Dr. Jim Dowling is a clinician-scientist focused on gene discovery and therapy development for childhood muscle diseases. He is a staff clinician and senior scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children and a Professor of Paediatrics and Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto. He is also the Mogford Campbell Family Chair of Paediatric Neuroscience.

Dr. Dowling received his BSc and MSc 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 2009-2013.

Dr. Dowling’s clinical expertise is in childhood neuromuscular disorders. His research examines questions of disease pathogenesis and therapy development for congenital myopathies. In addition to his research program, he currently serves as chair of the executive board of TREAT NMD, is an executive board member of the World Muscle Society, is a co-lead of the CIHR funded NMD4C pan-Canadian neuromuscular network, and participates as an advisory board member of Muscular Dystrophy Canada, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the RYR1 Foundation.