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Dr Moore is the founding Director of England’s National Football Museum, which he built from the ground up over more than twenty years, bringing together world-class collections, including the FIFA Collection. He opened the museum in Preston in 2001 before relocating it to Manchester in 2012, where it attracted over half a million visitors annually. He has advised sports museums internationally and written extensively on football history and museum culture.

His latest book, Heading for Trouble: Football’s Head Impact Crisis – And How We Save the Game, published by Bloomsbury Sport, draws on research and interviews with former players and neurological experts to explore the links between repetitive heading and brain disease, football’s slow response, and how the game can protect its players while preserving everything we love about it.

02:00 - Running a Sports Museum,

04:24 - Writing a Book on Football & Concussion?

08:00 - How Heading Became Part of the Game

15:45 – Concussion, CTE & Repetitive Heading Impacts

21:10 – Differences in Men, Women and Children

32:20 – Who Creates the Rules and Changes the Rules

36:40 – Ball Size, New vs Old

41:20 – Personal Views on Changing Rules for the Game

45:20- Favourite Sporting Moment and Piece of Memorabilia from a Museum

49:50 - Purchasing the Book and Supporting Dr Kevin Moore’s Work?

Dr Kevin Moore

https://doctorkevinmoore.org

https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/heading-for-trouble-9781399428248/

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Dr Hardwicke is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Nottingham Trent University and a leading UK voice on brain injury in sport. A former competitive cyclist who suffered a brain injury himself, he now works with colleagues on how to better care for former athletes living with neurodegeneration and their families. Through his research and his writing for the British Journal of Sports Medicine and The Conversation, he challenges sport to focus on preventing brain injuries rather than only managing them after they happen.

01:30 – Journey into Concussion and Sociology Research

09:30 - What is a Concussion in Sociology Research

13:00 - “Knowledge Doesn't Equal Safety" Paradox

20:00 - Brain Injury in Women’s Sport and Misconceptions

30:08 - Suspected CTE and Families Research

46:15 – Children and Brain Injury

54:53 - Where to Find Dr Jack Hardwicke

Dr Jack Hardwickie

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/science-technology/jack-hardwicke

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=riOu_9AAAAAJ&hl=en

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Professor Stern is a Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. As co-founder of the BU CTE Center and former Director of Clinical Research, he has spent nearly two decades pioneering ways to detect and diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) during life, while uncovering the long-term neurological impact of repetitive head trauma in former athletes. His ground-breaking work includes major projects such as the landmark DETECT and DIAGNOSE CTE studies, the Head Impact & Trauma Surveillance Study, and numerous investigations into biomarkers and diagnostic criteria for concussion and CTE. With more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, key advisory roles with the NFLPA and NCAA, and recognition such as the 2025 Leon Thal Prize for Research Excellence, Professor Stern is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts shaping modern concussion and CTE science.

06:50 - Dr Robert Stern’s Journey into Neurology, Neurodegenerative Disease and Repetitive Head Impacts

13:00 - What Does Boston University CTE Do?

15:55 – Repetitive Head Impacts

20:45 – Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

24:35 – Dementia

28:25 – Neurological Disease’s and Clinical Testing In vivo

32:24 – Biomarkers, Diagnosis Dementia and Growth in the Field

40:00 – Nocebo Effect and Understanding/ Misunderstanding of What is Known

45:35 - Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome and Diagnostic Criteria

01:02:00 – Summary of Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome

01:07:00 – How to Help and Support Dr Stern’s Work

Professor Robert Stern:

https://www.bu.edu/cte/

https://www.bu.edu/cte/profile/robert-stern/

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=42mlewcAAAAJ&hl=en

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