Our Team
Operations
Peter Baker
Peter Baker is Director of Global Action On Men’s Health. A former journalist, he was CEO of the Men’s Health Forum (Great Britain) from 2000-12
Dr Tosin Olaluwoye
GAMH’s research associate holds a postdoctoral fellowship based in the Center for Men’s Health Equity (CMHE) at Georgetown.
Ayo Ogunbiyi
Ayo Ogunbiyi is Global Action On Men’s Health’s Administrative Specialist and Research Analyst.
Jim Pollard
Jim Pollard is an award-winning men’s health writer, editor and designer and Communications Consultant for Global Action on Men’s Health
Board of Trustees
Professor Doris Bardehle
Doris Bardehle is at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bielefeld and coordinates the German Foundation of Men’s Health scientific board
Amon Lukhele
Amon Lukhele is Executive Director of Outreach Scout Foundation, Malawi and Vice-Chair of Global Action On Men’s Health
Derek Griffith
Derek Griffith is Professor of Health Management & Policy and Oncology at Georgetown University in the USA and Chair of Global Action On Men’s Health
Martin Tod
Martin Tod is Chief Executive of the Men’s Health Forum (Great Britain) and Treasurer and board member of Global Action on Men’s Health
Rae Bonney
Rae Bonney develops, designs and delivers workplace wellbeing programmes and is a board member of Global Action On Men’s Health
Wendy Poage
Wendy Poage is a Patient Advocacy and Engagement Champion in the USA and a board member of Global Action On Men’s Health
Ronald Henry
Ronald Henry is the President of the Men’s Health Network in the United States and a board member of Global Action On Men’s Health
Honorary Chair - Dr Anthony Brown
Dr Anthony Brown
Dr Anthony Brown is Adjunct Fellow at the Centre for Male Health at Western Sydney University, Australia and Honorary Chair of GAMH
Cancer Working Party
Men and cancer is an issue GAMH is paying particular attention to. In 2023, we published a report, Gone Missing, that looked at how men are treated in global cancer policy. In Men’s Health Week, 2024, we launched Men and Cancer: A Charter for Action which sets out 10 key steps to improve cancer outcomes for men. In September 2024, we will publish a Manifesto on Boys, Men and HPV which sets out the case for global gender-neutral HPV vaccination. We are also have a report on prostate cancer in production which we plan to launch in October/November 2024. All these reports provide evidence we will use in our advocacy work to achieve the policy changes that are urgently needed at the global and national levels.
To support this work, we have created a new Cancer Advisory Group which will help to keep us informed of relevant developments in the field, advise us about which issues we should be prioritising in our policy work, review GAMH papers and reports on men and cancer before publication, and suggest the most effective strategy and tactics for our advocacy work.
The advisory group is drawn from the GAMH membership and other organisations that we work with closely on men and cancer. Its current members are:
- Shalya Anand
- Chris Booth
- Chris Colvin
- Derek Griffith (GAMH Chair)
- Ron Henry
- Daniel Kelly
- Natalie Leon
- Amon Lukhele (GAMH Vice-Chair)
- Wendy Poage
- Charles Rogers
- Michael Rovito
- Mohammed Saab
- Hendrik van Poppel
- David Winterflood
GAMH is grateful to all of the above for their support.
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