Person

Doherty, Peter Charles (1940 - )

AC FAA FRS

Born: 15 October 1940
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Immunologist

Summary

Peter Doherty is professor of biomedical research and chair of the Immunology Department at St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Tennessee. He is distinguished for his study of major histocompatibility antigens' role in immune recognition, particularly in virus-infected cells. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Rolf Zinkernagel.

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Chronology

1962: Education - Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) completed at the University of Queensland
1963 - January 1967: Career position - Veterinary Officer at the Animal Research Institute in Brisbane
1966: Education - Master of Veterinary Science (MVSc) completed at the University of Queensland
1967 - 1971: Career position - Scientific Officer then Senior Scientific Officer in Experimental Pathology at the Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh
1970: Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Edinburgh
1972: Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University in Canberra (six months)
1972 - 1975: Career position - Research Fellow at the John Curtin School of Medical Research
1975 - 1977: Career position - Associate Professor at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, USA
1978 - 1988: Career position - Professor and Head of Experimental Pathology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research
1986: Award - Paul Ehrlich Prize for Immunology received
1987 -: Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1988 -: Career position - Professor of Biomedical Research and Chair of the Immunology Department at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee, USA
1993: Award - Alumnus of the year, University of Queensland
1995: Award - Doctor of Veterinary Science (DVSc), honoris causa, University of Queensland
1995: Award - Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award received
1996: Award - Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine received
1997: Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - In recognition of service to scientific research, particularly the role of major histocompatibility complex proteins in cell mediated immunity
1997: Award - Australian of the Year
2001: Award - Centenary Medal - For outstanding service to immunology research
2012: Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

Related Corporate Bodies

The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (c. 2014 - )
The Peter Doherty Institute is named after Peter Charles Doherty.

Published resources

Book Sections

Beale, R, 'Peter Charles Doherty' in Australia's Nobel Laureates - Adventures in Innovation (Sydney: ABIE Australian Business and Investment Explorer, 2004), pp. 104-113. Details

Journal Articles

Anderson, Warwick; and Doherty, Peter C., '"I'm an experimentalist, I'm a pragmatist": interview with Peter C. Doherty', Health and History, 20 (1) (2018), 120-56. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q309814. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/57773644. Details
'1997 Australian of the Year', Australian of the Year Awards, National Australia Day Council, https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/professor-peter-doherty-ac. Details
'Doherty, Peter (19401015-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-608291. Details
'Awarded honorary LLD, 2012 [Citation provided]', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
'Awarded honorary DVSc, 1995', Honorary awards recipients, University of Queensland, 2023, https://alumni.uq.edu.au/awards/honorary-awards-previous-recipients. Details

Resource Sections

'The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996 'for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence'', in Nobel e-Museum, 1996, http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1996/index.html. Details
'Peter C Doherty - Curriculum Vitae', in Nobel e-Museum, 1996, http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1996/doherty-cv.html. Details
'Peter Doherty - research on the immune system', in The 1997 Australian Science Festival, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/other/asf_scientists.htm#peter. Details
Beckmann, Roger, 'Interview with Professor Peter Doherty', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 15 November 1996, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/d/doherty.html. Details
Doherty, Peter C, 'Peter C Doherty - Autobiography', in Nobel e-Museum, 1996, http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1996/doherty-autobio.html. Details

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