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The WOR Saturday Morning Show with Larry MendteLarry and Dr. Chris Nowinski of Co-Founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation discuss facts on C. T. E. DiseaseChris Nowinski, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, a non-profit organization leading the fight against concussions and CTE and dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted. Dr. Nowinski earned his doctorate in Behavioral Neuroscience from Boston University School of Medicine and has authored more than 30 scientific publications. VICE Sports called him “the man most responsible for making CTE part of the national conversation,” and Sports Illustrated said, “It is Nowinski’s figure which looms behind the doctors and the headlines and the debate roiling over sports’ newfound commitment to minimizing head trauma''. Nowinski serves on the NFL Playe...2025-08-0307 min
Mendte in the MorningChris Nowinski, PHD Co- Founder & CEO Concussion Legacy Foundation And Co-Founder, Unite Brain Bank at Boston University InterviewChris joined Mendte In The Morning to discuss how he was a former Harvard football player and WWE wrestler. In addition, Chris's career was cut short by a concussion he got, sparking his mission to raise awareness about brain trauma.2025-07-3007 min
The Anfield Index PodcastFatigue Index Podcast: The Importance of Concussion Protocol with Chris Nowinski PhD - CEO of the Concussion Legacy FoundationFrom the Anfield Index archives and in light of Alisson Becker’s absence due to concussion it seems a good time to repeat Chris Nowinski’s podcast alongside Si Brundish and Dave Hendrick. Chris is an American neuroscientist, author and retired professional wrestler. After extensively researching concussions in American football, Nowinski co-founded the Concussion Legacy Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2025-04-0754 min
The DreamTurns Out Brains Are Important. Who Knew?We've known about it for almost 20 years and yet there is still very little being done to combat Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy - more commonly none as CTE. And if you think this only affects NFL players, think again. CTE is available in all shapes and sizes - whether it's youth hockey, high school football, club soccer leagues, or professional wrestling, so many of our young athletes are in the line of fire. Thankfully, for most of those twenty years, former college football player and professional wrestler - turned anti-CTE advocate and head of Boston University's CTE center - Chris Nowinski...2025-02-0349 min
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: Chris NowinskiWe are thrilled to talk to Chris Nowinski for our inaugural episode. Chris was my blockmate in Mather House, and never would I have predicted the incredible journey he would have over the past 25 years. From the Harvard football team, to the wrestling show Tough Enough, to a PhD in behavioral neuroscience and now as the CEO and co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, Chris has turned his personal experiences into hope for others. Chris is also the author of the book Head Games. Chris lived in Wigglesworth and Mather and was a sociology concentrator.Chris’s bio & th...2025-01-0920 min
Broken Brains with Bruce ParkmanDr. Chris Nowinski: Addressing CTE in sports and the NFLSend us a textIn this compelling episode of Broken Brains, host Bruce Parkman sits down with Dr. Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, to discuss how repetitive head impacts in contact sports, blast exposure among veterans, and the growing crisis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) are shaping the future of brain health. Dr. Nowinski shares groundbreaking insights into the progress of CTE research and the urgent need for solutions that diagnose CTE in living individuals. Together, they explore how this could lead to revolutionary treatments.The conversation also addresses the denial of...2024-09-3037 min
Killer In The FamilyEpisode 28 - The Benoit Family Part TwoSend us a textIn June 2007 Canadian professional wrestler Chris Benoit killed his wife and son and then took his own life. With allegations of domestic abuse in their marriage it could be that Chris finally killed his wife and son after years of abuse. However, some speculate that they many blows to his head he took during his wrestling career led to brain damage and could have caused Benoit to kill his wife and child. One thing is clear – the only person responsible for the murders of Nancy and Daniel Benoit is their husband and father Ch...2024-05-0327 min
Playing FieldChris NowinskiChris Nowinski - Former WWE wrestler, PhD Doctor and Founder + CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation2023-02-0622 min
Agent Provocateur with Allan Walsh and Adam WyldeNHL: League of Denial. Hockey Definitively Causes CTE with Chris Nowinski | November 10, 2022On this episode of Agent Provocateur with Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde, they chat with Christopher Nowinski about CTE and its relationship with hockey and the NHL.Chris Nowinski, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, a non-profit organization leading the fight against concussions and CTE and dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted. He is also a former All-Ivy Harvard football player and WWE Superstar.Visit https://concussionfoundation.org/ for more.Originally aired: November 10, 2022...2022-11-1059 min
Tango Alpha Lima PodcastTango Alpha Lima: Concussion Legacy Foundation w/ CEO Chris Nowinski and retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Daryl AdamsonIN THE NEWS
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This week we are joined by Concussion Legacy Foundation co-founder and CEO, Chris Nowinski, PhD. CLF is a non-profit organization that is leading the fight against concussions and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans, and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma.
We’ll also talk with retired U.S. Navy Commander Daryl Adamson about his experience as a suicide loss survivor and the legacy of his son, Ca...2022-09-201h 03
Pediatric Sports Medicine PodcastCTE: A Conversation with Chris NowinskiChronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, otherwise known as CTE, is a major topic when talking about the spectrum of things related to brain injury in sports. From its first descriptions in 1928 by Dr. Harrison Martland when coining the term “Punch Drunk Syndrome” to its portrayal in the movie “Concussion” with Will Smith starring as pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu, many now have concerns about the effects of repetitive head trauma in our athletes. Today on the podcast I’m joined by a former WWE wrestler, now researcher, who has taken a lead role in raising awareness of CTE.
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The Abstract DoctorsS1 E6 - Chris NowinskiJoin world-class doctors, Dr. Ron Gharbo and Dr. David Cifu for episode 3 of season 1 as they welcome PHD, former All-Ivy Harvard football player, former WWE professional wrestler, neuroscientist and co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation Chris Nowinski.David Cifu, MD is an internationally academic leader and innovator who specializes in initiating, developing, fostering and leading small and large-scale collaborations across the research, clinical, education and philanthropic arenas to create knowledge, add value and build opportunities. He is the Associate Dean for Innovation and System Integration in the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine, and...2020-12-1554 min
The Meter is RunningChris NowinskiLive from Fenway Johnnie's in Boston! Meter and Shira chat with Chris Nowinski, former Harvard footballer, WWE star and now a legit PhD who crusades for concussion awareness and research.2018-09-0400 min
We're All Mad Here044: Head GamesChris Nowinski’s WWE career, from debut to retirement, lasted almost exactly two years. In 2003, he received a kick to the jaw so severe that he couldn’t remember who he was directly afterward. So he dropped out of the WWE, added a PhD to the Harvard degree he already had, and tried to solve sports’ concussion problem.
2018-05-1012 min