Michael Philip Alpers AO, FRS, FAA is an Australian medical researcher, and John Curtin distinguished Professor of International Health, at Curtin University.[1][2]
Alpers graduated from University of Adelaide with a B.Sc. and M.B.B.S. and from University of Cambridge with an M.A.
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).[7] He is interviewed in The Genius And The Boys (2009).[8]