Michael Alosco, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Neurology

PhD, Kent State University
MA, Kent State University
BA, Providence College



Dr. Alosco is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist and serves as the co-director of the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Clinical Core and is a lead investigator of the BU CTE Center. He also oversees Neuropsychology for the Memory and Aging Clinic at Boston Medical Center. He completed his undergraduate studies at Providence College and he earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology, with a focus on neuropsychology, in 2015 from Kent State University. He completed his clinical internship in neuropsychology at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr. Alosco completed his post-doctoral studies in neuropsychology via NIH-funded training Awards (T32, F32) at the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center. In 2018, he became an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019. Dr. Alosco has >150 peer-reviewed publications, is the PI of multiple NIH funded grants, is the recipient of an NIH/NINDS K23 Award, is the Project Lead of an NIH-funded multisite U54 grant, and serves as aco-investigator on numerous federal and non-federal funded grants. He has also written numerous book chapters, and he is the co-Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Adult Cognitive Disorders which was published by Oxford University Press in 2019.

Dr. Alosco has an active and established research program that has a thematic focus on three areas: (1) the relationship between repetitive head impacts (RHI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a later-life cognitive and neuropsychiatric decline, as well as neurodegenerative disease(s); (2) the contribution of cerebrovascular disease to the clinical and neuropathological expression of CTE, AD, and AD-related dementias (ADRD); and (3) in vivo biomarker development for CTE, AD, and ADRD with a focus on tau PET imaging, structural MRI, and blood-based biomarkers.


The Contribution of Repetitive Head Impacts and Social Determinants of Health to Brain Aging in Older Adult Black Men
08/15/2023 - 07/31/2028 (Subcontract PI)
The George Washington University NIH NINDS
5R01NS134043-02

Neuroimaging Research for Veterans (NeRVe) Center - Service Contract
08/01/2023 - 07/31/2028 (Multi-PI)
PI: Michael Alosco, PhD
VA Boston Healthcare System


Validation of Lens Beta-Amyloid as a Novel Biomarker for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease at the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research
09/30/2023 - 06/30/2028 (Multi-PI)
PI: Michael Alosco, PhD
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5R01AG077588-02

Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
08/15/2021 - 06/30/2026 (Key Person)
PI: Ann C. McKee, MD
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5P30AG072978-03

Risk for Later-Life Cognitive Impairment, Neurobehavioral Dysregulation, and Dementia in Former Soccer and American Football Players: The Head Impact and Trauma Surveillance Study (HITSS)
02/01/2021 - 01/31/2026 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
5R01NS119651-04

Blood Biomarker Development and Validation in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias
06/01/2023 - 05/31/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Michael Alosco, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
1RF1NS132290-01

18F-PI-2620 Tau PET as a Biomarker for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
03/15/2023 - 12/31/2024 (PI)
Life Molecular Imaging Ltd


The 1988 NFL Survey Study
12/15/2023 - 12/14/2024 (PI)
ESPN Productions, Inc.


Late Pathologies of Exposure to Repetitive Head Impacts from Contact Sports: White Matter and Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
09/15/2021 - 08/31/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Michael Alosco, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
1RF1NS122854-01

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 4 (ADNI 4)
09/15/2022 - 07/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
University of Southern California NIH NIA
5U19AG024904-17

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2024 Risk and Resilience, Clinical presentation, and Biomarker Profiles of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Related Dementias: The DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project II 1R01NS139383-01
2024 Validation of Lens Beta-Amyloid as a Novel Biomarker for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease at the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research 5R01AG077588-02
2024 Late Pathologies of Exposure to Repetitive Head Impacts from Contact Sports: White Matter and Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms 4R01NS122854-02
2024 Risk for Later-Life Cognitive Impairment, Neurobehavioral Dysregulation, and Dementia in Former Soccer and American Football Players: The Head Impact and Trauma Surveillance Study (HITSS) 5R01NS119651-04
2023 Validation of Lens Beta-Amyloid as a Novel Biomarker for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease at the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research 1R01AG077588-01A1
2023 Blood Biomarker Development and Validation in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias 1RF1NS132290-01
2023 Contributions of Exposure to Traumatic Brain Injury and Repetitive Head Impacts to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy 5U54NS115266-05-6542
2022 In Vivo Detection of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy with 18F-MK-6240 Tau PET 5R21NS120629-02
2022 Contributions of Exposure to Traumatic Brain Injury and Repetitive Head Impacts to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy 5U54NS115266-04-6600
2022 Repetitive Head Impact Exposure and Later-Life White Matter Signal Abnormalities: An Investigation in Former NFL Players, Subjects with Alzheimer's Disease, and Cognitively Normal Controls 5K23NS102399-05
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  1. 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;
     
  2. Asken BM, Bove JM, Bauer RM, Tanner JA, Casaletto KB, Staffaroni AM, VandeVrede L, Alosco ML, Mez JB, Stern RA, Miller BL, Grinberg LT, Boxer AL, Gorno-Tempini ML, Rosen HJ, Rabinovici GD, Kramer JH. Clinical implications of head trauma in frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2024 Aug 29; 16(1):193.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39210451; PMCID: PMC11363650; DOI: 10.1186/s13195-024-01553-1;
     
  3. Jung LB, Wiegand TLT, Tuz-Zahra F, Tripodis Y, Iliff JJ, Piantino J, Arciniega H, Kim CL, Pankatz L, Bouix S, Lin AP, Alosco ML, Daneshvar DH, Mez J, Sepehrband F, Rathi Y, Pasternak O, Coleman MJ, Adler CH, Bernick C, Balcer L, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Stern RA, Shenton ME, Koerte IK. Repetitive Head Impacts and Perivascular Space Volume in Former American Football Players. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Aug 01; 7(8):e2428687.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39186275
     
  4. Akhter-Khan SC, Tao Q, Ang TFA, Karjadi C, Itchapurapu IS, Libon DJ, Alosco M, Mez J, Qiu WQ, Au R. Cerebral Microbleeds in Different Brain Regions and Their Associations With the Digital Clock-Drawing Test: Secondary Analysis of the Framingham Heart Study. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Jul 29; 26:e45780.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39073857
     
  5. Pulukuri SV, Fagle TR, Trujillo-Rodriguez D, van Amerongen S, Bernick C, Geda YE, Wethe JV, Peskind ER, Katz DI, Alosco ML, Palmisano JN, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Reiman EM, Shenton ME, Cummings JL, Stern RA. Characterizing Neurobehavioral Dysregulation Among Former American Football Players: Findings From the DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2024 Jul 22; appineuropsych20230133.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39034669
     
  6. 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;
     
  7. Wang Y, Huang J, Ang TFA, Zhu Y, Tao Q, Mez J, Alosco M, Denis GV, Belkina A, Gurnani A, Ross M, Gong B, Han J, Lunetta KL, Stein TD, Au R, Farrer LA, Zhang X, Qiu WQ. The association between circulating CD34+CD133+ endothelial progenitor cells and reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease in the Framingham Heart Study. Explor Med. 2024; 5(2):193-214.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38854406; PMCID: PMC11160969; DOI: 10.37349/emed.2024.00216;
     
  8. Arciniega H, Baucom ZH, Tuz-Zahra F, Tripodis Y, John O, Carrington H, Kim N, Knyazhanskaya EE, Jung LB, Breedlove K, Wiegand TLT, Daneshvar DH, Rushmore RJ, Billah T, Pasternak O, Coleman MJ, Adler CH, Bernick C, Balcer LJ, Alosco ML, Koerte IK, Lin AP, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Stern RA, Shenton ME, Bouix S. Brain morphometry in former American football players: Findings from the DIAGNOSE CTE research project. Brain. 2024 Mar 27.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38533783
     
  9. Alosco ML, Tartaglia MC. Repetitive Blast Injury and CSF Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers: Navigating a Complex Narrative. Neurology. 2024 Apr 09; 102(7):e209294. PMID: 38478855
     
  10. Banks SJ, Yhang E, Tripodis Y, Su Y, Protas H, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Mez JB, Palmisano J, Barr WB, Wethe JV, Dodick DW, Mcclean MD, Martin B, Hartlage K, Turner A, Turner RW, Malhotra A, Colman M, Pasternak O, Lin AP, Koerte IK, Bouix S, Cummings JL, Shenton ME, Reiman EM, Stern RA, Alosco ML. Clinical Outcomes and Tau Pathology in Retired Football Players: Associations With Diagnosed and Witnessed Sleep Apnea. Neurol Clin Pract. 2024 Apr; 14(2):e200263.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38425491; PMCID: PMC10900387; DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200263;
     
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Bar chart showing 213 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 25 publications in 2013 and 2023

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201213
201325
201424
201511
201614
201711
201811
201912
202013
202115
202216
202325
202414


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Changes in the Diagnostic Process of Alzheimer Disease: A New Era of Blood-Based Approaches

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Long football careers linked to impulsive behavior, less white matter in the brain: Boston University CTE study

Boston Herald 3/7/2023

New BU Study Finds Tackle Football at Young Age Raises Risk for Brain Decline Later

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Former Bronco plans to donate brain for concussion research: "If they want my brain they can have it"

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CTE: The Mysterious Brain Disorder That’s Taken Over the NFL

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White Matter Hyperintensities Linked to Repetitive Head Trauma

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Could Structural MRI Findings Help Detect CTE During Life?

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MRI Might Spot Concussion-Linked CTE in Living Patients

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MRI Key to Diagnosing CTE in Living Patients?

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More Years Playing Football, More Brain Lesions on MRI: Study

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Repeated Head Impact Linked With Emotional, Cognitive Problems Later in Life

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Repetitive Hits to the Head Tied To Depression, Poor Cognition in Later Life

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Repeat Head Impacts May Lead to Depression Later

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Hype or horror? The risk of CTE brain disease divides football and medical communities

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Ex-NFL Players Six Times More Likely than the General Public to Report Cognitive Problems, Study Finds

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Deeper Dive Into CTE, Dementia in Football Reveals New Players

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Triple Threat: Tau, Atrophy, and Arteriolosclerosis Push CTE Toward Dementia

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Five New Answers About the Link Between Football, CTE, and Dementia

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Football Head Trauma Linked Again to Long-Term Brain Damage

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Dementia Tied to White Matter Rarefaction in Football Players With CTE

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2014 Kent State University: David B. Smith Award: Recognition Award for the most outstanding graduate student at Kent State U.
2014 Applied Psychology Center: Publication Award
2013 Applied Psychology Center: Publication Award
2012 American Psychological Association (APA): David Pilon Training Scholarship Award
2012 American Psychological Association (APA): Early Graduate Student Researcher Award
2011-2013 Graduate Student Senate at Kent State University: Domestic Travel Grant Award
2011-2013 Kent State University: Travel Award Applied Psychology Center
2011-2013 Kent State University: Student Travel Award, Department of Psychology
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Neurodegenerative conditions
cerebrovascular disease
head impacts
long-term neurological consequences
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