Jonathan Temte MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Public Health and Community Engagement; Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WisconsinDr. Jonathan Temte is Associate Dean for Public Health and Community Engagement at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where he also serves as professor of Family Medicine and Community Health. He teaches family practice residents and practices full-spectrum primary care medicine to an under-served and highly diverse community at Wingra Family Medical Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
Dr. Temte served on the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) from 2008 to 2015, becoming the first family physician to serve as chair (2012–2015). During his tenure at ACIP, he chaired Work Groups on MMRV Safety, Evidence-Based Recommendations, and MMR Vaccine. He currently chairs the Wisconsin Council on Immunization Practices, is a member of the CDC’s Board of Scientific Counselors, and is the AAFP representative on the ACIP COVID-19 Vaccine Work Group. He is the principal investigator of the Wisconsin Optional Influenza Surveillance Enhancements Program and the Oregon Child Absenteeism Due to Respiratory Disease Study.
His current research interests include viral disease surveillance in primary care and communities, seasonality and epidemiology of influenza, and climate change and health in primary care.
Disclosures
- Advisory boards: Healthy Climate Wisconsin (volunteer)
- Grants/research: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Quidel Corporation (in-kind support only)
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- 2024 Top Story in Primary Care: Avian Influenza
- Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Resistance After Antiviral Treatment
- A Report From OPTIONS XII — International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Diseases
- Durations of Antibiotic Treatment for Acute Otitis Media and Variability in Prescribed Durations Across Two Large Academic Health Systems
- Hot, Hot, Hot
- Mpox Redux
- The Recombinant Shingles Vaccine Is Associated With a Lower Risk of Dementia
- Three-Year Outcomes of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19
- Association of Planetary Health Diet Index With Risk of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality
- The National Academies Report on Long-COVID