07 Apr Freeport Speech Event in support of FCS
On April 24, Dr. Ann McKee, creator of the world’s largest brain bank to study traumatic brain injuries, will reveal what our brains tell us about the impact of repetitive head trauma in sports and other activities in a conversation with Dr. Carol Leary, former President of Bay Path University.
The event will be held at Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main Street, Freeport, from 7:00-8:30 pm. Tickets are $20 and available at Eventbrite or FreeportSpeech.org.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Ann McKee, MD is a neurologist and neuropathologist who focuses on Alzheimer’s disease and the consequences of repetitive traumatic brain injury, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Dr. McKee is the chief neuropathologist at the VA Boston, and Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the CTE Center at Boston University. Her groundbreaking work on the long-term effects of repetitive head impacts, concussion and blast injury in athletes and military veterans revolutionized scientific thought regarding head trauma. Through 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. In 2018 she was listed as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people.