Dr. Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu // (born September 30, 1968) is a Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist who was the first...
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2009 by GQ magazine. Set during the 2000s, the film stars Will Smith as Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who fights against the National Football League...
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disease. Webster was the first former NFL player diagnosed with CTE. Dr. Bennet Omalu, a forensic neuropathologist, examined tissue from Webster and eight...
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over $624 million. In 2015, Smith portrayed Nigerian-American physician Bennet Omalu in the biopic Concussion for which he garnered a nomination for a Golden...
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appeared in the biopic Concussion, starring Will Smith. It is the story of Bennet Omalu, the forensic neuropathologist who first discovered extensive brain damage...
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chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Dr. Bennet Omalu called for slap fighting shows to be removed from television. Omalu stated, in response to White's claims...
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between repeated blows to the head and CTE. In 2005, forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu, along with colleagues in the Department of Pathology at the University...
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University School of Medicine and former NFL and current NCAA team physician; Bennet Omalu, M.D., forensic neuropathologist, who is the Chief Medical Examiner for...
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the National Football League Summit in June 2007 when neuropathologist Bennet Omalu linked the deaths of Strzelczyk to chronic traumatic encephalopathy like...
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also athletes who played only in college or in high school. In 2005, Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist and neuropathologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
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antifreeze, which was ruled a suicide. An autopsy by neuropathologist Bennet Omalu revealed that Long had CTE, a degenerative disease caused by repeated...
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prevention as well as his hypothesis (after the discovery of the CTE by Dr. Bennet Omalu) on the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Maroon...
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injury either in the same game or during the season." However, when Dr. Bennet Omalu examined the brain of former Pittsburgh Steeler Mike Webster, he discovered...
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Scott-produced sports drama Concussion. In Concussion, Smith played Dr. Bennet Omalu of the Brain Injury Research Institute, the first to discover chronic...
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consolidated lawsuits against the NFL was held by a federal court. In 2005, Bennet Omalu found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain...
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football-related brain injuries, and the pathologist who examined Webster's brain, Bennet Omalu. The film also looks closely at the efforts of researchers led by Ann...
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neuropathologist Bennet Omalu into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in former players of gridiron football. The issue came to the forefront following Omalu's 2002...
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behest, Waters' family agreed to send pieces of his brain to be tested. Bennet Omalu, a pathologist at the University of Pittsburgh announced that "the condition...
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his family in his hometown of Whitby, Ontario. Forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu later determined that Martin had severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy...
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29, 2016). "O.J. Simpson Likely Suffers From Brain Disease CTE, Says Bennet Omalu". Huffington Post. Retrieved February 28, 2019. Li, Anand Veeravagu|Amy...
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Waters' brain tissue sent to neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu at the University of Pittsburgh. Omalu believed, having examined the tissue, that Waters...
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American politician Bennett Miller (born 1966), American film director Bennet Omalu (born 1968), Nigerian-American pathologist Bennett Joseph Savage (born...
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Concussion 2015 Biographical True story about forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu, played by Will Smith, who discovered the brain disease Chronic traumatic...
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Became an American citizen in 1941. Jim Yong Kim Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil Bennet Omalu – Born and raised in Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2015. Yuri Orlov...
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concussions and thousands of sub-concussive blows. The pathologist, Dr. Bennet Omalu (Smith's character) makes a David v Goliath journey to tell the truth...
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Agriculturalist, Professor of Soil Sciences Grace Chibiko Offorma - researcher Bennet Omalu - physician, forensic pathologist and neuropathologist who was the first...
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prodigy. Examples of Nigerian Americans in popular media include Dr. Bennet Omalu, portrayed in the 2015 film Concussion, and Emmanuel Acho, former professional...
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credited with having restricted the spread of Ebola virus in Nigeria Bennet Omalu – forensic pathologist Chimele Usuwa Abengowe – Professor of Medicine...
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also a member of the Board of Advisers of the Templeton Foundation. Bennet Omalu (born 1968): Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist...
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Jobs Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne Lili Elbe The Danish Girl Will Smith Dr. Bennet Omalu Concussion 2016 Casey Affleck Lee Chandler Manchester by the Sea Joel...
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