Temple, Professor Karen

MD FRCP MBChB Karen Temple

Speciality

Clinical Genetics

Sub-speciality

Dysmorphology

Training and Education

Trained in Clinical Genetics at Hospitals for Sick Children, London

Experience

Professor Temple has worked for Southampton University Hospitals Trust since 1990. 

Experienced clinical geneticist

Key achievements

Syndrome identification

Key awards and prizes

Past President of the Clinical Genetics Society

Research

Discovery of the genetic cause of Transient Neonatal Diabetes
Research into Genetic Imprinting Disorders
Mackay DJG, JLA Calloway, SM Marks, HE White, CL Acerini, SE Boonan, P Dayanikli, HV Firth, JA Goodship, AP Haemers, JMD Hahnemann, O Kordonouri, AF Masoud, E Ostergaard, J Storr, S Ellard, AT Hattersley, DO Robinson, IK Temple. Hypomethylation at multiple imprinted loci in individuals with transient neonatal diabetes is associated with ZFP57 mutations Nature Genetics 2008 Aug;40(8):949-51.