Jeff Temple, Ph.D.

Dr. Temple is a professor, licensed psychologist and the vice dean for research for the School of Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch, where he also holds the John Sealy Distinguished Chair in Community Health. As the founding director of the Center for Violence Prevention, his research focuses on the prevention of interpersonal, community and structural violence. Dr. Temple has been funded through the National Institute of Justice, National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has over 230 scholarly publications in a variety of high-impact journals including JAMA, JAMA Pediatrics, The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, Pediatrics and the Journal of Adolescent Health. He recently co-edited a book on adolescent dating violence, is an associate editor for the Journal of Prevention and is on the editorial boards of four other scientific journals. Dr. Temple co-chaired the Texas Task Force on Domestic Violence and served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Psychological Association. Locally, he served for seven years as the vice president of the Galveston Independent School District Board of Trustees. His work has been featured on Forbes, CNN, New York Times, TIME Magazine, Washington Post and even the satirical website, The Onion.

Dr. Temple is a professor, licensed psychologist and the vice dean for research for the School of Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch, where he also holds the John Sealy Distinguished Chair in Community Health. As the founding director of the Center for Violence Prevention, his research focuses on the prevention of interpersonal, community and structural violence ....Read More