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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2003 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - Nobel Prize for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence
  • 1995 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation
  • 1987 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1986 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 1983 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Peter C. Doherty is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and works primarily in the field of Medicine, with a research focus encompassing Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Political Science and International Relations.

Their research output includes significant work on topics such as:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Recent publications highlight the scope and direction of their investigations. These include:

  • The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review, 2021, Cell
  • The Origin of COVID-19 and Why It Matters, 2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Suboptimal SARS-CoV-2−specific CD8 + T cell response associated with the prominent HLA-A*02:01 phenotype, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Make science evolve into a One Health approach to improve health and security: a white paper, 2020, One Health Outlook
  • Immune cellular networks underlying recovery from influenza virus infection in acute hospitalized patients, 2021, Nature Communications

Their collaborations involve frequent coauthors such as Thi H. O. Nguyen, Katherine Kedzierska, Jamie Rossjohn, Stephen J. Kent, and Carolien E. van de Sandt. The predominant publication venues include Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and One Health Outlook.

In addition to articles, they have authored books published by MUP eBooks and the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology. Notable titles are:

  • Empire, War, Tennis and Me, 2022
  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude: In/Out Studio, 2021

Throughout their career, they have received multiple honors, such as:

  • Nobel Prize, 1996, for discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2008
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2006
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2003
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2001
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1998
  • Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, 1995
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 1987
  • Canada Gairdner International Award, 1986
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 1983

Best Publications

  • Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system.

    R M Zinkernagel;P C Doherty

  • MHC-restricted cytotoxic T cells: studies on the biological role of polymorphic major transplantation antigens determining T-cell restriction-specificity, function, and responsiveness.

    Rol.M. Zinkernagel;Pete.C. Doherty

  • Lack of IL-4-induced Th2 response and IgE class switching in mice with disrupted Stat6 gene.

    Kazuya Shimoda;Jan van Deursent;Mark Y. Sangster;Sally R. Sarawar

  • Requirement for Stat4 in interleukin-12-mediated responses of natural killer and T cells

    W. E. Thierfelder;J. M. Van Deursen;K. Yamamoto;R. A. Tripp

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  • Immunological surveillance against altered self components by sensitised T lymphocytes in lymphocytic choriomeningitis.

    Rolf M. Zinkernagel;Peter C. Doherty

  • Enhanced immunological surveillance in mice heterozygous at the H-2 gene complex.

    Peter C. Doherty;Rolf M. Zinkernagel

  • Specificity of Virus‐Immune Effector T Cells for H‐2K or H‐2D Compatible Interactions: Implications for H‐Antigen Diversity

    P. C. Doherty;R. V. Blanden;R. M. Zinkernagel

  • The Intracellular Sensor NLRP3 Mediates Key Innate and Healing Responses to Influenza A Virus via the Regulation of Caspase-1

    Paul G. Thomas;Pradyot Dash;Jerry R. Aldridge;Ali H. Ellebedy

  • Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells in Primary and Secondary Influenza Pneumonia

    Kirsten J Flynn;Gabrielle T Belz;John D Altman;Rafi Ahmed

  • Defective Lymphoid Development in Mice Lacking Jak3

    Tetsuya Nosaka;Jan M. A. van Deursen;Ralph A. Tripp;William E. Thierfelder

  • A biological role for the major histocompatibility antigens.

    P.C Doherty;R.M Zinkernagel

  • Progressive loss of CD8+ T cell-mediated control of a gamma-herpesvirus in the absence of CD4+ T cells

    R D Cardin;J W Brooks;S R Sarawar;P C Doherty

  • Virus-specific CD8 + T-cell memory determined by clonal burst size

    Sam Hou;Lisa Hyland;Kevin W. Ryan;Allen Portner

  • CD8+ T cells clear influenza virus by perforin or Fas-dependent processes.

    D J Topham;R A Tripp;P C Doherty

  • H-2 compatability requirement for T-cell-mediated lysis of target cells infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. Different cytotoxic T-cell specificities are associated with structures coded for in H-2K or H-2D;.

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  • Cell-mediated Protection in Influenza Infection

    Paul G. Thomas;Rachael Keating;Diane J. Hulse-Post;Peter C. Doherty

  • TNF/iNOS-producing dendritic cells are the necessary evil of lethal influenza virus infection

    Jerry R Aldridge;Carson E Moseley;David A Boltz;Nicholas J Negovetich

  • A question of self-preservation: immunopathology in influenza virus infection.

    Nicole L La Gruta;Katherine Kedzierska;John Stambas;Peter C Doherty;Peter C Doherty

  • Altered peptidase and viral-specific T cell response in LMP2 mutant mice

    Luc Van Kaert;Philip G. Ashton-Rickardt;Maryna Eichelberger;Maria E Gaczynska

  • Clearance of Influenza Virus Respiratory Infection in Mice Lacking Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex-restricted CD8 + T Cells

    Maryna Eichelberger;William Allan;Maarten Zijlstra;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • Effector CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell mechanisms in the control of respiratory virus infections.

    Peter C. Doherty;David J. Topham;Ralph A. Tripp;Rhonda D. Cardin

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Turner
Stephen J. Turner Monash University
Katherine Kedzierska
Katherine Kedzierska University of Melbourne
Paul G. Thomas
Paul G. Thomas St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Nicole L. La Gruta
Nicole L. La Gruta Monash University
Ralph A. Tripp
Ralph A. Tripp University of Georgia
Jamie Rossjohn
Jamie Rossjohn Monash University
Gabrielle T. Belz
Gabrielle T. Belz University of Queensland
Richard J. Webby
Richard J. Webby St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Rolf M. Zinkernagel University of Zurich
David J. Topham
David J. Topham University of Rochester Medical Center

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