Concussions are common injuries off the field, significantly impacting a student’s ability to operate for possibly weeks at a time. What if there was a way to reduce that, much like how your favorite quarterback can return to the field less than a week after being diagnosed with a concussion? On this episode of Pilot Projects, we sat down with Dr. Jacob Resh, associate professor in the department of Kinesiology here at the University of Virginia. Dr Resh will walk us through his project, titled “Jefferson CARES.” CARES stands for Concussion, Access to Recovery, Exercise, and Support. Recently, Dr. Resh attained a 300,000$ grant from Jefferson Trust to improve recovery rates amongst student non-athletes at UVA. Along with this, he and his team have been using the successful SLAM model to diagnose quickly, and then to notify faculty and staff about potential help they can offer to a student in an educational environment. Pilot Projects is a Sound on Grounds podcast, produced with support from the Jefferson Trust. Learn more about Sound on Grounds at virginiaaudio.com. This episode was engineered by Blake Cabral and recorded by Sara Bastianelli in the Robertson Media Center Audio Studio at Clemons Library. The Pilot Projects show cover was designed by UVA alum Carina Velocci. Original music featured in this episode was written and recorded by Jason Evens Groth.