Professor of Pharmacy 
Professor Swanson received a B.S. degree in Pharmacy from the University of Iowa and MS in Nuclear Pharmacy from the University of Southern California. He has published numerous articles and book chapters and edited two books related to the research development and cost-effective clinical application of radioactive and non-radioactive diagnostic imaging agents. He has represented nuclear pharmacy on advisory committees to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Food and Drug Administration; has been a long-standing member of the Drug Information Advisory Panel and Committee of Revisions of the U.S. Pharacopeia Convention, Inc.; and has served on numerous committees with the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Section on Nuclear Pharmacy of the American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA).