Susan Swindells, MBBS
Terry K. Watanabe Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical Director, HIV Clinic
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

E-mail: sswindells "at" unmc.edu
University Website: http://ww.unmc.edu/hiv

Research Topics

• Complications of antiretroviral therapy
  
• Neuro AIDS
  
• Opportunistic diseases
  
  
  

Lecture and Writing Topics

• Neurological complications
  
• Adherence
  
  
  

Current Professional Summary

Dr Swindells is Medical Director of the HIV Clinic at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and is the Terry K. Watanabe Professor of Internal Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases. She is also Director of the Nebraska AIDS Education Training Center and Principal Investigator for the Nebraska AIDS Clinical Trials Group unit.

A native of England, Dr Swindells earned her medical degree from University College in London in 1977 and did postgraduate training in England and at the University of Washington in Seattle. A clinician and active researcher, Dr Swindells has served as principal investigator on several clinical trials with the National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical companies. She is an active teacher at UNMC and elsewhere. Dr Swindells performs editorial and grant reviews and serves on several UNMC and College of Medicine committees. She has published multiple articles in scholarly journals, written book chapters, and is an editor for The Neurology of AIDS.


Committees and Organizations

• Vice-Chair, Complications of HIV Research Agenda Committee, ACTG
  
• Member, UNMC Institutional Review Board
  
• Chair, Nebraska ADAP Drug Utilization Review Committee
  
  
  

Honors and Awards

• YWCA Omaha Tribute to Women of Vision (2001)
  
• Caregiver Award, AIDS Interfaith Network of Omaha (1999)
  
• Recognition of Special Professional Achievement, UNMC (1993 and 2001)
  
  
  

Education

• University College Hospital, London, England, MBBS (1977)
  
• House Officer, Royal Northern Hospital, London, England (1979)
  
• University of Washington, Seattle (1979-1980)
  
  
  

Selected Publications

1. Boken DJ, Swindells S, Rinaldi MG. Fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans. Clin Infect Dis. 1993;17:1018-1021.
   
2. McConnell JR, Swindells S, Ong CS, Gmeiner WH, Chu WK, Brown DK, Gendelman HE. Prospective utility of cerebral proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in monitoring HIV infection and its associated neurological impairment. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 1994;10:977-982.
   
3. Stevenson M, Brichacek B, Heinzinger N, Swindells S, Pirruccello S, Janoff E, Emerman M. Molecular basis of cell cycle dependent HIV-1 replication. Implications for control of virus burden. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1995;374:33-45.
   
4. Gendelman HE, Zheng J, Coulter CL, Ghorpade A, Che M, Thylin M, Rubocki R, Persidsky Y, Hahn F, Reinhard J Jr, Swindells S. Suppression of inflammatory neurotoxins by highly active antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus-associated dementia. J Infect Dis. 1998;178:1000-1007.
   
5. Williams PL, Currier JS, Swindells S. Joint effects of HIV-1 RNA levels and CD4 lymphocyte cells on the risk of specific opportunistic infections. AIDS. 1999;13:1035-1044.
   
6. Singh N, Berman SM, Swindells S, Justis JC, Mohr JA, Squier C, Wagener MM. Adherence of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients to antiretroviral therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 1999;29:824-830.
   
7. Paterson DL, Swindells S, Mohr J, Brester M, Vergis EN, Squier C, Wagener MM, Singh N. Adherence to protease inhibitor therapy and outcomes in patients with HIV infection. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133:21-30.
   
8. Ryan LA, Zheng J, Brester M, Bohac D, Hahn F, Anderson J, Ratanasuwan W, Gendelman HE, Swindells S. Plasma levels of soluble CD14 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha type II receptor correlate with cognitive dysfunction during human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. J Infect Dis. 2001;184:699-706.
   
9. Swindells S, Evans S, Zackin R, Goldman M, Haubrich R, Filler SG, Balfour HH Jr; AIDS Clinical Trial Group 722 Study Team. Predictive value of HIV-1 viral load on risk for opportunistic infection. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2002;30:154-158.
   
10. Swindells S, Cobos DG, Lee N, Lien EA, Fitzgerald AP, Pauls JS, Anderson JR. Racial/ethnic differences in CD4 T cell count and viral load at presentation for medical care and in follow-up after HIV-1 infection. AIDS 2002; 16:1832-1834.