International Brain Injury Association (IBIA)

The International Brain Injury Association (IBIA) was founded by George A. Zitnay, PhD, and Martin B. Foil, Jr., following an international meeting on brain injury held in Oxford, United Kingdom at Oxford University in April of 1993. The group assembled in Oxford agreed that a need existed for an international organization that worked with professionals and families from a multidisciplinary approach; thus, IBIA was formed.

IBIA was established with the following goals in mind: to encourage an international exchange of information, to support research, to provide training especially in developing countries, and to advocate for brain injury. One of the approaches to achieve these goals was the creation of the World Congress on Brain Injury. Another approach was the creation of member states and organizations. IBIA also encouraged the development of country-wide associations, created by families and professionals joining to support brain injury research and service development.