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Heide S. TemplesPh.D, APRN, PPCNP-BC, IBCLCAssociate Professor, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator, Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Lactation Consultant Office: 605 Grove Rd, # 221, GVL, SC Phone: 803-318-4892 Email: HEIDET@clemson.edu Vita: View | |
Educational BackgroundPh.D. Healthcare Genetics M.S.N. Pediatric Nurse Practitioner B.S.N. Nursing | Courses TaughtHealthcare Genetics: Doctoral Dissertation Research, Genetic factors associated with hidradenitis suppurativa (Graduate) (2023-present).
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ProfileDr. Heide Temples, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC IBCLC is the Coordinator of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at Clemson University, School of Nursing. She holds a PhD in Healthcare Genetics from Clemson University, School of Nursing, an MSN, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from the University of Texas at Arlington, and BSN in Nursing from Michigan State University. She completed a fellowship at the Summer Genetics Institute (SGI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. She holds the rank of Associate Professor. Dr. Temples teaches pediatrics to graduate students in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Clemson University. She has been an actively practicing Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner with over 30 years of clinical experience and is an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant. Dr. Temples is presently researching the epigenetic influence of human milk on the growth, development, and risk of developing type-2 diabetes in twin children with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. She also performed national research to understand the mother's experience with drug dependence while pregnant and raising a family through qualitative storytelling to inform service delivery to affected families. Dr. Temples is past president of the Gamma Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society and is an active member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG), International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA), Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), the Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (AFPNP), and the International Society of the Developmental Origins of Health, and Disease (DOHaD). She has authored numerous scholarly publications and presented papers and posters at professional state, regional, national, and international conferences and meetings. | |
Research InterestsPediatric Growth & Development
Research PublicationsFlowers, ME, Garber, K, Temples, HS. (2023). Identifying Congenital Heart Block in Primary Care. The Journal of Pediatric Health Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2023.03.001
Honors and Awards2022 CVS Nursing Scholarships for the Advance Practice Nurses in the Clemson University School of Nursing, Clemson, SC. Funded by CVS.
LinksBreastfeeding and Growth of Children in the Peri/postnatal Epigenetic Twins Study (PETS): Theoretical Epigenetic MechanismsMarfan Syndrome: Visual Diagnosis and Early Identification Guidelines for Peanut Allergies The Latest in Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception. Celiac Disease in the Pediatric Population |