Jonny Peter is the first adult allergologist in South Africa registered with the HPCSA and is Head of the Division of Allergology and Clinical Immunology at Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town and the Allergy and Immunology unit, UCT Lung Institute.

He is the recipient of several awards for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical training. His PhD studies were fully funded by several grants including a Discovery Academic Fellowship, a NIH Fogarty International Clinical Fellowship and a Carnegie Academic Fellowship. He completed his PhD under the mentorship of Professor Keertan Dheda in the Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, University of Cape Town. He was the recipient of the Oxford Nuffield Medical Fellowship in 2012, and completed a combined clinical and laboratory TB immunology at the John Radcliffe Hospital and Jenner Institute under the supervision of Professor Helen McShane.

He has over 80 peer-reviewed publications including first author publications in journals such as the Lancet (IF=39.2), Lancet Respiratory Medicine (IF=9.6) and infectious diseases (IF=19.9), JACI in practice (IF=6.9), AJRCCM (IF=10.8), and ERJ (IF=5.5). He has an H-index of 29. His current clinical and research interests include i) the mechanisms of immune mediated drug reactions in HIV TB endemic settings; ii) immunodeficiency diseases including hereditary angioedema and primary genetic susceptibility to invasive fungal disease; iii) chronic spontaneous urticaria; and iv) the anti-allergic properties of endemic South African plants.