Christopher Nowinski, PhD
Co-Founder & CEO
Concussion Legacy Foundation




Chris Nowinski is co-founder and executive director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF) formerly known as the Sports Legacy Institute (SLI), a non-profit organization dedicated to solving the sports concussion crisis through education, policy, and research. He also serves as a member of the Outreach, Recruitment, and Education Core of the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center. Chris also serves as an advisor on the Mackey White TBI advisory committee to the NFLPA, The Ivy League Multi-Sport Concussion Committee, and as a consultant to Major League Lacrosse.

Predoctoral Trainee (previously held)
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Behavioral Neuroscience


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  1. Yendluri A, Nietsch KS, Namiri NK, Gonsalves G, Corvi JJ, Herrera J, Nowinski CJ, Parisien RL. Mechanisms and Trends in Women's Lacrosse Head and Musculoskeletal Injuries: A 15-Year Review of National Injury Data. Sports Health. 2024 Oct 18; 19417381241287520. PMID: 39422595
     
  2. Nowinski CJ, Bureau SC, Rhim HC, Zafonte RD, Cantu RC, Daneshvar DH. Spontaneous Headshake after a Kinematic Event (SHAAKE): Evaluating the Utility of a Potential New Sign in the Diagnosis of Concussion. Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Oct 17; 14(20).View Related Profiles. PMID: 39451636; PMCID: PMC11506366; DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14202314;
     
  3. Adams JW, Kirsch D, Calderazzo SM, Tuz-Zahra F, Tripodis Y, Mez J, Alosco ML, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Kubilus C, Cormier KA, Nicks R, Uretsky M, Nair E, Kuzyk E, Aytan N, Cherry JD, Crary JF, Daneshvar DH, Nowinski CJ, Goldstein LE, Dwyer B, Katz DI, Cantu RC, Stern RA, McKee AC, Stein TD. Substantia Nigra Pathology, Contact Sports Play, and Parkinsonism in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. JAMA Neurol. 2024 Sep 01; 81(9):916-924.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39008284; PMCID: PMC11250391; DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2166;
     
  4. Nowinski CJ, Rhim HC, McKee AC, Zafonte RD, Dodick DW, Cantu RC, Daneshvar DH. 'Subconcussive' is a dangerous misnomer: hits of greater magnitude than concussive impacts may not cause symptoms. Br J Sports Med. 2024 Jul 01; 58(14):754-756.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38719575; PMCID: PMC11228231; DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107413;
     
  5. Culhane JE, Jackson CE, Tripodis Y, Nowinski CJ, Dams-O'Connor K, Pettway E, Uretsky M, Abdolmohammadi B, Nair E, Martin B, Palmisano J, Katz DI, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Goldstein LE, Kowall NW, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Huber BR, Crary JF, Mez J, Stein TD, McKee AC, Alosco ML. Lack of Association of Informant-Reported Traumatic Brain Injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. J Neurotrauma. 2024 Jun; 41(11-12):1399-1408.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38445389; PMCID: PMC11339554; DOI: 10.1089/neu.2023.0391;
     
  6. Alexander A, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Alosco ML, Mez J, Tripodis Y, Nicks R, Katz DI, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Martin B, Palmisano J, Goldstein LE, Crary JF, Nowinski C, Cantu RC, Kowall NW, Stern RA, Delalle I, McKee AC, Stein TD. Cortical-sparing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CSCTE): a distinct subtype of CTE. Acta Neuropathol. 2024 Feb 26; 147(1):45.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38407651; PMCID: PMC11348287; DOI: 10.1007/s00401-024-02690-5;
     
  7. Alosco ML, White M, Bell C, Faheem F, Tripodis Y, Yhang E, Baucom Z, Martin B, Palmisano J, Dams-O'Connor K, Crary JF, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Nowinski C, Cantu RC, Kowall NW, Stern RA, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Stein TD, McKee AC, Mez J. Cognitive, functional, and neuropsychiatric correlates of regional tau pathology in autopsy-confirmed chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Mol Neurodegener. 2024 Feb 06; 19(1):10.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38317248; PMCID: PMC10845638; DOI: 10.1186/s13024-023-00697-2;
     
  8. Saltiel N, Tripodis Y, Menzin T, Olaniyan A, Baucom Z, Yhang E, Palmisano JN, Martin B, Uretsky M, Nair E, Abdolmohammadi B, Shah A, Nicks R, Nowinski C, Cantu RC, Daneshvar DH, Dwyer B, Katz DI, Stern RA, Alvarez VE, Huber B, Boyle PA, Schneider JA, Mez J, McKee AC, Alosco ML, Stein TD. Relative Contributions of Mixed Pathologies to Cognitive and Functional Symptoms in Brain Donors Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts. Ann Neurol. 2024 Feb; 95(2):314-324.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37921042; PMCID: PMC10842014; DOI: 10.1002/ana.26823;
     
  9. Stewart W, Buckland ME, Abdolmohammadi B, Affleck AJ, Alvarez VE, Gilchrist S, Huber BR, Lee EB, Lyall DM, Nowinski CJ, Russell ER, Stein TD, Suter CM, McKee AC. Risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in rugby union is associated with length of playing career. Acta Neuropathol. 2023 Dec; 146(6):829-832.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37872234; PMCID: PMC10627955; DOI: 10.1007/s00401-023-02644-3;
     
  10. Rubin LH, Du Y, Sweeney SE, O'Toole R, Thomas CL, Zandi AG, Shinehouse LK, Brosnan MK, Nam H, Burke ME, Bureau SC, Kilgore JJ, Yoon M, Soule AR, Lesniak WG, Minn I, Rowe SP, Holt DP, Hall AW, Mathews WB, Smith GS, Nowinski CJ, Kassiou M, Dannals RF, Pomper MG, Coughlin JM. Imaging Brain Injury in Former National Football League Players. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Oct 02; 6(10):e2340580. PMID: 37902750; PMCID: PMC10616723; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.40580;
     
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Football bonded them. Its violence tore them apart.

The Washington Post 5/14/2023

Concussion expert Chris Nowinski says Tua Tagovailoa ‘being completely misled' on CTE

Palm Beach Post 4/21/2023

New study finds 'conclusive' proof contact-sports athletes 68 times more likely to develop CTE

The Telegraph 7/26/2022

Brain Trust

CBC News 3/2/2020

Rob Gronkowski was dangerously wrong when he says CTE is ‘fixable’

The Guardian 9/26/2019

Toucher and Rich: Chris Nowinski In-Studio Wants to Ban youth Tackle Football (Hour 2)

98.5 The Sports Hub 3/12/2019
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