Prof

Peter Doherty

Laureate Professor

Microbiology and Immunology

Prof

Peter Doherty

Division

Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Primary Interest

Viral Immunity

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Peter Doherty

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FEATURED Journal article

Helping Themselves: Optimal Virus-Specific CD4 T Cell Responses Require Help via CD4 T Cell Licensing of Dendritic Cells

Peter Doherty's selected work

Peter Doherty's selected work

LIMITING THE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA

Research Grant

Part 1: Things we know at the end of 2020

NEWS ARTICLE

Differentiation-dependent functional and epigenetic landscapes for cytokine genes in virus..

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Virus, pathogenesis, epidemiology and vaccination in the complex ecosystems of us

NEWS ARTICLE

Immune cellular networks underlying recovery from influenza virus infection in acute hospi..

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What have we learnt so far from COVID-19?

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Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Peter Doherty.

LIMITING THE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA

The development of better ways to prevent and treat influenza infection will be a major step forward in lessening the impact of the virus in..

LIMITING THE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA

The development of better ways to prevent and treat influenza infection will be a major step forward in lessening the impact of the virus in..

LIMITING THE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA

The development of better ways to prevent and treat influenza infection will be a major step forward in lessening the impact of the virus in..

LIMITING THE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA

The development of better ways to prevent and treat influenza infection will be a major step forward in lessening the impact of the virus in..

LIMITING THE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA

The development of better ways to prevent and treat influenza infection will be a major step forward in lessening the impact of the virus in..

LIMITING THE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA

The development of better ways to prevent and treat influenza infection will be a major step forward in lessening the impact of the virus in..

UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING INFLUENZA

While current influenza vaccines blunt winter epidemics, they must be updated frequently to keep up with virus mutation and they do not prot..

UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING INFLUENZA

While current influenza vaccines blunt winter epidemics, they must be updated frequently to keep up with virus mutation and they do not prot..

IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF INFLUENZA A VIRUS INFECTION

Determinants of virus specific CD8+ T cell hierarchies.

The CD8+, or killer , T lymphocytes (white blood cells) are the hit men of immunity, recirculating continually around the body to eliminate ..

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Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Peter Doherty.

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Immune cellular networks underlying recovery from influenza virus infection in acute hospitalized patients.

Thi HO Nguyen, Marios Koutsakos, Carolien E van de Sandt, Jeremy Chase Crawford, Liyen Loh, Sneha Sant, Ludivine Grzelak, Emma K Allen, Tim Brahm, E Bridie Clemens, Maria Auladell, Luca Hensen, Zhongfang Wang, Simone Nüssing, Xiaoxiao Jia, Patrick Günther, Adam K Wheatley, Stephen J Kent, Malet Aban, Yi-Mo Deng, et al.

Journal article | 2021 | Nature Communications

How innate and adaptive immune responses work in concert to resolve influenza disease is yet to be fully investigated in one singl..

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What have we learnt so far from COVID-19?

Peter C Doherty

Journal article | 2021 | Nature Reviews Immunology

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COVID-19 and beyond

PC Doherty

Journal article | 2021 | The Round Table

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Suboptimal SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8( ) T cell response associated with the prominent HLA-A*02:01 phenotype

Jennifer R Habel, Thi HO Nguyen, Carolien E van de Sandt, Jennifer A Juno, Priyanka Chaurasia, Kathleen Wragg, Marios Koutsakos, Luca Hensen, Xiaoxiao Jia, Brendon Chua, Wuji Zhang, Hyon-Xhi Tan, Katie L Flanagan, Denise L Doolan, Joseph Torresi, Weisan Chen, Linda M Wakim, Allen C Cheng, Peter C Doherty, Jan Petersen, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA

An improved understanding of human T cell-mediated immunity in COVID-19 is important for optimizing therapeutic and vaccine strate..

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The Origin of COVID-19 and Why It Matters.

David M Morens, Joel G Breman, Charles H Calisher, Peter C Doherty, Beatrice H Hahn, Gerald T Keusch, Laura D Kramer, James W LeDuc, Thomas P Monath, Jeffery K Taubenberger

Journal article | 2020 | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

The COVID-19 pandemic is among the deadliest infectious diseases to have emerged in recent history. As with all past pandemics, th..

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This Scientific Life.

Peter C Doherty

Journal article | 2020 | Viral Immunology

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Make science evolve into a One Health approach to improve health and security: a white paper.

Albert DME Osterhaus, Chris Vanlangendonck, Maurizio Barbeschi, Christianne JM Bruschke, Renee Christensen, Peter Daszak, Frouke de Groot, Peter Doherty, Patrick Drury, Sabri Gmacz, Keith Hamilton, John Hart, Rebecca Katz, Christophe Longuet, Jesse McLeay, Gaetano Morelli, Joergen Schlundt, Trevor Smith, Sameera Suri, Khristeen Umali, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | One Health Outlook

The World One Health Congresses are biennial gatherings of approximately 1500 professionals from relevant international organisati..

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Why is the Immune System not Overwhelmed by Suppression? A Reductionist Paradox

Robert H Loblay, Antony Basten, Peter A Bretscher, Peter C Doherty

Book Chapter | 2019

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Recalling the Future: Immunological Memory Toward Unpredictable Influenza Viruses

Maria Auladell, Xiaoxiao Jia, Luca Hensen, Brandon Chua, Annette Fox, Thi HO Nguyen, Peter C Doherty, Katherine Kedzierska

Journal article | 2019 | Frontiers in Immunology

Persistent and durable immunological memory forms the basis of any successful vaccination protocol. Generation of pre-existing mem..

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CD4( ) T help promotes influenza virus-specific CD8( ) T cell memory by limiting metabolic dysfunction

Jolie G Cullen, Hayley A McQuilten, Kylie M Quinn, Moshe Olshansky, Brendan E Russ, Alison Morey, Sanna Wei, Julia E Prier, Nicole L La Gruta, Peter C Doherty, Stephen J Turner

Journal article | 2019 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

There is continued interest in developing novel vaccine strategies that induce establish optimal CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)..

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Education Systems

Clinical Health

Public Health and Health Services

Industrial Chemicals and Related Products

Expanding Knowledge

Specialist Studies in Education

Macromolecular Chemistry

Medical Microbiology

News

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Part 1: Things we know at the end of 2020

Andrew Dawson, Peter Doherty, Guay Lim

December 23, 2020

Virus, pathogenesis, epidemiology and vaccination in the complex ecosystems of us

Peter Doherty

December 10, 2020

Reinfection in COVID-19 – Part three

Peter Doherty

September 23, 2020

Reinfection in COVID-19- Part two

Peter Doherty

September 17, 2020

Reinfection in COVID-19

Peter Doherty

September 9, 2020

Affinity, avidity, IgM, IgG, serological surveys and ‘antibody passports’

Peter Doherty

September 4, 2020

Your protective Igs: The major focus of COVID-19 vaccines

Peter Doherty

August 25, 2020

Watch Episode 6: Life Beyond Coronavirus: Preventing the next pandemic

Sharon Lewin, Peter Doherty

Speaking with: Peter Doherty about infectious disease pandemics

Peter Doherty

Extreme weather: Why the impact will be felt more widely

Richard Eckard, Grant Blashki, Christopher Jensen, Peter Doherty, Trent Penman

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

1997

Companion of the Order of Australia

2019

The Ableitar Award, Madrid, Spain

2018

Honorary Doctor of Laws at the University of Calgary, Canada

2012

Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), University of Melbourne,

2011

Research Australia Lifetime Achievement Award, National Gallery of Victoria

2008

Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science, Washington DC, USA

2007

The Woodrow Wilson Award, Melbourne

2003

Centenary Medal

2003

Curtin Medal

2001

Associate Member of the Academy of Medicine, Paris

1998

Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA

1996

Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

1995

Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, USA

1986

Gairdner International Award for Medical Science, Canada

1983

Paul Ehrlich Prize, Germany

2008

FRSEDIN - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

2005

HONFLHSDUBLIN - Honorary Fellowship of The Literary and Historical Society of University College of Dublin

1998

FRCPA - Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, Australia

1998

FRACP - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

1987

FRS - Fellow of the Royal Society

1983

FAA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Laureate Professor

Microbiology and Immunology

Royal College Of Veterinary Surgeons

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

American College Of Veterinary Pathologists

American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Australian Society For Medical Research

Australian Society for Medical Research

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

The University of Edinburgh

Master of Veterinary Science

The University of Queensland

Bachelor of Veterinary Science

The University of Queensland

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ORCID

0000-0002-5028-3489

International Linkages

St Judes Children's Research Hospital

United States