Michael Alpers
Michael Alpers | |
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| John Curtin Distinguished Professor of International Health, Curtin University | |
| In office 2005–2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Philip Alpers 21 August 1934 |
| Died | 3 December 2024 (aged 90) Perth |
Michael Philip Alpers (21 August 1934 - 3 December 2024) was an Australian medical researcher, former long-term Director of the PNG Institute of Medical Research and John Curtin distinguished Professor of International Health, at Curtin University. He died at the age of 90 on 3 December 2024 in Perth, WA.[1][2]
Education
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]After graduating, he commenced a career, ultimately resulting in investigating kuru, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.[3][4][5]
He is Honorary Senior Research Associate University College London.[6]
Alpers and his work are the main theme of Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery (2010).[citation needed] He is interviewed in The Genius And The Boys (2009).[citation needed]
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Further reading
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