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Dr. Jennifer Swanson

Adjunct Professor of Biology

Academic Program

Math and Sciences

Degrees
  • B.S., University of California, Davis
  • Pharm.D., University of California, San Francisco

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    Mail to: jswanson02@ugf.edu
    Phone: 406-791-5382

     

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    Biographical Information

    Dr. Swanson was raised and educated in California. After graduate school, she completed a clinical practice residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. At the same time, she served as an adjunct instructor for the Bachelor of Science Nursing Program at Thomas Jefferson University's College of Allied Health Sciences. In 1996, she moved to Montana. For the next six years, she relished living in Browning and East Glacier, at the foot of the "Backbone of the World" (aka the Rocky Mountain Front), while working in a variety of clinical and administrative capacities at the Blackfeet Community Hospital. Recalling how much she enjoyed teaching while in Philadelphia, Dr. Swanson made a career change in 2003, joining the faculty of the University of Great Falls. Her regular course roster includes Biology, Chemistry, and Anatomy & Physiology. When not working, she enjoys riding and raising Lusitano horses, hiking, and canoeing.

     

    Areas of Specialization

    Dr. Swanson specializes in clinical pharmacology, with a special interest in medical ethics and healthcare resource allocation. During graduate school and clinical residency training she designed and conducted two original research projects and published letters and articles in several pharmacology journals and hospital journals.

    Publications

    "Urine Drug Screening for Opioids." [Editorial] Jennifer Swanson PharmD, Journal of Pain Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy , March 2002

    Critical Drug Appraisal: Losartan [Review]. Jennifer Swanson PharmD, Nelda E. Johnson PharmD Pharmacy and Therapeutics, October 1996

    "An evaluation of bacteriostatic properties of multi-dose heparin and saline flush solutions as used in the home-infusion environment." Jennifer Swanson, Donald Jungkind, Brian Swift for Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, May 1996

    "Fenfluramine and phentermine use in the drug therapy of obesity." Jennifer Swanson PharmD Drug Information, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, November 1995

    "An evaluation of aprotinin use in cardiothoracic surgery – experience at a university teaching hospital." Jennifer Swanson, EunMee Lee, Sandra Chase for Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, December 1995

    "Zipeprol: Hazardous foreign drug alert." Jennifer Swanson UCSD DIScourse, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, March 1995

    "Hazardous Mexican Drug: Sexopronto." Jennifer Swanson UCDS DIScourse, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, December 1994
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