Thomas Dougherty

Infection Discovery, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, United States of America

Thomas J. Dougherty received his B.Sc. in Microbiology with honors in 1973 from The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (formerly the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science). In 1978, he obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pa.). He then joined the laboratory of Alexander Tomasz at the Rockefeller University (New York, NY) as a postdoctoral fellow, and was subsequently promoted to Assistant Professor. While at Rockefeller University, he conducted studies on the biochemistry and genetics of penicillin resistance in pathogenic bacteria. From 1986-2001, he was in the Dept. of Microbiology at Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., working on various early and late stage antibiotic programs. In 2001, he joined Pfizer, Inc., and is currently a Research Fellow in the Antibacterial Dept. at Groton, CT.
Dr. Dougherty has published over 50 research articles and reviews to date.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Infectious Diseases > Antimicrobials & Drug Resistance (since 18 May 2007)

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  Crystal structure of the oxazolidinone antibiotic linezolid bound to the 50S ribosomal subunit.
  Recommended by Thomas Dougherty
  
• 3.0
  Isolation of imipenem-resistant Enterobacter species: emergence of KPC-2 carbapenemase, molecular characterization, epidemiology, and outcomes.
  Recommended by Thomas Dougherty
  
• 3.0
  Clinical and economic impact of common multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli.
  Recommended by Thomas Dougherty
  
• 4.8
  Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin causes necrotizing pneumonia.
  Recommended by Joseph Mizgerd, Thomas Dougherty
  
• 3.0
  Multi-targeting by monotherapeutic antibacterials.
  Recommended by Thomas Dougherty
  
• 4.8
  Tracking the in vivo evolution of multidrug resistance in Staphylococcus aureus by whole-genome sequencing.
  Recommended by Thomas Dougherty, John Heritage