Vice President
Men’s Health Network
Ana Fadich Tomšić serves as Vice President at Men’s Health Network (MHN) where she oversees outreach, promotion, and health education to men, boys, and their families.
As a certified health educator (CHES), she develops targeted disease education awareness materials & programs on men’s health topics and leads discussions in an effort to reduce health disparities and educate the consumer.
Ana is actively sought out as a speaker and resource on men’s health issues, and sits on many advisory councils where a voice for the male patient is vital. She has been featured as an expert in many media outlets, and has presented at the White House, Congressional briefings, FDA and other Federal Government Agencies, American Public Health Association (APHA,) corporate employer sites, and various conferences.
She is a contributing author for the international book “Sports-based health interventions: case studies from around the world”; journal articles such as “The Economic Burden Shouldered By Public and Private Entities as a Consequence of Health Disparities between Men and Women” published in the American Journal of Men’s Health, and also contributes to white papers such as “A Framework For Advancing The Health Of Men and Boys In America, A Position Paper Issued by the Men’s Health Braintrust.”
Within APHA’s Men’s Health Caucus, Ana is the Past Chair of the Caucus, increasing the physical presence of the Men’s Health Caucus within APHA, advocating for more men’s health research.
Ana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles, CA, and a Master’s of Public Health degree from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine.