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Dr. Downing is a Principal at Bain Capital Life Sciences, which he joined in 2018. Prior to joining Bain Capital Life Sciences, Dr. Downing was a resident physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston from 2015 to 2018, where he cared for patients on the inpatient medical service and in the outpatient clinic. Throughout his medical career, Dr. Downing has been an active health policy researcher and is the author of over 40 articles in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.

Previously, Dr. Downing was a consultant at McKinsey and Company, where he worked with clients in the pharmaceutical, hospital and financial services industries on a wide range of strategic problems.

Dr. Downing graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude with a degree in chemistry. He received an M.D. cum laude from Yale University School of Medicine.