SIA-Africa Person of the Month, September 2022: Dr. Bennet Omalu
September 2022
Dr. Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu, a Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist and neuropathologist, was the first to identify and report research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players. Concussion, a 2015 movie starring Will Smith, was inspired by Omalu's discovery and the response to it. On September 30, 1968, Omalu, the sixth of seven siblings, […]
