Primary Faculty

Frank Speizer

Professor of Environmental Science

Environmental Health

fspeizer@hsph.harvard.edu

Other Positions

Edward H. Kass Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Medicine-Brigham and Women's Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Links

Catalyst Profile

Bibliography

Healthspan and chronic disease burden among young adult and middle-aged male former American-style professional football players.

Grashow R, Shaffer-Pancyzk TV, Dairi I, Lee H, Marengi D, Baker J, Weisskopf MG, Speizer FE, Whittington AJ, Taylor HA, Keating D, Tenforde A, Guseh JS, Wasfy MM, Zafonte R, Baggish A.

Br J Sports Med. 2022 Dec 07. PMID: 36588423

Association of Traumatic Brain Injury With the Risk of Developing Chronic Cardiovascular, Endocrine, Neurological, and Psychiatric Disorders.

Izzy S, Chen PM, Tahir Z, Grashow R, Radmanesh F, Cote DJ, Yahya T, Dhand A, Taylor H, Shih SL, Albastaki O, Rovito C, Snider SB, Whalen M, Nathan DM, Miller KK, Speizer FE, Baggish A, Weisskopf MG, Zafonte R.

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 04 01. 5(4):e229478. PMID: 35482306

Multi-modality human phenotyping to examine subjective and objective health afflictions in former professional American-style football players: The In-Person Assessment (IPA) protocol.

Cortez B, Valdivia C, Keating D, Marengi D, Bates T, Brown C, Dairi I, Doyle M, Keske R, Connor A, Grashow R, Tenforde A, Wasfy MM, Weisskopf MG, Speizer F, Zafonte R, Baggish A.

PLoS One. 2022. 17(3):e0265737. PMID: 35358242

Individual and cumulative health afflictions are associated with greater impairment in physical and mental function in former professional American style football players.

Tenforde AS, Cortez B, Coughlan-Gifford E, Grashow R, Baker J, Baggish AL, Pascual-Leone A, Nadler LM, Speizer FE, Taylor HA, Weisskopf MG, Zafonte R.

PM R. 2022 01. 14(1):30-39. PMID: 33644969

Concussion and Risk of Chronic Medical and Behavioral Health Comorbidities.

Izzy S, Tahir Z, Grashow R, Cote DJ, Jarrah AA, Dhand A, Taylor H, Whalen M, Nathan DM, Miller KK, Speizer F, Baggish A, Weisskopf MG, Zafonte R.

J Neurotrauma. 2021 06 01. 38(13):1834-1841. PMID: 33451255

Personal use of permanent hair dyes and cancer risk and mortality in US women: prospective cohort study.

Zhang Y, Birmann BM, Han J, Giovannucci EL, Speizer FE, Stampfer MJ, Rosner BA, Schernhammer ES.

BMJ. 2020 09 02. 370:m2942. PMID: 32878860

Modifiable Risk Factors for Poor Cognitive Function in Former American-Style Football Players: Findings from the Harvard Football Players Health Study.

Roberts AL, Zafonte RD, Speizer FE, Baggish A, Taylor HA, Nadler L, Weisskopf MG.

J Neurotrauma. 2021 01 15. 38(2):189-195. PMID: 32640866

Race in association with physical and mental health among former professional American-style football players: findings from the Football Players Health Study.

Roberts AL, Taylor HA, Whittington AJ, Zafonte RD, Speizer FE, Pascual-Leone A, Baggish A, Weisskopf MG.

Ann Epidemiol. 2020 11. 51:48-52.e2. PMID: 32738401

Premortem Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Diagnoses in Professional Football.

Grashow R, Weisskopf MG, Baggish A, Speizer FE, Whittington AJ, Nadler L, Connor A, Keske R, Taylor H, Zafonte R, Pascual-Leone A.

Ann Neurol. 2020 07. 88(1):106-112. PMID: 32281676

Self-Reported Cognitive Function and Mental Health Diagnoses among Former Professional American-Style Football Players.

Plessow F, Pascual-Leone A, McCracken CM, Baker J, Krishnan S, Baggish A, Connor A, Courtney TK, Nadler LM, Speizer FE, Taylor HA, Weisskopf MG, Zafonte RD, Meehan WP.

J Neurotrauma. 2020 04 15. 37(8):1021-1028. PMID: 31672091

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