Diane V. Downing, RN, MSN

Diane Downing began practicing public health nursing in 1980 as a public health nurse with the Marion County Health Department in Indiana. She also worked at the local level as assistant commissioner for nursing and quality assurance in the New York City Department of Health. She has worked at the state level in Indiana as the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome project coordinator, as division director for local health standards and evaluation, and as division director for the Maternal and Child Health Division. At the national level, she worked as the director of the Policy and Research Division of the Public Health Foundation. She is currently public health program specialist with Arlington County Department of Human Services, Virginia and teaches public health nursing at Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies. She advocates for vulnerable populations and public health needs as a member of the Action Board, American Public Health Association and as a member of the Board of Directors for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health.