Christina D. Schwindt, M.D. - UCI School of Medicine

FACULTY

Academic Address:
UCI Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
101 The City Drive,
Bldg 55, Rm 316
Orange, CA 92868

Email:
cschwind@uci.edu

Christina D. Schwindt, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Dr. Schwindt is a board certified Pediatrician and Allergist & Immunologist. She has a special interest in asthma, exercise-induced asthma/anaphylaxis and food allergic disorders. She also specializes in the treatment of eczema. Dr. Schwindt has a special interest in improving health care disparities both in Orange County and around the world. She is involved in several projects devoted to ensuring that children with asthma and allergies receive early intervention. She helped develop the Asthma Clinic in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies and asthma clinics in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam. Currently, Dr. Schwindt is leading the School Health Index project, sponsored by the Children and Families Commission of Orange County, to identify health needs of school children in Orange County. Dr. Schwindt is also involved in training UCI medical students, residents, and fellows.

The Orange County Physicians of Excellence Award, 2004
ACAAI Young Faculty Support Award, 2005
Awarded K23 grant from the NIH NIEHS
1K23ES014923-01A1 Schwindt (PI)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Exercise, Pollution and Neutrophils in Pediatric Asthma

Interests:
Dr. Schwindt's research is focused on unraveling the mechanisms involved in exercise-induced asthma/anaphylaxis and in understanding the roots of pediatric asthma. She has an NIH grant from the NIEHS to study the role of exercise, pollution and neutrophils in pediatric asthma and was recently awarded the Young Faculty Support Award from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology for her work on exercise-induced asthma.

1. Schwindt CD, Hutcheson PS, Leu SY, Dykewicz MS. Role of intradermal skin tests in the evaluation of clinically relevant respiratory allergy assessed using patient history and nasal challenges. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2005;94:627-33.

2. Zaldivar F, Wang-Rodriguez J, Nemet D, Schwindt C, Galassetti P, Mills PJ, Wilson LD, Cooper DM. Constitutive Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Cytokine and Growth Factor Response to Exercise in Leukocytes. J Appl Physiol. 2006;100:1124-33.

3. Eliakim A, Schwindt C, Zaldivar F, Casali P, Cooper DM. The Effect of Obesity on Tetanus Antibody Titers in Children. Autoimmunity. 2006 Mar;39:137-41.

4. Schwindt CD, Tjoa T, Floro JN, McLaren C, Delfino RJ. Association of atopy to asthma severity and medication use in children. J Asthma. 2006; In Press.

5. Shin HW, Schwindt CD, Aledia AS, Rose-Gottron CM, Larsen JK, Newcomb RL, Cooper DM, George SC. Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction alters airway nitric oxide exchange in a pattern distinct from spirometry. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2006 Jul 13; [Epub ahead of print].

6. Schwindt CD, Zaldivar F, Wilson L, Leu S-Y, Wang-Rodriguez J, Mills PJ, Cooper DM. Do Circulating Leukocytes and Lymphocyte Subtypes Increase in Response to Brief Exercise in Children With and Without Asthma? Br J Sports Med. 2006 Oct 4; [Epub ahead of print]