{"id":6627,"date":"2023-02-23T16:55:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T21:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/?page_id=6627"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:07:22","slug":"clinical-research-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/our-research\/clinical-research-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Our Clinical Research team, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/robert-stern\/\">Robert Stern<\/a>, PhD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/michael-alosco\/\">Michael Alosco<\/a>, PhD, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/jesse-mez\/\">Jesse Mez<\/a>, MD, MS, studies individuals to further our knowledge of CTE and find a way to diagnose CTE in living persons.\u00a0<span>They lead multimodal and multi-site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/our-research\/clinical-studies\/\">clinical studies<\/a> to help further knowledge on the long-term effects of repetitive head impacts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Team<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/michael-alosco\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"43\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2017\/07\/Alosco_Michael-5x7-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Michael Alosco<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Co-Director of Clinical Research, BU CTE Center<br \/>\r\nVice Chair of Research and Professor of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine <br \/>\r\nLeader, Boston University Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Research Center Clinical Core<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/jesse-mez\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"40\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2017\/07\/Jesse-Mez-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Jesse Mez<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Co-Director, Clinical Research, BU CTE Center<br \/>\r\nAssociate Director, BU ADRC<br \/>\r\nAssociate Professor of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine<br \/>\r\nCo-Leader, Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Clinical Core<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/robert-stern\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"41\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2017\/07\/Stern-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Robert Stern<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy &#038; Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine<br \/>\r\nCo-Founder &#038; Director of Clinical Research, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n<h4>Research Assistants<\/h4>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/kelsey-goostrey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"43\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2023\/07\/Kelsey-Goostrey-5x7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Kelsey Goostrey<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Research Program Manager<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/jade-hadley\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"47\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2025\/01\/Jade-Hadley.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Jade Hadley<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Research Assistant<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/jacob-labonte\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Jacob Labonte<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Study Coordinator<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/rachael-layden\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"48\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2023\/08\/Rachael-Layden.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Rachael Layden<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Research Assistant<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/mariah-masse\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"60\" height=\"45\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-at-8.57.47\u202fAM-402x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Mariah Masse<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Clinical Research Coordinator<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/keaden-morisaki\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2025\/07\/Headshot_Keaden-Morisaki.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Keaden Morisaki<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Research Assistant, BANK CTE<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/sophia-nosek\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"43\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2023\/07\/Sophia-Nosek_Headshot-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Sophia Nosek<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Research Program Manager<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/olivia-perini\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"48\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2025\/07\/Olivia-Perini-Headshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Olivia Perini<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Research Assistant II<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/josh-rivers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"60\" height=\"48\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2024\/12\/JRivers-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Josh Rivers<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Study Coordinator<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/adriana-rodriguez\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"52\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/cte\/files\/2025\/12\/Adriana-Rodriguez-258x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Adriana Rodriguez<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Research Specialist I<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cte\/profile\/christopher-tilton\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p 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