Who we are

The InfraMED Alliance is a global initiative and platform founded by spectroscopists and device manufacturers united by a common goal: To bring infrared photonic advances into medical practice as rapidly as possible. Our founding moment happened on Feb 8th, 2026, when the manuscript “Infrared Photonics for Healthcare: A Roadmap for Proactive and Predictive Health Management” was submitted to the Journal of Physics: Photonics signed by more than 80 co-authors across 19 countries and simultaneously shared on arXiv (preprint available here) 

The InfraMED Alliance emerged from a core community that has its roots in the “IR-WORKshop Series” organized by Laser Components in Olching (Germany) since 2012. The decisive momentum surged at the Industry Session of Optica Imaging and Sensing Congress (July 2024, Toulouse, France) where the breadth of progress across communities became evident.

Our Principles

InfraMED bridges the gap between science, research and industry, developing and cultivating open dialogue across disciplines and with the medical/healt care community, thinking at scale and backing innovative device technologies.

Our Vision 

• Create a “wave for Infrared Photonics in healthcare” similar to the wave that Carl Zeiss, Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott created in the 19th century for microscopy.
• Advocate diagnostics that are simpler, faster, more cost-efficient and non-invasive or minimally-invasive. 
• Include a variety of technologies and medical/clinical applications. 
• Support and establish multimodal competence centers.
• Bring high-quality medical diagnostics to underprivileged and underserved regions and populations.
• Explore where “infrared-omics” can reach beyond conventional clinical diagnostics. 
• Infrared should be not only inspiring but also fun!
• Think global and inclusive, act global and inclusive, be global and inclusive!
   

Our Mission

• Bring together diverse expertise across the spectrum: scientific, industrial, clinical, healthcare, outpatient, AI, economy, legal, ethics, insurances and artists.
• Develop and promote shared open-access scientific and technical standards.
• Identify and support funding opportunities across disciplines.
• Popularize infrared photonics: from scientists and engineer, from nurses to clinicians, from healthcare providers to politicians, from schools to the broad public!