Michael Alosco PhD: Head Trauma and Dementia Risk

029- An important risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease is head trauma and the chronic traumatic encephalopathy that can result. It is causing us to rethink everything from how we view high school tackle football consideration to whether headers should be allowed in high school soccer play. Michael Alosco PhD is co-director of the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Clinical Core. He completed his undergraduate studies at Providence College and he earned his doctoral deg...