The Inconvenient Truth about CTE by Dr. Ann McKee

Agnes W.H. Tan Science Symposium at Viterbo University - Sept. 15, 2023
Ann McKee, MD, is William Fairfield Warren distinguished professor of neurology and pathology at Boston University and director of neuropathology for VA Boston. Dr. McKee is a neurologist and neuropathologist whose career focuses on Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Her groundbreaking work on the long-term effects of repetitive head impacts, concussion, and blast injury in contact sports athletes and military veterans revolutionized scientific thought regarding head trauma; she demonstrated that repetitive head trauma can trigger CTE, a devastating neurodegenerative disease. Dr. McKee directs the BU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center. She created the UNITE brain bank, the world’s largest repository of brains from individuals exposed to traumatic brain injuries (over 1350). She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. McKee was named Bostonian of the Year 2017 by the Boston Globe, one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World and one of the 50 Most Influential People in Healthcare by Time magazine. She received the Henry Wisniewski Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Research by the Alzheimer’s Association and Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammie), Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to federal service.