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Jana Kainerstorfer is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She holds courtesy appointments in the Neuroscience Institute and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research focuses on developing noninvasive optical imaging methods for disease detection and treatment monitoring, with an emphasis on diffuse optical imaging. Kainerstorfer serves on program committees for national and international conferences, including the SPIE Photonics West and OSA Topical Meetings, and was the Program Chair for the OSA Biophotonics Congress: Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy in 2020. She has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Biomedical Optics and the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, as well as a guest editor for Opportunities in Neurophotonics and APL Photonics. Kainerstorfer has been elected as a senior member of the Optical Society of America. Her research is funded by various organizations, including the American Heart Association, NIH, ONR, DARPA, and the Air Force. Her lab focuses on developing imaging methods that improve the early diagnosis and treatment of diseases, particularly through the use of non-invasive, diffuse optical imaging with near-infrared light. Current projects include the development of a handheld device for breast cancer imaging and cerebral hemodynamic monitoring for traumatic brain injury.
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