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Pitt Public Health alumnus Bennet Omalu discusses 'Concussion' in Thrival festival appearance

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PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE - In a Thrival festival appearance, Pitt Public Health alumnus Bennet Omalu (EPI '04) had zero interest in football in 2002, when Mike Webster’s body arrived at the Allegheny County coroner’s office. So why was Omalu the one who discovered what was wrong with former Pittsburgh Steeler?In a speech that was at times motivational and even emotional, Omalu encouraged audience members to embrace their individuality, discussed his personal relationship between faith and science, and chronicled the story of how a baby born in war-torn Nigeria ultimately became the face of the brain-science fight with the National Football League.He was joined after the speech for a question-and-answer session with writer and Pitt faculty member Jeanne Marie Laskas, whose 2009 GQ profile of Omalu served as the inspiration for “Concussion.”

9/21/2016

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