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:
- A Cautionary Influenza Tale
- Association Between Different Types of Exposure to Nature and Use of Psychotropic, Antihypertensive, and Asthma Medications
- Long COVID Outcomes at 1 Year After Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection
- SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Hospitalization, and Death in Vaccinated and Infected Individuals
- Prognosis of Myocarditis Developing After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination Compared With Viral Myocarditis
- Medical Masks vs N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers
- A Seasonal Gift
- Effectiveness of mRNA-1273, BNT162b2, and BBIBP-CorV Vaccines in Children in Argentina During Predominance of Delta and Omicron COVID-19 Variants
- The Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Among Healthy Term-Born Infants in Europe
- 2022 Top Story in Primary Care: Returning Normalcy Following the COVID-19 Pandemic