Harvey J. Alter

Harvey J. Alter

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020

National Institutes of Health

“for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus”

Harvey J. Alter is an American medical researcher. He shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. His research focused on transfusion-associated hepatitis and the identification of the virus.

Field
Medicine · Infectious Diseases
Lifespan
1935–