Harvey J. Alter

Harvey J. Alter
Harvey J. Alter in 2000
Born	(1935-09-12) September 12, 1935 (age 88) New York City, New York, U.S.
Known for	Hepatitis C
Awards	Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award (1992) Lasker Award (2000) Gairdner Foundation International Award (2013) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2020)
Scientific career
Fields	Virology

Harvey James Alter (born September 12, 1935) is an American medical researcher, virologist, and physician. He is best known for his work that led to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.^[1]

Alter is the chief of the infectious disease section and the associate director for research of the Department of Transfusion Medicine at the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center in the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

He won Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2020, together with Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice,^[2]

• 2000 Awards Presentation of Clinical Award by Leon Rosenberg Archived 2007-05-02 at the Wayback Machine The Lasker Foundation Award Winners, Clinical Medical Research

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