Head Games: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and the Long-term Consequences of Repetitive Brain Trauma

2015 Dudley Allen Sargent Distinguished Lecture Series

Presented by Dr. Robert A. Stern, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University

Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 4-5 p.m.
635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA
Sargent College Room 101

Admission is free. The public is cordially invited.
Reception to follow in the Setterberg Lounge, 2nd floor.

Contact Katy Staley at [email protected] or 617-353-2705 for more details or to request special accommodations.

Dr. Robert Stern is Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy and Neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine, where he also serves as Director of the Clinical Core for the Alzheimer’s Disease Center and Director of Clinical Research for the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center. A major focus of Dr. Stern’s research involves the long-term effects of repetitive brain trauma in athletes and the military, including the neurodegenerative disease, CTE. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense for his work on developing methods of detecting and diagnosing CTE during life, as well as examining potential genetic and other risk factors for this disease. His other major areas of funded research include the assessment and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, the cognitive effects of chemotherapy in the elderly, thyroid-brain relationships, and driving and dementia.

Dr. Stern has published more than 250 journal articles, chapters, and abstracts including work on various aspects of cognitive assessment. He is the senior author of many widely used neuropsychological tests, including the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB) and is a Fellow of both the American Neuropsychiatric Association and the National Academy of Neuropsychology. He serves on several editorial boards as well as the Medical and Scientific Advisory Boards of the MA/NH Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and Sports Legacy Institute, and is a member of the Mackey-White Traumatic Brain Injury Committee of the NFL Players Association. Dr. Stern appears frequently in national and international print and broadcast media for his work on CTE and Alzheimer’s disease and has testified before the US Senate Special Committee on Aging. He also appears in the feature length documentaries “League of Denial” (PBS Frontline, 2013), “Head Games” (2012), and “I Remember Better When I Paint” (2009).

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