Program

Welcome to our conference program! You can access the full agenda and syllabus below, as well as individual presentations once they become available.

Day 1: Thursday, November 30, 2023

Robert Cantu, MD

Scientific advisor for the NFL Head Neck and Spine Committee
VP and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the NOCSAE
Co-founder and Medical Director of CLF

Ann McKee, MD

William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine
Director, BU CTE Center
Director, BU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Chief, Neuropathology VA Boston Healthcare System

Robert Stern, PhD

Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology; Director of Clinical Research, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center

Lee Goldstein, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Biomedical Engineering and Biomarker Core Co-Leader

Michael Alosco, PhD

Co-Director, Clinical Research, BU CTE Center
Associate Professor of Neurology, Chobanian & Avedisian SOM
Director, Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Clinical Core

Kate Turk, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine & Co-Leader of the Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core

Andrew Budson, MD

Associate Director of the BU ADRC
ORE Core Leader

9:00-9:30

Continental Breakfast

9:30-9:35

Welcome

Kate Turk, MD, and Andrew Budson, MD

9:35-10:20

Crafting the Amsterdam International Concussion in Sport Consensus Statement on CTE

Robert Cantu, MD

10:20-11:20

Pathology of CTE

Ann McKee, MD

11:20-12:20

CTE Biomarkers

Robert Stern, PhD

12:20-1:00

Lunch

1:00-1:20

Morning Q&A

With all morning faculty

1:20-2:00

Talk Title TBD

Speaker TBD

2:00-2:40

Mechanisms of CTE

Lee Goldstein, MD, PhD

2:40-3:20

Talk Title TBD

Michael Alosco, PhD

3:20-4:00

Coffee Break

4:00-4:20

Afternoon & Day 1 Q&A

With all Day 1 faculty

4:20-5:00

Family Panel Discussion

Robert Stern, PhD, and others

Day 2: Friday, December 1, 2023

Jesse Mez, MD, MS

Co-Director, Clinical Research, BU CTE Center
Associate Professor of Neurology
Leader, Clinical Core, BU ADRC
Investigator, BU CTE Center
Co-leader, Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Clinical Core

Thor Stein, MD, PhD

Director, Molecular Research, BU CTE Center
Director, Neuropathology core, BU ADRC
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Neuropathologist, VA Boston Healthcare System

Christopher Nowinski, PhD

Co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation

Kate Turk, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine & Co-Leader of the Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core

Andrew Budson, MD

Associate Director of the BU ADRC ORE Core Leader

9:00-9:30

Continental Breakfast

9:30-9:35

Welcome

Kate Turk, MD, and Andrew Budson, MD

9:35-10:20

Talk Title TBD

Jesse Mez, MD, MS

10:20-11:00

Talk Title TBD

Thor Stein, MD, PhD

11:00-11:40

Talk Title TBD

Speaker TBD

11:40-12:20

Talk Title TBD

Speaker TBD

12:20-1:00

Lunch

1:00-1:20

Morning Q&A

With all morning faculty

1:20-2:00

Talk Title TBD

Speaker TBD

2:00-2:40

Talk Title TBD

Speaker TBD

2:40-3:00

Coffee Break

3:00-3:45

Afternoon & Full Course Q&A

With all faculty

3:45-4:45

Athlete Panel Discussion

Christopher Nowinski, PhD

4:45-4:50

Concluding Remarks

Kate Turk, MD, and Andrew Budson, MD