Stephen M. Downs
Adjunct Professor of Informatics
Other Titles
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine
- Director, Children’s Health Services Research, Indiana University School of Medicine
- Director, General and Community Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine
- Director, IU/Regenstrief Biomedical Informatics Training Program
Biography
Dr. Downs received his MD and masters degree in Medical Informatics from Stanford University. He completed an internship and residency in Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. He stayed on at UNC to complete a health services research fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.
Dr. Downs was on faculty in the Division of Community Pediatrics at UNC for 10 years where he held joint appointments in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the School of Public Health. He was the director of the Duke-UNC Training Program in Medical Informatics, and served as a technical consultant for the American Academy of Pediatrics in the development of evidence-based practice parameters.
Dr. Downs is the Director of General Pediatrics and Children’s Health Services Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and directs the Regenstrief Institute Biomedical Informatics Training Program.
