In this episode of Kid’s Brains Matter Podcast,Host Bruce Parkman interviews Dr. Nowinski, a partner with Boston University in the creation of the world’s leading resource for CTE research. Nowinski is the Co-Founder & CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation. He has a Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Boston University School of Medicine. He is also the author of Head Games: Football’s Concussion Crisis in 2006, where he emphasizes the goal to change sports and save brains.=

Personal experience has shaped his social entrepreneurship and life’s mission to change the public health problem of sports related brain injuries. After his All-Ivy Harvard football career, he became a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar performing on Monday Night RAW. A concussion in 2003 changed the trajectory of his life resulting in retirement from professional wrestling,

On this episode, you will hear about Nowinski’s co-founding of the non-profit Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF). He will also discuss his partnership with Boston University and the VA to create the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank, the world's leading resource for CTE research.

Story Key Notes:

• Dr. Christopher Nowinski’s Background
• Change is Challenging
• Flag Football Under Fourteen’ Program 

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