What’s the Risk of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy for NFL Players?
New study suggests at least one in 10 NFL players could eventually develop the brain disease.
Tag: Dr. Jesse Mez
BU CTE Center researchers have identified a gene linked to CTE-related outcomes
After 10 years of studying brains donated by families of deceased military service people, football players, and other contact-sport athletes, researchers from the BU School of Medicine and the VA Boston Healthcare System have amassed more than 600 brains, a collection they say has grown large enough to enable meaningful analysis of the genetics related […]
Jesse Mez Receives DoD Grant to Study Role of Traumatic Brain Injury and Military Service in Alzheimer’s Disease
Jesse Mez, MD, MS, assistant professor of neurology at BUSM, has received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the United States Department of Defense
Leveraging Existing Aging Research Networks to investigate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and related dementia (ADRD) risk
People who serve in the military have specific risk of exposure to head injury or traumatic brain injury (TBI) in addition to the typical risks faced by all people. TBIs can be fatal or cause severe disability, but many people survive TBI and recover well. The goal of this study is to study the late […]