Dr Louise Swift
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Statistician |
L dot Swift at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 3587 |
Elizabeth Fry Building 0.13 |
Biography
Career
Medical Statistician, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, UEA
1989- 2001
Lecturer/part-time Lecturer in Statistics, School of Mathematics, UEA
1987-1989
Lecturer in Computing Science, School of Information Systems, UEA.
Professional Qualifications and professional memberships
Chartered Statistician and member of the Royal Statistical SocietyResearch Interests
I provide the statistical lead for a variety of research projects based at UEA and the NHS. This requires close involvement with most parts of the research process, but particularly the planning and design of clinical trials, data analysis and writing up for publication. In my current post I have worked in subject areas as diverse as drinking water, drugs and ophthalmology and medical education although my current work is more focussed on mental health/psychology.
Selected publications
A Skellett, L Swift, E Tan, J Garioch (2011). A Randomised, double-blind, negatively-controlled pilot study to determine whether the use of emollients or calcipotriol alter the sensitivity of the skin to ultraviolet light during phototherapy with narrow band UVB. British Journal of Dermatology, 164(2),402-6. Pinto, Hayley; Maskrey, Vivienne; Swift, Louise; Rumball, Daphne Wagle, Ajay, Holland, Richard (2010). The SUMMIT Trial. A Field Comparison of Subutex vs. Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Opiate Dependence. J. Substance Abuse Treatment. 39, 340-352.
Andoni P. Toms, John Cahir, Louise Swift and Simon T. Donell (2009). Imaging the femoral sulcus with ultrasound, CT and MRI: reliability and generalizability in patients with patellar instability. Skeletal Radiol. 38, 329-338.
Louise Swift, S. Miles, G M Price, L Shepstone, S J Leinster. (2009) Do doctors need Statistics? Doctors’ use of and attitudes to probability and statistics. Statist. Med 28, 1969-1981.
Sarah P. Meredith, Louise Swift, Tom Eke and David C. Broadway (2007). The acute morphological changes that occur at the optic nerve head induced by medical reduction of intraocular pressure. J. Glaucoma 16, 6.
Academic Background
PhD "On The Identification and Fitting of Models to Multivariate Time Series Using State Space Methods" (UEA)
BSc (First Class Honours) Mathematics with Statistics (University of Southampton)
Article
Skellett, A., Swift, L., Tan, E. and Garioch, J. (2011) A randomized, double-blind, negatively controlled pilot study to determine whether the use of emollients or calcipotriol alters the sensitivity of the skin to ultraviolet radiation during phototherapy with narrowband ultraviolet B. British Journal of Dermatology, 164 (2). pp. 402-406. ISSN 00070963
White, J, Gray, R, Swift, L, Barton, G and Jones, M (2011) The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 12 (1). p. 167. ISSN 1745-6215
Lake, I. R., Swift, L., Catling, L.A., Abubakar, I., Sabel, C. E. and Hunter, P. (2010) Effect of water hardness on cardiovascular mortality: an ecological time series approach. Journal of Public Health, 32 (4). pp. 479-487. ISSN 1741-3842
Pinto, H, Maskrey, V, Swift, L, Rumball, D, Wagle, A and Holland, R (2010) The SUMMIT trial: a field comparison of buprenorphine versus methadone maintenance treatment. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 39 (4). pp. 340-352. ISSN 1873-6483
Fleetcroft, R, Parekh-Bhurke, S, Howe, AC, Cookson, RA, Swift, L and Steel, N (2010) The UK pay-for-performance programme in primary care: estimation of population mortality reduction. British Journal of General Practice, 60 (578). pp. 649-654.
Chitale, Sudhanshu, Morsey, Mohammed, Swift, Louise and Sethia, Krishna (2010) Limited shock wave therapy vs sham treatment in men with Peyronie’s disease: results of a prospective randomized controlled double-blind trial. BJU International, 106 (9). pp. 1352-1356. ISSN 14644096
Le Cornu, K. A., Halliday, D. A., Swift, L., Ferris, L. A. and Gatiss, G. A. (2010) The current and future role of the dietetic support worker. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 23 (3). pp. 230-237. ISSN 09523871
Miles, Susan, Price, Gill, Swift, Louise, Shepstone, Lee and Leinster, Sam J (2010) Statistics teaching in medical school: Opinions of practising doctors. BMC Medical Education, 10 (1). p. 75. ISSN 1472-6920
Swift, L, Miles, S, Price, GM, Shepstone, L and Leinster, SJ (2009) Do doctors need statistics? Doctors' use of and attitudes to probability and statistics. Statistics in Medicine, 28 (15). pp. 1969-1981.
Toms, A, Cahir, J, Swift, L and Donell, ST (2009) Imaging the femoral sulcus with ultrasound, CT and MRI: reliability and generalizability in patients with patellar instability. Skeletal Radiol, 38 (4). pp. 329-338.
Catling, LA, Abubakar, I, Lake, IR, Swift, L and Hunter, PR (2008) A systematic review of analytical observational studies investigating the association between cardiovascular disease and drinking water hardness. Journal of Water and Health, 6 (4). pp. 433-442.
Chitale, S, Hiarni, M, Swift, L and Ho, E (2008) Prospective randomized crossover trial of lubricant gel against an anaesthetic gel for outpatient cystoscopy. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology, 42 (2). pp. 164-167.
Trinder, L, Kellett, J and Swift, L (2008) The relationship between contact and child adjustment in high conflict cases after divorce or separation. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 13 (4). pp. 181-187.
Hough, E, Stephenson, RC and Swift, L (2007) A comparison of manual therapy and active rehabilitation in the treatment of non specific low back pain with particular reference to a patient's Linton and Hallden psychological screening score: a pilot study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 8 (1). p. 106.
Meredith, S, Swift, L, Eke, T and Broadway, DC (2007) The acute morphological changes that occur at the optic nerve head induced by medical reduction in intraocular pressure. Journal of Glaucoma, 16 (6). pp. 556-561.
Swift, L, Hunter, PR, Lees, A and Bell, DJ (2007) The wildlife trade and the emergence of infectious diseases. Ecohealth, 4 (1). pp. 25-30.
Langdon, PE, Budd, R and Swift, AL (2006) Social climate within secure inpatient services for people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50 (11). pp. 828-836.
Ghobbar, AA, Friend, CH and Swift, AL (2003) A comparison of lot-sizing methods in aircraft repairable component inventory systems. Journal of Aircraft, 40 (2). pp. 378-383.
Bailey, S, Keene, J., Swift, L. and Janacek, G. (2001) Shared patients: multiple health and social care contact. Health and Social Care in the Community, 9 (4). pp. 205-214. ISSN 0966-0410
Trinder, L, Kellett, J and Swift, AL Contact and child adjustment in litigated cases. Journal of Child Health Care. (Submitted)
Book Section
Swift, L and Price, GM (2011) Statistics Teaching at Medical School. In: The Changing Face of Medical Education. Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, Milton Keynes, UK.
Monograph
Fleetcroft, R, Parekh, S, Steel, N, Swift, L, Cookson, RA and Howe, AC (2008) Potential population health gain of the quality and outcomes framework: report to Department of Health. Research Report. Centre for Health Economics, York.
Conference or Workshop Item
Skellett, AM, Swift, L, Tan, E and Garioch, J (2009) A randomized, double-blind, negatively controlled pilot study to determine whether the use of emollients or Calcipotriol could alter the sensitivity of the skin to ultraviolet (UV) radiation during phototherapy with narrowband UVB. In: 89th Annual Meeting of the British-Association-of-Dermatologists, JUL 07-10, 2009, Glasgow, SCOTLAND.
Price, GM, Miles, S, Swift, L, Shepstone, L and Leinster, SJ (2008) What should we teach undergraduate medical students about probability and statistics? In: Interactive poster presentation at the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Annual Conference 2008, , 30th August-3rd September 2008. , Prague Conference Centre, Prague Czech Republic..
Price, GM, Miles, S, Swift, L, Shepstone, L and Leinster, SJ (2008) How doctors think their own undergraduate teaching in probability and statistics could have been improved. In: Annual Meeting for Teachers of Medical Statistics 2008. , 10th April 2008. , Burwalls Centre for Continuing Education, Bristol..
Miles, S, Swift, L, Price, GM, Shepstone, L and Leinster, SJ (2007) Perceived usefulness of undergraduate teaching in probability and statistics for medical doctors? In: Association for the Study of Medical Education, Golden Jubilee Conference, Dublin.
