policy advocacy, and social norms transformation. Fidèle is a certified researcher and master trainer on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), working across twelve African countries to strengthen peace, governance, and human rights.

Through RWAMREC’s programs, he has supported communities to transform power, care, and relationships reducing violence, increasing men’s caregiving, strengthening women’s agency, and improving family wellbeing. His work connects grassroots realities with national, regional, and global advocacy, ensuring that women’s lived experiences and survivor-centered approaches shape justice systems, public policy, and healthier forms of masculinity.