Peter C. Doherty (1940- )

Awarded the Prize “for discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence.”

Australian immunologist. Doherty was born on October 15, 1940 in Australia. He received his B.Sc. in 1962 his M.Sc. in 1966, both from the University of Queensl. In 1970 he was awarded the Ph.D. degree at the University of Edinburgh, Scotl. In 1975 he went to the Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, becoming professor in 1980. He returned to Australian National University in 1982 as Professor Head of Department of Experimental Pathology. In 1988, he became Chairman of Department of Immunology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis. Since 1992 he has been Adjunct Professor of Departments of Pathology Pediatrics at