International Brain Research Foundation Inc

BACKGROUND:

Who hasn’t been touched by Brain injury or illness….

• The Injured Brain: mild to severe
  Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), stroke, concussion

Today there are no cures for most of these neurological disorders and leading edge treatments are difficult to identify and often not readily available. I have become painfully aware of the current state of medical treatment for brain disorders.  As with most health issues education and funding are desperately needed.

WHO WE ARE:
The International Brain Research Foundation (IBRF) is a group of world class researchers and physicians, including Dr. Phillip A. DeFina, Dr. Jonathan Fellus, and Dr. James P.  Halper, committed to advancing research and developing treatments for a number of brain conditions through the use of advanced neuro-imaging and neuromarker driven protocols.

• IBRF collaborates with world famous institutions such as the Harvard Neuroimaging Center, Harvard Beth Israel Brain Stimulation Laboratory, New York University School of Medicine/Langone Hospital Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), as well as other major university, hospital and research organizations worldwide. 

• IBRF has been at the forefront of treating wounded soldiers and has been awarded grants from the Department of Defense for developing advanced treatments for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers suffering from Traumatic Brain Injuries. 

• In addition, the IBRF team has recently been invited to collaborate on Presidents Obama’s Advanced Neuroimaging Initiative.  

WHAT WE DO:

• Research: To encourage, support, design, conduct, and direct novel neuroscientific research studies worldwide.
• Education: To provide state-of-the art training, educational programming, lecture series, research presentations, and conferences that share groundbreaking research findings and novel treatment paradigms in the neurosciences.
• Technological Advancement: To develop new, innovative brain mapping, imaging, and diagnostic technology to advance the treatment of brain injury, disorders, diseases, and dysfunction.
• International and Multi-Center Collaboration: To create highly functioning networks of collaborative research relationships that connect multidisciplinary teams of international experts across a variety of research and treatment venues.

WHY WE’RE DIFFERENT?

• Translational Clinical Research – at IBRF our focus is not simply to study the problem.  Our focus is to help the individual.   Research ideas are quickly translated into treatment that are rapidly turned into studies and trials.
• Multi-modal Protocols – Treatment protocols are typically a combination of medications, nutraceuticals, and neuromodulation therapies that are currently available and FDA approved.  We have found that unique combinations of these elements, already proven for safety and efficacy for other health issues, can be applied to address many of the deficits of an ailing brain.
• Rigorous Measurement – Frequently, brain diagnosis does NOT directly measure the physical organ being treated.  Instead there are scales, surveys and clinical observations for all kinds of brain deficits that deal with symptoms rather than root cause problems.  At IBRF we start with a thorough non invasive brain mapping assessment followed by extensive neuro-imaging to identify what parts of the brain are not physically, electrically, or functionally performing correctly.  Treatments protocols are then identified to address these issues accompanied by traditional therapies and measured as part of research studies.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

There is much to done.  IBRF is a relatively small, but effective non-profit 501c-3 research organization and needs individual and corporate sponsors to accelerate more effective diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders. 

UNIQUE OFFER?     

Many non-profit research organizations are so
large that it is often difficult to determine whether your donation is having an impact. Sign up for our “Redefining the
Mental Health Day” program. A corporate donation of $25,000 or more to IBRF will result in a visit to the donor facility.