Dr Emily Jane Swindle BSc (Hons) PhD
Associate Professor in Pharmacology
Dr Emily Jane Swindle is an Associate Professor in Pharmacology within Medicine at the University of Southampton.
Biographical Sketch:
Dr Emily Swindle was appointed Associate Professor in Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton in March 2018. She gained her doctorate in Immunopharmacology from the University of Liverpool in 2003 under the supervision of Dr John Coleman studying the mechanisms of IgE-mediated mast cell (MC) activation. She then moved to the USA to undertake a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health under the supervision of Dr Dean Metcalfe to expand her studies of MC activation in allergic asthma and investigate MC responses to innate stimuli. While at NIH she received a Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE). On returning to the UK, she continued her interest in respiratory diseases undertaking research with Prof. Donna Davies on a multidisciplinary project investigating the interaction of bronchial epithelial cells (BEC) and dendritic cells in asthma using a novel microfluidic device to monitor the epithelial barrier by electrical impedance spectroscopy. This was in collaboration with Prof. Hywel Morgan (IfLS). In 2010, Emily was awarded a career track fellowship by the Faculty of Medicine to investigate the interaction of MCs with BECs in viral-induced exacerbations of asthma. Her current research focuses on building complex models of the airways incorporating structural cells and MCs to determine their role in viral-induced exacerbations of asthma.
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) Pharmacology, University of Liverpool (1999)
PhD Immunopharmacology, University of Liverpool (2003)
Appointments held:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mast Cell Biology Section, Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA (2003-2008)
Postdoctoral Research fellow, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton (2008-2010)
Senior Research Fellow (Faculty of Medicine Postdoctoral Career Track Awardee), Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton (2010-2012)
Lecturer in Pharmacology, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton (2013-2018)
Associate Professor in Pharmacology, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton (March 2018 – present)
