The Centre is pleased to congratulate Dr Sean Martin (FCMHW Post-doctoral Research Fellow) on his appointment as the Project Lead for the Ten to Men (TTM) Study based at the Australian Institute of Family Studies (https://aifs.gov.au/projects/ten-to-men).

The TTM study is funded by the Commonwealth Government and is a key deliverable of the National Men’s Health Strategy.

With over 16,000 participants aged 10-55 years at recruitment the TTM study is the largest male-only cohort study in the world.

It focuses on key social, economic, environmental and behavioural factors that influence the development of boys into men. Within government, it also has a core responsibility to report on, and develop new policies, that influence the length and quality of life of Australian males.

Dr Martin has been a member of the Centre since its inception in 2007, and has been the Manager of the Centre’s Florey Adelaide Male Ageing cohort Study (FAMAS) which turns 20 years this year. FAMAS was harmonised with another cohort to create the MAILES (Men Androgen Inflammation Lifestyle Environment and Stress) study, and is one of the most comprehensive and longest-running biomedical longitudinal cohort studies of male health and wellbeing in Australia, based in the FCMHW at the University of Adelaide and SAHMRI.

Dr Martin will continue his affiliation with the Centre as an academic titleholder of the University of Adelaide.

Sean will start this new exciting position in Feb 2022. He may be contacted at Sean.Martin@aifs.gov.au.