Michael Alpers


Michael Philip Alpers AO FRS is an Australian medical researcher, and John Curtin distinguished Professor of International Health, at Curtin University.

Education

Alpers graduated from University of Adelaide with a B.Sc. and M.B.B.S. and from University of Cambridge with an M.A.

Career and research

After graduating, he commenced a career, ultimately resulting in investigating kuru disease.
He is Honorary Senior Research Associate University College London.
Alpers and his work are the main theme of Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery. He is interviewed in The Genius And The Boys.