Jan. 28 Lecture: “Head Games: CTE and the Long-Term Consequences of Repetitive Brain Trauma”

BU School of Medicine faculty member Robert A. Stern, PhD, will present the 2015 Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Dudley Allen Sargent Distinguished Lecture. A professor of neurology, neuosurgery, and anatomy and neurobiology at the School of Medicine, he will speak on “Head Games: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and the Long-Term Consequences of Repetitive Brain Trauma.”

When: Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, 4-5 p.m.
Where: BU Charles River Campus, Sargent College, Room 101
635 Commonwealth Ave., Boston

Admission is free and is open to the public. Reception to follow in the Setterberg Lounge, 2nd floor. Contact Katy Staley at kstaley@bu.edu or 617-353-2705 for more details or to request special accommodations.

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 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.

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).