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6th Meeting of the 204th Session (2024-2025)
Professor Willie Stewart
On Monday 31st March 2025, at 7pm
Over the past decade or so there has been growing concern over potential lifelong brain health consequences of exposure to repetitive head impacts and traumatic brain injury. In particular, reports of high-profile former contact sports athletes with dementia have led to questions over the safety of these sports, with governing bodies introducing rule changes in an attempt to mitigate risk. In this talk we will look at the research evidence behind these concerns and discuss whether rule changes are justified, or unneccessary.
Prof Stewart is Consultant Neuropathologist at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, and Honorary Professor at the Universities of Glasgow and Pennsylvania. Prof Stewart leads an internationally regarded research laboratory engaged in multiple programs pursuing themes from cells to society in traumatic brain injury research. Working with the unique and comprehensive Glasgow TBI Archive, his research describes the complex neuropathology of brain injury across a range of exposures and survivals, with particular reference to the link between TBI and neurodegenerative disease. Prof Stewart directs the FIELD programme of research, which aims to describe lifelong health and dementia risk in former soccer and rugby players, and is Co-PI on the multicentre collaborative research programs TBI-REPORTER and TRANSFORM-TBI.