<Tr> <Th> Doctoral advisor </Th> <Td> G.L. Montgomery J.T. Stamp </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1996/doherty-bio.html </Td> </Tr> <P> Peter Charles Doherty, FRS AC FMedSci (born 15 October 1940) is an Australian veterinary surgeon and researcher in the field of medicine . He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996 and was named Australian of the Year in 1997 . In the Australia Day Honours of 1997, he was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for his work with Zinkernagel . He is also a National Trust Australian Living Treasure . In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Doherty's immune system research was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as an iconic "innovation and invention". </P> <P> Doherty was born in Brisbane, Queensland, where he attended Indooroopilly State High School (which now has a lecture theatre named after him). He received his bachelor's degree in veterinary science in 1962 and his master's degree in veterinary science in 1966 from the University of Queensland . After obtaining his PhD in 1970 from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, he returned to Australia to perform his Nobel Prize - winning research at the John Curtin School of Medical Research within the Australian National University in Canberra . </P>

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