photo Harvey J. Alter

Harvey J. Alter

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2020
for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus
Together with: Charles M. Rice , Michael Houghton
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
9/12/1935
place of birth
New York City
Age
90 years
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/2002
  • National Academy of Medicine
    • start time: 1/1/2002
occupation
  • transfusiologist
  • university teacher
  • hematologist
  • virologist
  • internist
  • infectious disease physician
  • physician
  • Specialist in microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology
field of work
  • hematology
  • infectious diseases
  • transfusion medicine
  • virology
  • medicine
  • internal medicine
educated at
  • University of Rochester
employer
  • Georgetown University
  • United States National Institutes of Health
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