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.