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PROF PETER CHARLES DOHERTY



Contact Details

Organization: Microbiology and Immunology
Position: LAUREATE PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.microbiol.unimelb.edu.au/people/doherty/
Work: 8344 7968
Fax: 8344 7990
Room: 206
Level: 02
Building: Microbiology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Viral Immunity United States of America

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States St Judes Children's Research Hospital Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Veterinary Science The University of Queensland 31-Dec-1962
Master of Veterinary Science The University of Queensland 31-Dec-1966
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Edinburgh 31-Dec-1970

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Associate American Association of Immunologists 11-Sep-1990
Unspecified Australian Society for Immunology 04-Sep-1990
Associate American Association of Pathologists 19-Sep-1991
Unspecified Neuroimmunology Society 18-Sep-1991
Associate American Association of Veterinary Immunologists 17-Sep-1991
Unspecified Scandinavian Society of Immunology 15-Sep-1992
Unspecified Australian Society of Microbiology 10-Sep-1992
Unspecified American Society for Microbiology 27-Sep-1993
Unspecified Australian Society for Medical Research 12-Sep-1993
Associate Australian Veterinary Association 22-Sep-1994
Unspecified American College of Veterinary Pathologists 30-Sep-1994
Unspecified Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons 28-Sep-1995

Honours

Honour Date Awarded
Companion of the Order of Australia 1997

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) 08-Sep-1998
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 01-Aug-1983
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) 09-Jul-1987
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, Australia (FRCPA) 15-Oct-1998

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Medal Curtin Medal 06-Dec-2003
Medal Centenary Medal 17-Dec-2003
Other (Award) Associate Member of the Academy of Medicine, Paris 04-Aug-2001
Medal Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA 12-Mar-1998
Other (Award) Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 20-Oct-1996
Other (Award) Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, USA 02-Sep-1995
Other (Award) Gairdner International Award for Medical Science, Canada 17-Aug-1986
Prize Paul Ehrlich Prize, Germany 09-Sep-1983

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Burnet Award Chief Investigator NHMRC Burnet Award 01/01/2002
Immunological response of T-cells Chief Investigator DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2002 Federation Fellowships Complementary STI Grants (VIC GOVERNMENT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INITIATIVE) 11/02/2003
Investigation of the signal(s) involved in the selection of memory T cells from the effector CD8+ cell pool following viral infection Chief Investigator NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowships 01/01/2004
HIV Infection: Immunobiology and Vaccine design Chief Investigator NHMRC Program Grants 01/01/2004
Establishing the capacity for H5N1 challenge of ferrets within Australia & optimising pandemic vaccines in this model Chief Investigator NHMRC Potential Avian Influenza-Induced Pandemic Research Grants 01/01/2006
Determinants of virus specific CD8+ T cell hierarchies. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • The immune response to influenza A viruses
    Year: 2008
    Book: Influenza Vaccines for the Future
    Publisher: Birkhauser(Basel)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • How the structure of viral peptide-MHC complexes influences cytotoxic T cell immunity to viral infections
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Immunobiology of Influenza Virus Infections: Approaches for an Emerging Zoonotic Disease
    Conference Publication: Immunology of Influenza Infection: Approaches for an emerging zoonotic disease 2008
    Page numbers: 33-45
    Publisher: Research Signpost(Trivandrum)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles