Medical Student Editor Emeritus

Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Jessica Downing is a member of the Class of 2018 at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 2008, where she studied anthropology and public policy, and worked as a research analyst at The Advisory Board Company, in Washington, DC. She is currently an executive member of Physician Executive Leadership (PEL), a student-led organization working to include topics such as health policy and the business of health care in medical education, and an editor-in-chief of PEL's blog, the Diagnostic. She has a strong interest in policy, medical journalism, and public health.