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Peter C. Doherty, PhD
Emeritus, St. Jude Faculty
Nobel Laureate
Michael F. Tamer Chair of Biomedical Research
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Contact Information
Peter C. Doherty, PhD
Immunology
MS 351, Room E7062
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Affiliations
Education
BVSc – University of Queensland, Australia MVSc – Unversity of Queensland, Australia PhD – University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Honors & Awards
- 2009 Elected to the Institute of Medicine
- 2008 Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (now National Academy of Medicine)
- 1996 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
- 2000 Honorary Doctor of Sciences Degree, Imperial College of Sciences, Technology and Medicine, London, England
- 1998 National Academy of Sciences
- 1996 Fellow of the Royal Society, London
- 1995 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Research Interests
- Cell-mediated immunity
- T cell recognition and repertoire
- Immunological tolerance
- Viral immunology
- Immunopathology
- Immune memory