Dr. James Dowling is a clinician-scientist focused on gene discovery and therapy development for childhood muscle diseases.Dr. Dowling received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Yale University and his MD/PhD from the University of Chicago. His PhD work was performed in the laboratory of Elaine Fuchs. He did his residency in child neurology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and completed postdoctoral research with Jeff Golden (UPenn) and Eva Feldman (University of Michigan).Before coming to Toronto, he was an assistant professor at the University of Michigan from 2009 to 2013.
Dowling’s clinical expertise is in childhood neuromuscular disorders and he is considered one of the leading authorities on the diagnosis and management of congenital myopathies. His research examines questions of disease pathogenesis and therapy development for congenital myopathies and childhood muscular dystrophies. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer reviewed manuscripts and been fortunate to enjoy funding from several sources, including CIHR, NIH, MDA, and Genome Canada.
