Brain Injury Guidelines Rubin Family Brain Injury Research Grant Membership Information International NeuroTrauma Newsletter Membership Directory Conference Materials	Irving I. And Felicia F. Rubin Family Brain Injury Research Fund The International Brain Injury Association administrates the Rubin Family Brain Injury Research Fund on behalf of Mr. Irving I. and Mrs. Felicia F. Rubin, and Mr. Byron H. Rubin. The areas of research supported by this Fund include problems relating to impairments in cognitive functioning and long-term sequelae regarding quality of life, treatment outcomes, medical complications and family interventions. Every year approximately $400,000 is made available for research. Research projects are limited to a maximum of $100,000 grant for a one-year period.	Grants for the year 2000 were recently awarded for the following new research projects: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Outcome Prediction in Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults. L. Shutter, MD, PT, Loma Linda University Medical Center Handheld Cognitive and Family Therapy. J. H. Downs, PhD, T. Gentry, OTR, John Jane Brain Injury Center, Martha Jefferson Hospital The Relationship of Memory Deficit to Long-Term Outcome in Pediatric TBI. G. Hanten, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine Urinary Incontinence and Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Improved Assessment and Intervention. J. T. Barth, PhD, University of Virginia Managing Fecal Incontinence in the Brain Injured Patient. A. E. Foxx-Orenstein, DO, Virginia Commonwealth University   Funding was extended for the following research project: The Effects of Therapy Intensity and Psychoactive Medications on Recovery from the Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States: Results from a Multicenter Network. D. Katz, MD, Healthsouth Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital