Michael Alpers

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]

Professor Michael Alpers AO CSM FRS FAA
John Curtin Distinguished Professor of International Health, Curtin University
In office 2005–2016
Personal details
Born	Michael Philip Alpers (1934-08-21)21 August 1934
Died	3 December 2024(2024-12-03) (aged 90) Perth

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, 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]}