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Ann McKee, the BU Alzheimer's Disease Center' Associate Director and the BU CTE Center's Director, was named one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Ann McKee named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2018

Jenna Manto April 26, 2018
Boston University professor Ann McKee has been named one of Time Magazine’s most influential pioneers of 2018.
The sports safety seminar at Friday's Play It Forward summit emphasized on the consequences of repetitive head trauma and the dangers of CTE. PHOTO BY SOFIA LAURITO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professor, coach, student-athlete discuss consequences of concussions

Oriana Durand April 16, 2016

Boston University School of Medicine professor Ann McKee; Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation; and Rachel Blauner, a midfielder on the BU women’s soccer team, discussed...

ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” reported Tuesday that the NFL will no longer help fund the Boston University study on chronic traumatic encephalopathy. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

NIH to fund CTE research, NFL allegedly backs out

Sekar Krisnauli December 24, 2015

The NFL, which has faced scrutiny over its handling of head trauma, will no longer contribute to the funding of a Boston University-led study on a degenerative brain disease called chronic traumatic...

Fish And Chipps: Why 'Concussion' won't hurt the NFL

Fish And Chipps: Why ‘Concussion’ won’t hurt the NFL

Isaac Chipps December 8, 2015

Ignorance is bliss, isn't it? We see what we want to see. We know what we want to know. And we ignore the truth when it doesn't affect us. You probably know something about the concussion epidemic...

PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

NHL files subpoena against BU regarding concussion research

Jonathan Sigal September 25, 2015

The National Hockey League has filed subpoenas against three Boston University employees in regards to their research on concussions. Chris Nowinski, Ann McKee and Robert Stern all have until Oct. 1...

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