CONTACT:  Katherine Jackson



                                         MEDIA ADVISORY

	"The Politics of Brain Injury Research, Rehabilitation and Treatment" 
will be discussed by George Zitnay, President and Chief Executive Officer of 
the Brain Injury Association, Inc., Wednesday, March 20, at noon at the Camp 
Heart Auditorium in the University of Virginia Medical Center. 
	The Brain Injury Association, Inc. was formerly the National Head 
Injury Foundation.
	Following the talk, you are invited to attend U.Va.'s physical 
medicine and rehabilitation open house from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on 3 East. 
You will be able to interact with a new computer in the Brain Injury Resource 
Center, visit a therapeutic gym with treatment areas and interview staff 
about rehabilitation services. 
	For more information call Katherine Jackson at (804) 924-1827.
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                                                     March 19, 1996