Matthew Downer

Biography

Matthew Downer is currently a resident physician and post-doctoral fellow in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Toronto. He previously completed a BSc(Hons) and MD at Memorial University in his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador. During his time at Oxford, he completed an MSc in Epidemiology and a DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences. His research focuses on long-term outcomes from neurological disease, neurorehabilitation, healthy ageing, and clinical guidelines. Matthew is also an active health policy advocate having worked on several provincial and national health policy initiatives, including through his role as an Associate Fellow at the National Institute on Ageing at Toronto Metropolitan University.