Thor Stein
Co-leader, Neuropath Core, FHS-BAP
Dr. Stein is Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Associate Director of the Neuropathology Core of the BU Alzheimer’s Disease Center as well as staff neuropathologist at the VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS). His research interests involve the study of neurodegenerative diseases, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), Alzheimer disease (AD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He studies the role of trauma in the development and acceleration of multiple types of neurodegenerative disease. He has published extensively on the development and modeling of age- and trauma-related neuropathologies, including the most comprehensive studies to date on beta-amyloid deposition, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and Lewy body disease following repetitive mild traumatic brain injury. Dr. Stein is the Principal Investigator on numerous grants, including a VA Merit Award on the role of traumatic brain injury in the development of AD and CTE as well as multiple NIH R01s focused on determining the link between epigenetic modifications, lipidomic profiles, and pathological changes in the brain as they relate to cognitive decline.