Juanita J. Anders received the B.Sc. degree in biology from Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA, in 1969, the M.Sc. degree in zoology from Pennsylvania State Univerity, State College, in 1972, and the Ph.D. degree in anatomy from the University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, in 1977. She is currently a Professor of anatomy, physiology, and genetics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD, where she is also a Professor of neuroscience. She was with the Laboratory of Neuropathology and Neuroanatomical Sciences, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health, where she was engaged in research on glial/neuronal interaction in normal and injured nervous tissue. She serves on the Editorial Boards of the Photomedicine and Laser Surgery and the Lasers in Surgery and Medicine and as a reviewer for several other journals. She is the author or coauthor of over 50 peer-reviewed published articles. Her current research interests include the use of light as a noninvasive therapy for deep tissue injuries, interaction of light with pluripotent cells, and repair of spinal cord injury. Prof. Anders serves on the Executive Councils and Scientific Advisory Boards of several laser societies. She was the President of the North American Association of Laser Therapy and a Founding Member of the International Academy of Laser Medicine and Surgery.