Bobby Abdolmohammadi

Research Data Analyst III

Education
BA, Neuroscience & Psychology
Email
babdolmo@bu.edu

Background

Bobby joined the CTE Center after graduating from Boston University with a BA in Neuroscience. He has been working as a research data analyst III since September 2022, serving roles on both the clinical research and data teams, and contributing to the publication of many abstracts and manuscripts. His research primarily focuses on characterizing the relationship between exposure to repetitive head impacts and its effect on the development of CTE. He also contributes to research investigating the role of genetics in CTE, Alzheimer’s disease, and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Bobby has led research projects examining ice hockey and American football play as risk factors for CTE, military exposure within brain bank donors, and the role of genetics in CTE and AD. Bobby also possesses a strong analytical background, performing both statistical analyses for research projects and variety of data science roles oriented around the management and use of data across multiple studies.

Spotlight

Selected Publications

    1. Mez J, Solomon TM, Daneshvar DH, et al. Assessing clinicopathological correlation in chronic traumatic encephalopathy: rationale and methods for the UNITE study. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2015;7(1):62. doi:10.1186/s13195-015-0148-8
    2. Alosco ML, Mez J, Kowall NW, et al. Cognitive Reserve as a Modifier of Clinical Expression in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Preliminary Examination. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2017;29(1):6-12. doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.16030043
    3. Mez J, Daneshvar DH, Kiernan PT, et al. Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football. JAMA. 2017;318(4):360-370. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.8334
    4. McKee AC, Mez J, Abdolmohammadi B. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football Players—Reply. JAMA. 2017;318(23):2353-2353. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.16687
    5. Adams JW, Alvarez VE, Mez J, et al. Lewy Body Pathology and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Associated With Contact Sports. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2018;77(9):757-768. doi:10.1093/jnen/nly065
    6. Alosco ML, Mez J, Tripodis Y, et al. Age of First Exposure to Tackle Football and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Ann Neurol. 2018;83(5):886-901. doi:10.1002/ana.25245
    7. Cherry JD, Mez J, Crary JF, et al. Variation in TMEM106B in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2018;6(1):115. doi:10.1186/s40478-018-0619-9
    8. Mckee AC, Abdolmohammadi B, Stein TD. Chapter 28 – The neuropathology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. In: Hainline B, Stern RA, eds. Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Vol 158. Sports Neurology. Elsevier; 2018:297-307. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-63954-7.00028-8
    9. Mez J, Abdolmohammadi B. Chapter 7 – Genetics of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. In: Budson AE, Mckee AC, Cantu RC, Stern RA, eds. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Elsevier; 2018:83-90. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-54425-2.00007-2
    10. Abdolmohammadi B, Dupre A, Evers L, Mez J. Genetics of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Semin Neurol. 2020;40(4):420-429. doi:10.1055/s-0040-1713631
    11. Mez J, Daneshvar DH, Abdolmohammadi B, et al. Duration of American Football Play and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Ann Neurol. 2020;87(1):116-131. doi:10.1002/ana.25611
    12. Mez J, Alosco ML, Daneshvar DH, et al. Validity of the 2014 traumatic encephalopathy syndrome criteria for CTE pathology. Alzheimer’s & Dementia. 2021;n/a(n/a). doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12338
    13. Babcock KJ, Abdolmohammadi B, Kiernan PT, et al. Interface astrogliosis in contact sport head impacts and military blast exposure. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2022;10(1):52. doi:10.1186/s40478-022-01358-z
    14. Atherton K, Han X, Chung J, et al. Association of APOE genotypes and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. JAMA Neurology. (2022) Advance online publication.
    15. Alosco ML, Su Y, Stein TD, et al. Associations between near end-of-life flortaucipir PET and postmortem CTE-related tau neuropathology in six former American football players [published online ahead of print, 2022 Sep 24]. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2022;10.1007/s00259-022-05963-x. doi: 10.1007/s00259-022-05963-x
    16. McKee AC, Stein TD, Huber BR, et al. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE): criteria for neuropathological diagnosis and relationship to repetitive head impacts [published online ahead of print, 2023 Feb 10]. Acta Neuropathol. 2023;10.1007/s00401-023-02540-w. doi:10.1007/s00401-023-02540-w
    17. Daneshvar, D.H., Nair, E.S., Baucom, Z.H. et al. Leveraging football accelerometer data to quantify associations between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in males. Nat Commun 14, 3470 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39183-0
    18. Bruce HJ, Tripodis Y, McClean M, et al. American Football Play and Parkinson Disease Among Men. JAMA NetwOpen. 2023;6(8):e2328644. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.28644
    19. McKee AC, Mez J, Abdolmohammadi B, et al. Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts. JAMA Neurol. 2023;80(10):1037–1050. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2907
    20. Stewart, W., Buckland, M.E., Abdolmohammadi, B. et al. Risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in rugby union is associated with length of playing career. Acta Neuropathol 146, 829–832 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-023-02644-3
    21. Saltiel, N., Tripodis, Y., Menzin, T., et al. Relative Contributions of Mixed Pathologies to Cognitive and Functional Symptoms in Brain Donors Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts. Ann Neurol, 95: 314-324 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26823
    22. Culhane JE, Jackson C, Tripodis Y, et al. Lack of association of informant-reported traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Journal of Neurotrauma. Published online March 6, 2024. doi:10.1089/neu.2023.0391
    23. Uretsky M, Nair E, Burton R, et al. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Family History of Mental Illness, and Aggression in Brain Donors With Repetitive Head Impact Exposure. Neurology. 2024;103(12):e210056. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000210056
    24. Abdolmohammadi B, Tuz-Zahra F, Uretsky M, et al. Duration of Ice Hockey Play and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(12):e2449106. Published 2024 Dec 2. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.49106

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