James Dowling
Staff Physician
Neurology
SickKids
Canada
Biography
Dr. Dowling is a clinician-scientist who is focused on gene discovery and therapy development for childhood muscle diseases. 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). Until recently, he was an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. His clinical expertise is in childhood neuromuscular disorders and he is considered one of the leading authorities on the diagnosis and management of congenital myopathies. Dowling’s research has examined questions of disease pathogenesis and therapy development for congenital myopathies and childhood muscular dystrophies. His laboratory has helped pioneer the use of the zebrafish model for these disorders. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 peer reviewed manuscripts and been fortunate to enjoy external funding from several sources (including NIH).
Research Interest
The overarching goal of the Dowling laboratory is to develop therapies for childhood muscle diseases.
