Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Ph.D.

Director, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Tenured)
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Non-Tenure Eligible)
Professor, Optical Sciences (Non-Tenure Eligible)
Professor, Agricultural-Biosystems Engineering (Non-Tenure Eligible)
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Medical Imaging
Distinguished Professor, Thomas R Brown - Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Professor, Cancer Biology
 
Education: 
  • University of Texas at Austin, 1988 (B.S., Electrical Engineering) 
  • University of California, Irvine, 1993 (M.S., Electrical Engineering)
  • University of Texas at Austin, 1998 ( Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering)
Honors and Awards: 
  • NASA/Texas Space Grant Fellowship, 1996 & 1997
  • A.D. Hutchinson Student Endowment Fellowship, University of Texas Fellowship, 1996 - 1998
  • SPIE D.J. Lovell Scholarship, 1997
  • Research Paper Award, 18th Ann. Mtg, Am. Soc. for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS), 1998
  • Award for Excellence at the Student Interface, UA College of Engineering and Mines, 1998
  • Award for Excellence at the Student Interface, College of Engineering and Mines, 2000
  • UA Leading Edge Researcher Award, 2008
  • Member: ASLMS (fellow), BMES, IEEE, OSA, SPIE (fellow)
Major Areas of Research Interest: 
  • Optical Imaging (Optical Coherence Tomography)
  • Fluorescence Spectroscopy
  • Laser-Tissue Interaction
  • Development of imaging instrumentation, particularly miniature delivery endoscopes.
  • Development of applications in the broad areas of blood vessels and epithelial cancers
  • Her research into light-tissue interaction and dynamic optical properties of blood laid the groundwork for a novel therapeutic laser to treat cutaneous vascular disorders. She has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal papers in these research areas.
  • Biomedical OpticsOptical Coherence TomographyFluorescence SpectroscopyTissue OpticsColon CancerOvarian Cancer
Selected Publications: 
Hariri LP, GT Bonnema, K Schmidt, AM Winkler, V Korde, KD Hatch, JR Davis, MA Brewer, JK Barton: Laparoscopic optical coherence tomography imaging of human ovarian cancer. Gynecologic Oncology, 114:188-194, 2009.

Wall RA, GT Bonnema, JK Barton: Novel focused OCT-LIF endoscope. Biomed Opt Express 2(3):421-30, 2010.

Hariri LP, ER Liebmann, SL Marion, PB Hoyer, JR Davis, MA Brewer, JK Barton: Simultaneous optical coherence tomography and laser induced fluorescence imaging in rat model of ovarian carcinogenesis.Cancer Biol Ther 10(5):438-47, 2010.

Winkler AM, PF Rice, J Weichsel, JM Watson, MV Backer, JM Backer, JK Barton: In Vivo, Dual-Modality OCT/LIF Imaging Using a Novel VEGF Receptor-Targeted NIR Fluorescent Probe in the AOM-Treated Mouse Model. Mol Imaging Biol, 2010, PMID:21042865.

Winkler AM, PF Rice, RA Drezek, JK Barton: Quantitative tool for rapid disease mapping using optical coherence tomography images of azoxymethane treated mouse colon, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 15(04): 041512, 2010.

Linehan JA, ER Bracamonte, LP Hariri, MH Sokoloff, PS Rice, JK Barton, MM Nguyen: Feasibility of Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging to Characterize Renal Neoplasms: Limitations in Resolution and Depth of Penetration. British Journal of Urology International, accepted.

= medical student
 
NIH High School Student Research Program: 
Kaylyn Patricia Jones, Flowing Wells High School, 2011
 
Tuesday, January 29, 2019