Background
Downey, H. Fred was born on August 6, 1939 in Hagerstown, Maryland. Son of Fred C. and Ruth (Koons) Downey.
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H. Fred Downey
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H. Fred Downey, American Physiology researcher and educator. Achievements include research on diffusion barriers to potassium in heart, on regulation of coronary blood flow and cardiac function and metabolism during hypoxia, ischemia, and altered perfusion pressure, on microvascular colateral vessels in the heart, on effect of nicotineon regional blood flow.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Dairy Science, U. Maryland., 1961; Master of Science in Dairy Science, U. Maryland., 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, University of Illinois, 1968.
Career
Assistant professor department veterinary physiology and pharmacology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1968-1971; assistant professor department physiology and biophsics, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1970-1971; visiting assistant professor department animal science, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1971; assistant professor department physiology, Southwestern Medical School, University Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, 1972-1978; research associate professor, Southwestern Medical School, University Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, 1979-1981; Fouad A. Bashour research associate professor cardiovascular physiological, Southwestern Medical School, University Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, 1982-1984; director cardiovascular research laboratory, Methodist Hospital of Dallas, 1972-1984; professor, vice department chairman physiology, U. North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, since 1985; professor department biology graduate program, U. North Texas, Denton, 1985-1994. Member editorial board Circulation Research, 1983-1989, American Journal Physiology, Heart and Circulatory Physiology, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Physiological Society (cardiovacular section), American Heart Association (county on circulation). Member International Society for Heart Research, Microcirculatory Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine.
Connections
Married Barbara Shelly, August 25, 1965 (divorced January 1990). Children: Andrea L., Allison R. Married Miao-Xiang He, May 22, 1993.
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American
Awards
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National Institutes of Health fellow, 1967-1968. Grantee National Institutes of Health, since 1978, Smokeless Tobacco Research Council, Inc., 1984-1993.National Institutes of Health fellow, 1967-1968. Grantee National Institutes of Health, since 1978, Smokeless Tobacco Research Council, Inc., 1984-1993.