Boston University

CTE

Rob Gronkowski celebrating after one of the super bowls

Football

Gronk Retires. Were Concussions and CTE a Factor?

March 27, 2019

Scott Nichols, Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, Bosotn University, Campaign for Boston University fundraising campaign initiative

CTE

Scott Nichols to Retire after Leading BU’s Successful First Comprehensive Campaign

February 15, 2019

Microscopic image of high accumulations of p-tau in the brain tissue of a deceased person with the "major" genetic variation of the TMEM106B protein.

CTE

Why Some People’s CTE Symptoms Are More Severe Than Others

November 3, 2018

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

Neuroscience

Ann McKee Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

October 15, 2018

Ann McKee’s pioneering research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has earned her a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Accolades

Another Accolade for CTE Researcher Ann McKee

August 7, 2018

Two men wearing helmets boxing with one punching the other in a ring.

Neuroscience

Contact Sports Associated with Lewy Body Disease

July 31, 2018

kids playing tackle football

CTE

MED Researchers: Youth Football Linked to Earlier Brain Problems

April 30, 2018

CTE in teenage brains

CTE

BU-Led Study: CTE May Occur without Concussions

January 18, 2018

Aaron Hernandez as an NFL player with the New England Patriots

CTE

Aaron Hernandez’s CTE Worst Seen by BU Experts in a Young Person

November 9, 2017

Ann McKee and Jonathan Cherry, researchers at the Boston Universtiy

CTE

BU Researchers ID Possible Biomarker for Diagnosing CTE during Life

September 26, 2017

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

CTE

CTE Found in 99 Percent of Former NFL Players Studied

July 26, 2017

Mckee

CTE

Brain Trauma and CTE

February 3, 2017

Washington Redskins' John Riggins busts through New England Patriots defensive player Tim Fox early in the first quarter at Foxboro, Mass., Sept. 3, 1978

CTE

CTE Investigators Launch $16 Million Study

June 3, 2016

CTE

Pondering the Future of the Sports Industry

April 11, 2016

Neuroscience

DC Panel: Talking Football, War, and Brain Disease

March 1, 2016

Neurology

Diagnosing CTE During Life

December 22, 2015

Ann McKee, MED, neurology, pathology

Neuroscience

Head Examiner

February 12, 2015

Neuroscience

Football: Child’s Play, Adult Peril?

January 29, 2015

Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy CSTE, Ann McKee, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, brain research, neurological research, football head trauma, athletics head trauma, hockey head trauma

Research

MED Researchers to Share $6 Million NIH Grant for CTE

January 22, 2014

Boston University BU, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy CTE, Largest study chronic traumatic encephalopathy, research maps dementia, Ann McKee School of Medicine

CTE

BU-Led Research Maps the Route to Dementia

December 3, 2012

BU-Led Research Maps the Route to Dementia