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. Alosco ML, Morrison M, Au R, Steinberg EG, Mwicigi J, Ly M, Altaras C, Lenio S, Abdennadher M, O'Connor MK, Tripodis Y, Palmisano J, Dixon D, Martin B, Schneider G, Groh JR, Ellison A, Sheppard D, Farris CW, Nowinski C, Cantu RC, Turk KW, Farrer L, Jun G, Goldstein LE, Qiu WQ, Stein TD, Budson AE, McKee AC, Mez J. Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Clinical Core: Infrastructure to facilitate research on post-traumatic Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Sep; 21(9):e70654.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40923312; PMCID: PMC12418077; DOI: 10.1002/alz.70654;
     
  2. Petrie FJ, Howarth N, Bureau SC, Nowinski CJ, Woodward JS, Lockett I. E-concussion? an investigation of the representation of head impact events and concussion within popular sport-based video games. PLoS One. 2025; 20(7):e0328627. PMID: 40694542; PMCID: PMC12282857; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0328627;
     
  3. Howarth NE, Ji C, Batten J, Pearce AJ, Dawes H, White AJ, DeLuca G, Bureau S, Nowinski CJ, Miller MA. Neurodegenerative Disease and Association Football (NDAF): Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 May 21; 22(5). PMID: 40427919; PMCID: PMC12111588; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph22050806;
     
  4. Emrani S, Koutures A, Tripodis Y, Uretsky M, Abdolmohammadi B, Nowinski C, Daneshvar DH, Dwyer B, Katz DI, Goldstein LE, Cantu RC, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Dams-O'Connor K, Crary JF, Stern RA, Mez J, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, McKee AC, Stein TD, Alosco ML. Characterizing white matter and vascular pathologies in brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts. Acta Neuropathol. 2025 Mar 06; 149(1):24.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40047953; PMCID: PMC11885321; DOI: 10.1007/s00401-025-02860-z;
     
  5. Cantu RC, Sills AK, Alosco ML, Arbogast KB, Bazarian JJ, Bieniek KF, Crandall JR, Iverson GL, Katz DI, Keene CD, Leddy JJ, Mack CD, McKee AC, Meehan WP, Mez J, Nowinski CJ, Okonkwo DO, Solomon GS, Stein TD, Tartaglia MC, Zafonte RD, Daneshvar DH. Prevention of concussion and long-term effects of repetitive traumatic brain injury: Unanimous consensus from the Cantu Concussion Summit. PM R. 2025 May; 17(5):563-566.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40040623; DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13332;
     
  6. Miner AE, Groh JR, Farris C, Hattiangadi S, Cui A, Brickman AM, Alshikho M, Rabinovici GD, Rosen HJ, Cobigo Y, Asken B, Nowinski CJ, Bureau S, Shahrokhi F, Tripodis Y, Ly M, Altaras C, Lenio S, Stern RA, Rosen G, Kelley H, Huber BR, Stein TD, Mez J, McKee AC, Alosco ML. Does white matter and vascular injury from repetitive head impacts lead to a novel pattern on T2 FLAIR MRI? A hypothesis proposal and call for research. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Mar; 21(3):e70085.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40145364; PMCID: PMC11947747; DOI: 10.1002/alz.70085;
     
  7. Alosco ML, Mejía Pérez J, Culhane JE, Shankar R, Nowinski CJ, Bureau S, Mundada N, Smith K, Amuiri A, Asken B, Groh JR, Miner A, Pettway E, Mosaheb S, Tripodis Y, Windon C, Mercier G, Stern RA, Grinberg LT, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Christian BT, Betthauser TJ, Stein TD, McKee AC, Mathis CA, Abrahamson EE, Ikonomovic MD, Johnson SC, Mez J, La Joie R, Schonhaut D, Rabinovici GD. 18F-MK-6240 tau PET in patients at-risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Mol Neurodegener. 2025 Feb 25; 20(1):23.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39994806; PMCID: PMC11852567; DOI: 10.1186/s13024-025-00808-1;
     
  8. Nicks R, Shah A, Stathas SA, Kirsch D, Horowitz SM, Saltiel N, Calderazzo SM, Butler MLMD, Cormier KA, Aytan N, Tu-Zahra F, Mathias R, Faheem F, Marcus S, Spurlock E, Fishbein L, Esnault CD, Boden A, Rosen G, Xia W, Daley S, Meng G, Martin BR, Daneshvar DH, Nowinski CJ, Alosco ML, Mez J, Tripodis Y, Huber BR, Alvarez VE, Cherry JD, McKee AC, Stein TD. Neurodegeneration in the cortical sulcus is a feature of chronic traumatic encephalopathy and associated with repetitive head impacts. Acta Neuropathol. 2024 Dec 06; 148(1):79.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39643767; PMCID: PMC11624223; DOI: 10.1007/s00401-024-02833-8;
     
  9. Abdolmohammadi B, Tuz-Zahra F, Uretsky M, Nicks R, Mosaheb S, Labonte J, Yhang E, Durape S, Martin B, Palmisano J, Nowinski C, Cherry JD, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Dams-O'Connor K, Crary J, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Goldstein LE, Au R, Katz DI, Kowall NW, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Alosco ML, Stein TD, Tripodis Y, McKee AC, Mez J. Duration of Ice Hockey Play and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Dec 02; 7(12):e2449106.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39630446; PMCID: PMC11618473; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.49106;
     
  10. 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. 2025 Jul; 17(4):703-709. PMID: 39422595; PMCID: PMC11556560; DOI: 10.1177/19417381241287520;
     
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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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