Who is Eligible for BANK CTE?

BANK CTE is enrolling people aged 40 years and over who may or may not have been exposed to repetitive head impacts.

If you are over 40 years old and are willing to sign a brain donation pledge then you may be eligible to participate in the BANK CTE Study.

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Submitting this form will redirect you to the Brain Health Registry to complete registration. Submitting this form does not enroll you in the study. Participation is voluntary

Please contact the BANK CTE study team at bankcte@bu.edu or 617-358-0774 if you have any questions about the study and/or your eligibility.

The 3 actions required to complete participation are:

Pledge to donate your brain and sign the BANK CTE brain donation pledge. Please notify your family you have pledged to donate your brain to research.

Brain Donation Pledge

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Blood Draw

You can schedule a one-time blood draw, at no cost to you, at a local Quest lab of your choosing.

This fully online survey includes questions about sports participation, repetitive head impacts, concussion history, and medical history. It also includes computerized brain games plus behavior and mood questionnaires. The entire survey should take no more than 2 hours.

Online Survey

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Participants who complete all requirements will receive a $100 gift card.

Each year, millions of people are exposed to repetitive head impacts through contact sports, military service, and physical violence. These impacts can increase your risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias including CTE. While it is now possible to detect Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementia using proteins in the blood, options for detecting CTE are limited and inaccessible. There is an urgent need to develop a test to diagnose CTE in life. Your participation in BANK CTE can get us closer to this goal, and help future athletes and warfighters like yourself!

Why is BANK CTE important?

All data gathered in the study will be handled with maximal attention to participant confidentiality and privacy. Research data generated by this study will be kept in locked files or will be encrypted and stored on secure servers by the investigators.

Your information will not have any personal identifiers when used in the study outcome.

Your involvement is private and protected

Please note, at this time, we do not provide participants with individual level results from this study. The goal of BANK CTE is to find methods that will one day be utilized for diagnosing CTE during life.