In keeping with priorities of the NCAA and Department of Defense, which emphasize a collaborative team approach and broad representation of NCAA member institutions, the Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium was established to serve as the scientific and operational framework for the NCAA-DoD public-private partnership known as the Grand Alliance.

Led by the IU School of Medicine in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the Medical College of Wisconsin, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the CARE Consortium involves student athletes and cadets from 30 U.S. universities and military service academies. CARE's aim is to understand the natural history of concussion and ultimately to provide new guidelines for concussion prevention and treatment. To date, nearly 40,000 student athletes have enrolled in the study, and CARE publications have already begun to change how concussion is treated nationally and in the military.

Steven Broglio
broglio@umich.edu
Professor of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
Long-term effects of concussion across lifespan, improving athlete health and safety related to concussion

Tatiana Foroud
tforoud@iu.edu
Chair, Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics
Genetics of Alzheimer, Parkinson, and intracranial aneurysms. Runs NIH repository for Alzheimer’s disease

Barry Katz
bkatz@iu.edu
Professor, Biostatistics Department Chair
Biostatistics modeling, statistical development for diagnostic tests

Yunlong Liu
yunliu@iu.edu
Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics
Systems biology of transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and epigenetic regulation

Thomas McAllister
twmcalli@iupui.edu
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Traumatic brain injury, cognitive and behavioral difficulties, biomechanical basis of concussion, repetitive head impacts on brain structure and function

Michael McCrea
michael.mccrea@phci.org
Professor; Director, Brain Injury Research Program, Medical College of Wisconsin
Acute clinical and neurophysiological effects of traumatic brain injury in civilians, athletes, and military personnel

Paul F. Pasquina
paul.pasquina@usuhs.edu
Department Chair, Professor, Uniformed Services University
Technologies to enhance recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration of combat casualties, traumatic brain injury

Nicholas Port
nport@indiana.edu
Associate Professor of Optometry
Subconcussion diagnosis using eye movement

Andrew Saykin
asaykin@iupui.edu
Director, Center for Neuroimaging
Brain imaging and genomics for neurological and psychiatric disorders

Yu-Chien Wu
yucwu@iu.edu
Associate Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Microstructure imaging techniques for changes in Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury